Summer of fear
A lifelong South Philly resident, Harriett Brown has seen her share of violence and has attended more funerals than she cares to count. This month alone in her Grays Ferry neighborhood, a...
French bliss
Wednesday is Bastille Day, the 215th anniversary of the start of the French Revolution. Bastille Day is a national holiday in France and, for a number of years, Philadelphia restaurants have celebrated this...
Vital Contributions
When Gloria Donnelly was growing up on the 2200 block of Latona Street, her Aunt Ann lived with the family for about a year. Just 3 years old at the time, Donnelly was...
There’s that newsman
Will Ferrell is kind of a gentile nouveau Andy Kaufman. Although Ferrell is already more successful than Kaufman ever was during his lifetime, the two share a distinct quality: a total lack of...
Scandal hits home
Stewart J. Eisenberg has been working on the cases for well over a year now. He has not won any settlements for his clients, nor has he seen any of the defendants go behind...
The Fab Fakes
Who doesn't know of The Beatles? Even today's kids have heard of the British band that revolutionized popular music around the world with its stimulating songwriting and vibrant performances. The musicians have been...
Watching out for their own
An employee of Kim's House was gunned down last month as he left the Chinese restaurant on the 2700 block of Snyder Avenue. The shooter left the 25-year-old victim in critical condition after...
Ten Stone Bar & Restaurant
The neighborhood around Graduate Hospital began to come alive about 20 years ago. Townhomes were built on the 2000 block of South Street and Linoleum -- one of my favorite restaurants -- opened, closed...
Taking a gamble
South Philly residents who take bus trips to Atlantic City or drive to Delaware just to play those one-armed bandits soon might not have to travel far at all. At Philadelphia Park in...
One city crisis down …
Mayor John Street met the City Charter's deadline and signed off on a five-year, $3.4-billion budget last Thursday, avoiding a citywide fiscal meltdown. He also dealt a devastating blow to the tax-reform movement,...
