New state funding to survey possible Eakins Oval redesign
Someday, tourists trying to get to the Rocky statue may no longer find themselves playing a real-life version of the old video game Frogger across several lanes of speeding traffic.
BP’s Meir Rinde took a look at the latest study planned for making the Benjamin Franklin Parkway more “park” and less “way.” Continue reading…
It’s all in the family at Cilantro Mediterranean Grill
Serving mostly Middle Eastern-fusion, with an emphasis on Egyptian cuisine, Mohamed Al-Azazy and his wife Dalia Soliman run Cilantro with the help of their sons.
BP’s Ali Mohsen talked to the couple about their journey, both to the U.S. from Egypt, and to opening their restaurant on S. 4th St. Continue reading…
RECAP: What else happened?
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• A Republican’s resignation shifts power back to Democrats in Pennsylvania House ahead of election [AP]
• After a warmer, sunnier stretch, winter makes its return this week with the chance for snow late Monday into Tuesday. [WHYY]
• Lunar New Year Parade in Philly’s Chinatown highlights the ‘Year of the Dragon,’ continued opposition against proposed Sixers’ arena. [WHYY]
• Crews demolish East Lansdowne home after remains recovered: “We think we have found everybody.” [6ABC]
• Record cocoa prices heading into Valentines Day proves to be a headache for sweets king Hershey. [WHYY/AP]
• Philly’s Kyle Lowry is heading home to join the Sixers after posting his plans on social media. [IG @kyle_lowry7]]
MAYOR WATCH
Mayor Parker will join city leaders and members of the IBEW at the Navy Yard Monday afternoon to announce nearly $1.5 million federal grant that will help launch an electric vehicles’ jobs training pilot program called Plug In Philly.
ON THE CALENDAR
🛍️ uCity Square Pop-Up Shop: Support local Black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs at Marketplace at 3600 uCity Square. (Weekly on Monday and Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting Feb 12 through Feb 29)
🐟 Long Live Sturgeon! Join WHYY’s Maiken Scott at the Academy of Natural Sciences for a panel discussion on the Atlantic Sturgeon, a fish that “epitomizes the global biodiversity crisis,” as well as other vulnerable fishes in the mid-Atlantic region. (Thursday, Feb. 15, 6–8 p.m.)
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