Results tagged “centercity”

This week, our asshole's plans were foiled. This does not make him any less of an asshole, not even a little bit, but it does make his victim more fortunate than so many others in the city. Our TV-ready story goes like this: On Tuesday evening, around 7:30, a man with a black SUV parked at 16th and Market called to a young woman, a Temple student, passing by to help him get his baby tucked into the car-seat. She stopped to assist him, and he shoved her inside the car and locked the door. Once she's trapped inside, he threatens her with the handgun resting on the center console. The baby was just a doll. Then traffic stalled at the end of the block, and the woman forced the door open and escaped safely at 16th and JFK, to make it home unharmed.

The Twitterverse and 6 ABC are reporting that another building facade has crumbled onto the sidewalk at 11th and Chestnut. No one was reported injured, but the facade hit a few cars. iPhillyChitChat has the photos on twitter. Similar events happened earlier this summer at two other buildings downtown. We can't help but feel like Chicken Little over here.

TRADITION! TRADITION!

If you need to take a quick break from the bustle of Center City, Louis I. Kahn Memorial Park is for you. It's a small park, less than an acre in size, that takes up the Northwest corner of 11th and Pine Streets. Known as a "concrete park" because, well, there's no lawn, only paving, the park has a magnificent garden and fountain along its innermost edge. Trees dot the landscape, providing shade and making the park on a hot day a good ten degrees cooler than the sidewalk surrounding it. Benches and small tables (perfect for playing chess or eating lunch) are scattered throughout the park.

     

As we mentioned earlier this afternoon, PECO is testing their new sign, which promises to be far more interesting than the old one. Don't believe us? Check out the photos that Phillyist reader Mark Roddy snapped!

We're not sure, but TVFF of Endless Simmer wrote us this morning with the photos above and a note saying:

The New York Times' Travel section ran a piece today that calls Philadelphia a "destination city"—something we could have told them years ago. We're happy that The Times has finally decided to show the City of Brotherly Love a little affection (instead of that Sixth Borough crap from a few years ago), but we'd like to point out that their recommended schedule is almost as improbable as the route of the Rocky run.

American brasserie XIX (Nineteen) is located on the top floor of the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue, right at Broad and Walnut, and its website boasts that it is the highest restaurant in Philadelphia. With four balconies, all of which offer a breezy and spectacular panoramic view, the whole place has got a swank, jet-set kind of feel, and the fabulous thing is their menus are incredibly varied. One can enjoy oysters on the half-shell at the raw bar, mango mojitos at the regular bar, or antioxidant smoothies from the new juice bar.

Proofreading Philly tries to capture typos, wordos, and all other kinds of grammatical mistakes that we see around the city. But we need your help! Email photos to us from your computer or your phone, and show the city that you care about good grammar.

Listen. We don't go to your city and dance on your civic buildings. Why the disrespect?

While it was a little annoying to have to step around this guy on the way into work when my office was on Broad Street, I can't help but feel that I'm missing out on him now that I don't make it into Center City as often...

We love the annual MGK Rock Art Show in Liberty place. If you work or live in Center City, it's worth checking out on your lunch break.

Jim just let us know, via Facebook, that PATCO is currently running shuttle busses on part of the Speedline route. The wait, from his TwitPic account, looks pretty unpleasant, so if you have another means of getting home—or if you want to hang out in the city and have a few drinks before you head back—we'd suggest you not hurry out of Philadelphia just this second.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

We told you about tentative plans for a new Apple Store at the old Brasserie Perrier location at 16th and Walnut late last week. Well kids, it's not happening, at least not there. Supposedly Apple is still planning a location in Center City, but is looking for the perfect space. Looks like we'll have to keep making the trek to King of Prussia or (gasp!) over the bridge to The Promenade in Marlton, NJ to get our Apple fill.