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My Philadelphia: Spring Garden

We hadn't particularly meant to move to Spring Garden. In fact, we lived here for months--surrounded by drop cloths and buckets of joint compound and the implacable seepage into everything of the dust and grit produced when you demolish or repair walls made of plaster and horsehair, or so somebody said at the time--before we knew we had. (It's bounded by (Comments)

My Philadelphia: West Philly

By S.G. Grant» We continue our series of Cover Stories on Philadelphia neighborhoods with S.G. Grant's essay about West Philadelphia. It's not the buildings and the businesses that attracts her, but the people -- in all their varied forms, colors and origins. Read on for Grant's census of modern West Philadelphia (Comments)

Creating the New City: Part Four

By Ada Kulesza» We continue our series on young Philadelphians who are making a difference with three profiles -- an eco-activist who has floated down the Susquehanna River on a homemade raft; two refugees from the move industry working with the homeless to make films; a hypnotherapist spreading the gospel of how going into a trance can help heal. (Comments)

Exploit and Escape?

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Taxes No, Tax Reform Si

Repeat after me: There will be no tax increases in Pennsylvania.  There will be NO tax increases in Pennsylvania. That's the message - clear and direct - you can expect from new Gov. Tom Corbett in his inaugural speech this... (Comments)