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Stained glass from Germantown teens arrives at Drexel University

Since 2006, teenagers and artist volunteers have been meeting at the First United Methodist Church of Germantown and putting together stained glass windows.

The city as shown on the Philly Treee Map.

For Arbor Day, stay inside and look at Philadelphia’s tree map

Yes, for the hundredth time, Arbor Day is an actual thing. But more importantly, the Philly Tree Map gives an interactive map of trees all over town.

Ah hah! There she is! See if you can get her attention!

A beer tap at my own table in Philadelphia? … Where the hell is my waitress?!

New beer taps work like self-service gas pumps. You give the server a credit card, and she opens the table. Two beers later, you decide whether to open the table again.

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Seven new historical markers for Philadelphia – seven stories from the past

A starlet’s home, America’s first Bible Society, a 300-year-old bridge that cars still use, and an early Jewish basketball team that now survives in a surprising form.

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$5 a day is too much for food in Philadelphia, right? Then hooray for government cuts!

In an age of tax cuts and budget battles, we should show everyone how easy it is to live on five bucks a day in the low-budget, low-maintenance hollow of Philadelphia.