Home Swede Home
At grand-opening galas in America, it is traditional to cut a ribbon. But the Swedish have another tradition for similar milestones: They saw a log in half. So when IKEA at 2206...
Market can’t park it
What began as a regular community gathering at Mifflin Square two years ago ended last Wednesday with a visit from the Department of Licenses and Inspections. Responding to neighbor complaints, inspectors cleared...
Whoa, baby!
Spike Lee has been called a lot of things, but dull is not one of them. The director's latest movie, She Hate Me, is certainly not in the upper tier of his work,...
L&I let the dogs out
With every light breeze, the odors wafting from the pile of stained and tattered belongings outside of the home at 213 Mifflin St. hit like a punch in the face.
The curbside stench was just...
Balancing act
During the 1960s, men and women who wanted to lose weight carried around large plastic containers filled with pills in a rainbow of colors. Prescription amphetamines were all the rage, especially among...
Crime by the numbers
Crime by the numbers Police records show an increase in violent incidents locally, but some types of illegal activity are on the decline. By Lorraine Gennaro Violent crime is up all over the city,...
In rare forms
Politics, it is said, makes for strange bedfellows. Art, on the other hand, creates truly weird juxtapositions. Consider the city's Municipal Services Building Plaza, across from City Hall. There stand a South...
Take me to the Pilot
Cars are getting harder to characterize. Many of today's SUVs are really cars under their "off-road" skin, suggesting that it's the visual cues that really matter for many buyers. The Honda Pilot,...
Citizens can’t park
For once, the Phillies had residents near Veterans Stadium looking forward to October. Neighbors say the team had promised that by Oct. 1, cleanup work at the site of the former stadium would...
