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July 23, 2015
Philly food has been in the news lately. Here’s a roundup of all the yumminess. California-based Jamba Juice has continued its move on the East Coast and set the gears in motion to bring several franchises to Philadelphia. There is already a Jamba Juice at the King of Prussia Mall, and new locations just opened at the corner of Routes […]
July 22, 2015
Those trying to buy the special SEPTA regional rail passes for the weekend of the pope’s September visit were thwarted yesterday by high volume crashing the site. The site for buying the passes went live at 9 AM yesterday and crashed almost immediately. By 10:30 AM SEPTA decided to shut down the site and the ticket sales indefinitely. The agency […]
July 21, 2015
It’s an exciting time to be in Philadelphia. It seems like not a month goes by that there isn’t some high-profile special event or visitor in town drawing attention to the city. Last week saw President Barack Obama visiting for the NAACP annual conference. Bill Clinton was also in town recently. The pope and the Dalai Lama are visiting in […]
July 17, 2015
Get ready, Philadelphia – National Dance Day is coming, and the city will be celebrating it in its own special way. Philadelphia Dance Day, an offshoot of the national celebration, will be held on July 25th. From ballet to meringue, waltzing to tap, salsa and tango to contemporary, every form of dance is acceptable. Dancing is good for both body […]
July 16, 2015
There’s nothing like a gorgeous, roomy home – especially when it’s in Center City. Today’s CENTERfold is a complete beauty. 2031 Spruce Street features six bedrooms and four bathrooms spread over an incredible 4,000+ square feet of living space. A tribute to elegance, this home is a class act all the way through. Built in 1915, it is imbued with […]
July 15, 2015
1.) The sale of a Center City apartment building just broke records. The Icon apartments, located at 1616 Walnut Street, sold recently for $112 million. This created a new record for price per unit, coming in at $514,000 for each of the 206 apartments in the building. The apartments average 730 square feet. Icon features 23,000 square feet of retail […]
July 13, 2015
June was a very good month for hotels in Philadelphia, as occupancy rates hit record highs. Several special events in the city drove traffic to city hotels, which reaped the benefits of extra bodies in beds. The rates of occupancy were so high that they haven’t been seen in 22 years. The Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau reported that conventions […]
July 13, 2015
1.) Looking to celebrate the Pope coming to Philadelphia, but you don’t quite know how? Get in on the Pope Crawl 2015, a bar crawl meant to commemorate the papal visit. As of the time I’m writing this, some 5,200 people are planning to get their brew on in the name of His Holiness. There’s a GoFundMe page to get […]