The Philly Water Department is looking to its neighbors to vote for cute puppies and dogs to become the Manayunk Spokesdog. It may sound strange, but the contest is happening because PWD wants to show the importance of remaining eco-friendly and having owners clean up after their dogs to keep

NEWSFLASH: Onion Flats are proposing 3 residents units at 834 N. 4th with a ground-floor commercial space and 4 parking spaces. This location is right down the street from the lovely and green Honey’s Sit 'N Eat and the green design center and garden Greenable; what a perfect spot for an

Last night Fishtown community members voted (a 30-0 vote actually; guess Fishies love tattoos) to subdivide the existing building at 1341 Frankford Avenue to make a new home for tattoo-haven Art Machine Productions. Art Machine is moving from 2424 Studios at 2424 E. York St., and will be toting their

Inmates are moving to South Philly and neighbors are less than thrilled, not only because criminals will be living next to them, but it’s proposed for a space right next to a day care (!). The protesters living in the southwest section of the city near 5200 Grays Avenue have

Josh Lawler and Colleen Kelly will be opening a new restaurant, The Farm and The Fisherman, at 1120 Pine Street, formerly the restaurant Paul owned by Paul and Effie Bouikidis of Effie’s Greek fame across the street. The Farm and The Fisherman will be a 30-seat BYO restaurant that will

After a year of silence, Dance Dance Party Party is back! DDPP is the dance party that is the answer for women who “just want to dance” without worrying about creepy guys hitting on them, crazy cover charges or "bad" dance moves. DDPP stopped it’s regular dance parties back on

Yay. We love it when Philly gets its own apps and guides (Not For Tourists got us super excited, and maybe one day we will get our own Gridskipper). If Philly should get some love from the rest of the nation for one thing, it should be our craft beers,

763 South 19th Street was the former site of Varick A.M.E. Church (check out the pictures of it being demolished “with care” here) and is currently a gigantic hole. Fred During tried (ah, zoning permits) a few years back to get approval for a 24-unit condominium with parking and failed

We laughed. We cried. We built snowmen.

Click through to see the our gallery of best shots from 2011's best snowstorms and remember those few days not for the hassle they caused us (digging out our cars at 7am and sliding across 76), but for the fun snow crafts we made!

Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent J. Fumo (above) started out positively, founding and funding the Citizens’ Alliance for Better Neighborhoods. (We suppose he went wrong somewhere around the “137 counts of fraud, obstruction of justice, tax evasion and conspiracy.”) Paul Levy did his best to clean up Fumo’s mess and now