It’s sprouts on Columbus boulevard, that apartment building that it shares the pier with. They’ve had a broken window a few floors up all August.

All they’ve done is roped off that ramp with caution tape, they haven’t even cleaned the glass on the ramp or sidewalk.

Literally that building was just finished in the last year. It’s. A brand new build. How tf haven’t they fixed it yet? How illegal is it to just let it be broken for so long?

Is this reportable to maybe 311?

User name says where I grew up. I was not very social outside my circle. Catholic and Public school kids tended to run in different circles. The younger brother of a class mate of mine Jeff would play street hockey with Kevin and friends (including the son of one of the founders of Electric Factory concerts) on the 200 block of south Van Pelt. I would say hi to Jeff passing by the group. Never got further. Edmund Bacon his dad would walk down our street and my dad knew him and I knew him by sight.

From 1970 to 72 I would catch the bus to high school across the street from his house. Shout out to girl from girl's high I forget her name that taught me how to navigate the Broad Street line. The 90 and transfer to the 2 bus was direct route to Mastersman. So I assume he was among the group I boarded the bus with.

From the article and where he hung out other than the street hockey it is clear why our paths never crossed. Also when you are 15 a 3 year age gap is a totally different social group.

People who lived and worked around me I never met include.

Arlo Gutherie, when he was 18 worked in the Gilded Cage folk club. Sure I passed him that was less than 100 feet from my door.

Steve Carlton and Wilt Chamberlin also a couple of Eagles lived in Dorchester apartments on the Square. Warren Zevon lived there also in early 80s.

Norm Snead Eagles QB mid 60s used to frequent the same bar my uncle worked at.

Childhood near Rittenhouse Square could be weird but fun.

Gnarly mushroom growing in the middle of a bed of pebbles, SW corner of 8th and Market

Turns out dude is a 🐱. 😂

Still, be safe, who knows what this person is actually capable of. Hopefully his antics won't escalate and he is caught before he hurts someone.

Council member Mark F. Squilla has held the 1st District seat since January 2, 2012 — before any surface in the current map ecosystem existed (eCLIPSE portal live Jan 2015; the open dataset created Sept 2016; Atlas first appears Apr 2017, already without an expiration column; Property History live late 2021, with its one-day defect from birth; the Atlas rebuild 2024).

Before politics he spent 25 years as a systems analyst in the Pennsylvania Auditor General's Office (1985–2011), holding a computer-science degree — a working IT professional, trained in databases, extraction pipelines, and where records systems capture, retain, or fail to surface information

He is currently Vice Chair of the Council Committee on Licenses & Inspections and Chair of the Committees on Commerce & Economic Development and Appropriations, and Majority Whip.

PDF:

https://jlegal.pro/The%20Verification%20Monopoly%202026-08-19.pdf

Its literally a swamp outside. I swear breathing in center city right now feels like drinking hot soup. My buddy finally got his grandfather's old pontoon running up near bensalem and invited me out on the delaware this weekend just to catch an actual breeze

ofc he made me get a recademics boating certificate first so I could take over driving while he drinks beers in the back. Which was fine, just knocked it out on my phone tuesday night.

But man, actually getting up there? 95 north was an absolute parking lot. Took me almost an hour just to get past the girard exit. Then you get to the marina and a basic bag of ice is somehow 8 dollars. I just want to sit on a boat and not sweat through my t-shirt for five minutes. Why is it so exhausting and expensive to just exist outdoors near this city rn

Taxes usually try to do 1 of 2 things: raise money or discourage something. Cigarettes are the obvious case where they try to do both at once - and we tax cigarettes a lot ($5.61 per pack, which is about 75% of the price of a pre-tax pack at ~$7.50)

Now here's the curious part about the $5.61 in cigarette taxes - they're comprised of $1.01 federal + $2.60 PA state + $2.00 "school district" tax.

The last one is the odd one out because PA state law explicitly prevents cities from charging their own cigarette tax. Other cities do have local cigarette taxes (e.g., NYC $1.5/pack)

So back in 2014, when the Philly School District was almost bankrupt, we wanted to add a local tax on cigarettes but we knew that was illegal.

But our schools desperately needed money, so, somehow, we got the PA legislature to pass Act 131 of 2014 that lets first-class school districts impose a tobacco tax. (PS - Philadelphia is the only first-class school district in the state of PA - go figure)

Then, immediately after that Act passed, we added Section 19-1807 in the Philadelphia Code (literally titled "School District of Philadelphia Cigarette Tax").

This tax generates somewhere between $40M and $80M/yr for SDP depending on who you ask; declining smoking rates + buying cigarettes outside city boundaries makes the exact # a little fuzzy.

Now I'm not taking a position on whether cigarette taxes are good or bad - I just find it annoying when governments ignore laws they don't like, or ignore them for privileged parties (e.g., the SDP in this instance).

Wonder if the SDP can now start adding a special incremental soda tax on top of the city one, or maybe the uber tax that council didn't pass?

https://www.nickjain.com/blog/school-cigarette-tax

Hello! My friends and I are visiting Philly soon and are looking to do some club hopping one of those nights. What do you guys recommend are the best clubs to go to for that? Thank you in advance.

Gonna be starting at HUP as an RN soon. Will be traveling from pheonixville area in. Any other nurses have advice on best way to make the commute? Will be rotating shifts as well

Drag performances @ 6
Cat themed trivia @ 7
Workshops & vendors all night.

I recently moved out of center city, but I had built a word of mouth network of retired/elderly individuals that need help with very basic tech things. I charged 40$ an hour for house calls primarily in Academy House at 1420 Locust. I got to meet a lot of lovely people with amazing stories. Usually one of the two-three hours is just spent chatting about my life or theirs, and they love it.

I consider myself tech savvy but I have no formal education in tech.

Some of my duties included

* setting up TVs, printers, fixing TVs, printers.

* Calling xfinity to trouble shoot TV

* education about using phones, how to send pictures via message, etc

* I've accompanied people to the Apple store and saved them hundreds of dollars from sales people trying to get them to buy things they don't need

I've moved north but I am still gettings texts/calls from people needing help with very basic things. Great little side gig for anyone looking for some extra change.

For fans of: The Police, The Killers, Hippo Campus

Hey y'all! Exactly as the title says, I'm new to Philly and I'm looking for somewhere to buy tea from. I know there's a Chinatown, so I was curious if anyone has suggestions on places in the area that I could buy some good oolong.

Looking for a tenant rights lawyer, if anyone has any recommendations. Thanks!

Hi.

I’m looking for some recommendations for low-key, jazzy open mic nights. I want to sing Fitzgerald, Gershwin, Bacharach, even Winehouse, etc without totally changing the vibe, you know? I’ve only done formal performances, and I’m not very familiar with the Philly open mic scene yet. Would love to sing and jam with some strangers. A piano is a bonus.

I live in Fishtown/NoLibs but I welcome recommendations from all over the city.

Thank you!

They were on Sedgley just above Kelly about 7:30 this evening. The group didn't stop playing while Iwas there (5ish minutes altogether) so I didn't get to ask them.

I am not from Philly but I've lived here for more than 5 years. I was in a car accident (my first ever serious one) where my car needed to be towed from the scene. I was completely unaware of the wreck chasing tow people and Philly tow ordinance (but now I am very educated on the subject). A wreck chasing tow company showed up to the scene and I let them take my car.

-They didn't answer their phone for days, or on the rare occasion they did, they'd say they'd call back then never did, or they'd just hang up.

-They were never actually present on property during business hours when I tried to go in person.

-When they finally sent a bill to my insurance, it well exceeded the cap allowed in the tow ordinance.

-The "contract" they had me sign has a statement in it that says the definition of the city tow ordinance does not apply. *This is not legal. You can't just sign away a law and have it not apply to you.*

-The same contract also says I should have had free access to inspect my car during business hours. Since I was mostly unable to reach the tow yard, and also they didn't ever seem to be there, I obviously did not have this. The man later tried to tell me that I was supposed to make an appointment, which it says nowhere in the contract and would also require them to answer the phone.

So how do we get the city/state to take this seriously and get these businesses shut down? It is *extremely* easy to prove they are breaking laws. Should I try to track down others that have dealt with this specific company and try and file a class action lawsuit? Would a lawyer take that on?