Temple’s GenEd program should require a class on Philadelphia’s history.

More than 100 Philadelphia school students participated in the city’s first 24-hour chess tournament last weekend, aimed at providing an alternative to violence.
Half of the participants spent Friday night playing informal games in the Howard Gittis Student Center, while the other half arrived Saturday morning for the tournament.
Temple hosted theevent, which saw a brief [...]

A slideshow of Temple University and Philadelphia seen from the Philadelphia Police Department helicopter.

Regional leaders have announced a voluntary text message-alert system to warn residents of emergencies, similar to one already established by Temple.

The announcement of the 1,500-foot American Commerce Center is just part of a construction boom that has moved despite fears of recession.

Philadelphia has had as big an impact in popular music as any other city in the world.
Daryl Hall and John Oates, who both attended Temple in the late 1960s, are as big a part of that distinction as any.
Since they formed in 1972, Hall & Oates have sold 60 million records worldwide, produced eight No. [...]

The story has been told so many times that they recount it the same whether they are together or not. It is the story of how Hall & Oates, one of the most successful duos in rock history, came to be.
“It was at the Adelphi Ballroom in West Philly,” said Daryl Hall, 61, the taller, [...]

New Hope is a place that keeps you trailing from store to store as the day flies by. Piercing and tattoo venues are everywhere. Cuban cigars, bumper stickers, Bob Marley T-shirts, hemp purses and vintage clothing fill the Main Street stores.
New Hope is similar to Philadelphia’s South Street, with lots of people walking around outside [...]

When Philadelphia is down, the kicking begins.
It kills me to see my beloved hometown be the subject of so much negative coverage and ridicule over our high murder rate. I’m betting that New Yorkers are glowing about the fact that their city’s murder rate is lower than ours. When it comes to sports, Philadelphia has [...]

Philly has Sneaker Villa. New York has Niketown. Philly has UBiq and a handful of skate shops and shoe boutiques. New York has Soho. In the City of Brotherly Love, sneaker affection comes close, but can’t compare to New York’s kicks.
Here’s why:
SneakerHead Mecca
“Go to downtown Soho … [and you] can see all these kids roaming [...]