One super feeling
One super feeling While all Eagles fans are celebrating the team's upcoming trip to Jacksonville, South Philly goes a little further in displaying its enthusiasm. By Lorraine Gennaro If the Eagles don't win...
Bistro a go
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board voted Tuesday to grant a liquor license with conditions to two entrepreneurs who want to open a Mediterranean bistro at the site of the former 10 Spot Tavern,...
Beating back violence
Growing up on the 1900 block of Mifflin Street, Taj Whitaker has seen people get shot. At the tender age of 15, the South Philadelphia High sophomore already has lost three friends to...
Libraries in a bind
For 20 years, Marilyn Barr has found fulfillment as a librarian in South Philly. Now a library supervisor for the Fumo Family Branch, 2437 S. Broad St., she takes pride in assisting...
Almost infamous
In 1974, a deeply disturbed man named Samuel Byck tried to hijack a plane at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. His plan was to assassinate then-President Richard M. Nixon by flying the plane into...
Definitively abstract
Standing in front of Stuart Davis' monumental Swing Landscape, now on loan to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, one can see and feel a number of sensations. One is of the seaport...
A cute Kia
My white knuckles poked out of my racing gloves as I downshifted and prepared to make a fast drift through the tight corner. I could feel the back end lighten up, but the...
Butcher’s Caf�
When The Butcher's Caf� opened a number of years ago, it was a sparkling addition to the Italian Market. Interior designer and Queen Village resident Leslie Koeser turned an old butcher shop into...
Feast on Philly
Every visitor to Philadelphia wants to know where to go to get the best cheesesteak, hoagie and soft pretzel. But there is more to Philadelphia food than these culinary icons. We are famous...
He lens a hand
To a prepubescent Nick Lanciano, being shut out of R-rated movies was frustrating. But he refused to be excluded from the film industry. The movie buff decided to put his creative mind to...
