Philadelphia
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Leslie Richards’ Revolutionary Vision for SEPTA Aims to Modernize the System To Make It Appealing to More People
SEPTA general manager Leslie Richards, who took over the job in early 2020, shortly before the pandemic hit, and her team have rolled out an innovative new vision for the nation’s sixth-largest transit system that aims to modernize SEPTA and make it more appealing to a greater number of people, writes Tom McGrath for the…
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Shaquille O’Neal’s Big Chicken Restaurant Opens in Comcast Center Concourse
Lovers of delicious spicy chicken rejoice: NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal’s Big Chicken has finally arrived in Philadelphia, reports FOX 29 Philadelphia. The restaurant chain officially opened the doors on its newest location in the Comcast Center Concourse last week. This is the chain’s store number 23, said Josh Halpern, CEO of Big Chicken.…
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See How Philadelphia Ranked Among Cities Where $250,000 Salary Goes Furthest
Philadelphia is in the bottom half among the 76 largest cities in the United States based on how far a $250,000 salary can actually go, write John Klyce and Lisa Dukart for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Earlier this year, SmartAsset, the financial technology company, ranked 76 of the largest cities in the U.S. to determine…
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Philadelphia Crowned Best City for Street Art by USA Today Readers
Street art might be eye-catching, but it is so much more than that, according to a new ranking by USA TODAY 10Best. It speaks to the culture and personality of a city and it is embraced by and belongs to the entire community in a way that few other forms of art can match. Philadelphia,…
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Wall Street Journal: Interstate 95 in Philadelphia Reopened Friday Less Than Two Weeks After Stretch Collapsed
A stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia reopened on Friday less than two weeks after its collapse, writes Joseph De Avila for The Wall Street Journal. Officials originally believed it would take months to reopen the portion of the highway that had been destroyed by a tractor-trailer shipping gasoline that crashed and caught fire. The…
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Former Penn All-Ivy League Golfer Helped Underdog Wyndham Clark Win U.S. Open
P.J. Fielding, a former all-Ivy League golfer at the University of Pennsylvania, was instrumental in helping under-the-radar Wyndham Clark win the U.S. Open, writes Andrew Beaton for The Wall Street Journal. P.J. Fielding is a member at Los Angeles Country Club, which was the exclusive host of this year’s tournament. This allowed Clark to get…
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Wall Street Journal: Questions Arise About Political Correctness of Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum
The Mütter Museum, considered by many to be Philadelphia’s weirdest museum, has housed many medical oddities and arcana for around 160 years, writes Stanley Goldfarb for The Wall Street Journal. Among the available pieces are a malignant tumor removed from President Grover Cleveland, 139 human skulls, and pieces of Albert Einstein’s brain. Numerous people who…
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Philadelphia Navy Yard to Become Home to New Frigate Land-Based Engineering Site
Construction is currently underway inside the building that was once a World War II aircraft factory at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on the engineering site that will teach future generations of U.S. Navy sailors how to operate the systems aboard the new Constellation-class frigate, writes Mallory Shelbourne for the USNI News. The Philadelphia Navy Yard…
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New York Post: Philadelphia House Built in 1728 on Nation’s Oldest Residential Street Available for Sale
A Philadelphia house built in 1728 on Elfreth’s Aly, America’s oldest residential street, with three bedrooms and one bathroom, has hit the market for $500,000, writes Mary K. Jacob for the New York Post. The home last sold three decades ago for $119,000. Constructed when the nation was still a colony, this residence is considered…
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Philadelphia Ranks High Among Nation’s Best Cities to Live Without Car
Philadelphia ranked among the best cities to live without a car in the United States thanks to its good public transportation infrastructure and plenty of stations, writes Laura Pop-Badiu for the CoworkingCafe. To determine where in the country it is easiest to move around even without a personal car, CoworkingCafe analyzed 331 cities across multiple…
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SEPTA Hopes Additional Lines Added Following I-95 Collapse Will Boost Long-term Ridership
SEPTA jumped into action immediately after the collapse of the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 close to the Cottman Avenue exit on Sunday and added additional routes in Northeast Philadelphia, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The transit authority also called upon their labor unions leadership to help with bringing emergency plans together.…
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Holy Family University Recognized as One of 208 Colleges for Exemplary Transfer Pathways
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has named 208 colleges and universities to its 2023 Transfer Honor Roll in recognition of the dynamic pathways they have created to support community college transfer students. The Transfer Honor Roll is determined by 40 key metrics related to the support and success of transfer students, including college cost and financial aid,…
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Hearings Regarding Roosevelt Boulevard Subway to Take Place Following I-95 Collapse
Following the collapse of a part of I-95, officials from Philadelphia are looking back at plans for a long-proposed subway line. Asha Prihar wrote about the plans for Billy Penn. Councilmember Mike Driscoll will be introducing a resolution for the Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities in order to “review the impacts and funding options…
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Esteemed Guide Deems Philadelphia One of World’s Top Tourist Destinations
From its art and history to its dining scene and cultural effervescence — and everything in between — Philadelphia is, quite simply, a special place. That fact, long understood by residents of the Delaware Valley, if not the rest of America, was recently recognized on an international level, as our nation’s first capital was selected…
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Philadelphia’s ‘Museum Doctor’ Is Remembered for Passion for Historic Buildings
Peter Saylor, a Philadelphia architect and civic leader, recently passed away at the age of 81. He is remembered for his passion for renovating historic buildings and for mentoring young people interested in design and architecture, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Saylor was dubbed the “museum doctor” because many of his projects included…
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Greater Philadelphia’s Efforts to Retain College Talent Proving Fruitful
The Philadelphia region has significantly increased its retention of college talent in the last two decades, but there is still plenty of room for improvement, writes Sarah Huffman for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Philadelphia only retained around 25 percent of college students in the region in the early 2000s, when Campus Philly, the nonprofit focusing on…
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Start of Collapse of I-95 Overpass in Philadelphia Captured on Video by Retired Philly Cop
A video captured by a passing driver shows the moment that the southbound lanes on I-95 in Philadelphia starting to dip after the collapse of the northbound side following the explosion of a tanker truck, writes Ronny Reyes for the New York Post. Retired Philadelphia police Sgt. Mark Fusetti was driving to Philadelphia International Airport…
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New Book Recalls ‘America’s First Plague,’ Mosquito-borne Epidemic That Struck Philadelphia in 1790s
A mosquito-borne epidemic that started to spread throughout Philadelphia in the 1790s made the nation’s then-capital totter under its impact, writes Fergus M. Bordewich for The Wall Street Journal. As Robert Watson writes in his new book, America’s First Plague, the outbreak was “one of the worst epidemics in American history.” Within three months, anywhere…
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