Topic: Center City
Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend
This week in Philly we have live music, street festivals for food, shopping, and fun, a pop-up Black-owned business marketplace, movie scores by moonlight, the Broad Street Run and Leslie Odom Jr.
By Lauren McCutcheon and Christina GriffithGuest Commentary: Why We’re Moving Back to Philly … Again
A former Pennsylvania political aide moved to New York City for a job. Two decades later, he’s coming back to his adopted city — for good
By David M. StoneCITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS: Paul Levy
For his decades-long commitment to making Center City safe, clean and welcoming to all of us, the outgoing Center City District president is being honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award
By Christine Speer LejeuneBig Rube’s Philly: Philly Fashion Week
One of the bigger shows at last week’s stylish event had to relocate on the fly to an unexpected runway. It was beautiful.
By Reuben HarleyGuest Commentary: Urban Doom Loop … Really?
A story in the Wall Street Journal last week singled Philly out for having an empty office district. The head of the Center City District wonders: Do facts even matter anymore?
By Paul R. LevyPhiladelphia Celebrates Juneteenth 2023
A three-day weekend makes it easy to enjoy more of the city’s biggest events in Germantown, West Philadelphia, Southwest and Old City — and then some
By Abigail Chang and Lauren McCutcheonLGBTQ-Owned Shops, Restaurants, More in Philadelphia
Brick-and-mortar LGBTQ-owned businesses span all of Philly. Here, some that strive not just to sell, but also to do good in and beyond our city
By The Philadelphia Citizen StaffYour Guide to Philadelphia Pride 2023
Philly celebrates LGBTQIA+ Pride this year with events for families, partiers, sports fans, arts aficionados — all June long.
By Lauren McCutcheon