Breaking lease over roach infestation
When pest eradication efforts fail, know your rights
Robert Griswold
Inman News™
Q: I moved into a new apartment in Los Angeles less than three weeks ago. Immediately upon moving in I noticed cockroaches all over the...
Winthorpe and Valentine
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“Trading Places,” starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy, is one funny movie. Filmed in Philadelphia, it was a modern day rendition of “The Prince and the Pauper.” Aykroyd played the stuck-on-himself rich boy...
Citizens’ Alliance hopes to start anew
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A local nonprofit was expected to collapse after its former head and an ex-senator were convicted of defrauding it of millions. They are currently serving month No. 10 behind bars — one year and...
About Frank
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"Everybody's Fine" has plenty of chips stacked against it. First, there's that terrible title. Then there are the schmaltzy trailers and TV spots, which have just another disposable holiday dramedy written all over them....
Da Vinci Ristorante
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A long time ago, not in a galaxy far, far away, but on Walnut Street, there was Da Vinci's. I frequented this restaurant when I was a young girl and well into my...
Telling the tragedy
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Weeks after Antonne Jones' third book and documentary DVD, "The Lex Street Massacre," was released June 18, an interview with one of the four convicted killers serving a life term came through --...
La Collina
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The Philadelphia area is filled with culinary legends, but no one has done more for authentic Italian cucina than the late Inez Gaetano. She owned a gem of a restaurant, located in a brownstone...
Eye of the storm
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The clout state Sen. Vince Fumo has in his district -- and throughout the city -- is arguably unsurpassed. The minority in a Republican-dominated Senate for years, the Democratic powerhouse has funneled $8 billion...
Hitting close to home
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In April, four Asian men pulled off a heist at an Asian-owned jewelry store at 1215 S. Sixth St. in the 3rd District. After two of them entered, pretending to want an appraisal, they...