Philly LGBTQ history: An overview of the city’s legacy of pride
From Quaker house parties to the black-and-brown-striped flag.
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Temple’s Liacouras Center, set to be Philly’s coronavirus overflow site, almost didn’t get built
The 11,000-seat arena will be retrofitted to hold 250 beds for COVID-19 patients.
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Where will Safehouse open a supervised injection site? Study tags potential locations
The nonprofit says a 2019 launch remains the plan.
How the Rendell-backed safe-injection nonprofit got started
"Sister Mary [Scullion] was like, yeah, I'll go to jail with you guys."
Rendell: Philly will bid to host both the Super Bowl and the MLB All-Star game in 2026
The push is part of the plan to be the official city of USA250, the semiquincentennial celebration of the nation's founding. Though it's still nine years away, planning has begun. In November 2016, Congress approved a law creating a new commission to facilitate everything, and the 33-member body will hold meetings at Independence Hall while seeking input from the public. There's also an initiative called Food250, which is co-chaired by High Street's Ellen Yin and Eli Kulp.