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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.
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.
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.
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.
$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.
You can watch the price of electricity go up and down in real time
A new Electricity Price Ticker tracks the real time wholesale electricity price for the PECO area. You can waste a lot of power learning how much power you’re wasting.
Someone called for help on the Internet – how did Philadelphia respond?
On Reddit: “Was talking to my bf in Philadelphia (I am in Cleveland OH) when he suddenly started breathing heavily and had trouble speaking and I think he passed out…”
All right, you illiterate bastards – it’s book week
This is the sort of thing that attracts school field trips. But it mostly features science writers, poet laureates, and story tellers for a grown-up audience.
Your challenge: Write presidential platform – only six words
The National Constitution Center is asking for six-word stump speeches. Those could have made this election season a lot pleasant – stupid, simplistic, but pleasant.
Fried matzoh – how to make it, where to get it in Philadelphia
It’s like the week after Thanksgiving, when you’re eating leftover turkey in every possible form. That’s what Jews are going through right now, but with matzoh.
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