Center City
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Vinyl, Philly’s New Live Music Venue, Night Club, & Cocktail Bar Starts Spinning in Center City
Once you step into Vinyl, a new music venue and bar in Center City, you are welcomed by a well-executed blend of an intimate concert venue, restaurant, and nightclub, reports Aunyea Lachelle for NBC 10 Philadelphia. “I’ve always wanted to create some live music in our city,” said Philadelphia restaurateur Rob Wasserman, co-founder of Vinyl.…
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Three Philadelphia Watering Holes Are Among Pennsylvania’s Best Speakeasies and Secret Bars
Pennsylvania is home to many speakeasies and secret bars that recall a period in the nation’s history when all bars had to be secret, writes Kalena Thomhave for The Keystone. You can visit three of the best ones in Philadelphia – if you can find them! The Ranstead Room is located behind an unassuming door…
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Two Center City Philadelphia Taverns Among Esquire’s 2023 Best Bars in America
Two popular Center City spots have found their place on Esquire magazine’s list of the best bars in America for 2023. Andra Hem, which is Swedish for “second home,” will make you feel like you have stepped into a maximalist two-story townhouse with the walls painted in peacock blue and mustard, real and esoteric art,…
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Popcorn for the People Opens Facility at Former City Wawa
Wawa is going into the popcorn business for a good cause, writes Anana Perez-Castells for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Wawa, the Eagles Autism Foundation, and Popcorn for the People announced Sunday that a popcorn facility will open by early 2024 where a Wawa was closed in 2021 on Ninth and South Streets. Popcorn for the People…
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Future of Sixers’ Arena Project Remains Uncertain Year After First Mentioned
Billionaire developer and co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers David Adelman first proposed building a new arena for the team at Market East in July last year, writes Laura Swartz for the Philadelphia Magazine. A year later, the future of the $1.3 billion 76 Place is as unknown now as it was then. Adelman envisioned an…
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Washington Post: Historic Human Remains Create Ethics Clash at Mütter Museum
Body parts from the 19th century exhibited at the Mütter Museum on 22nd Street in Center City have become the center of an ethics clash as they are being reexamined under the modern lens of medical consent, writes Maura Judkis for The Washington Post. The Philadelphia museum has collected and displayed various historical medical implements,…
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