By Randy LoBasso
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FeaturesDive Bar Down: How Fishtown Bars Reflect Greater Sociological Business Shift
When 44-year-old Bobby Harris was murdered during a 4AM robbery at the corner of Palmer and Mascher Streets in 2006, he left behind a staple Fishtown corner bar and a…
Randy LoBasso | 11/19/2015 -
Features…And Don’t Forget About the Socialists!
With all the hooplah self-described socialist Bernie Sanders is drumming up in the presidential election, we figured we’d highlight a few socialists running locally. Here’s a brief rundown on candidates…
Randy LoBasso | 10/30/2015 -
Politics…And Don’t Forget About the Socialists!
With all the hooplah self-described socialist Bernie Sanders is drumming up in the presidential election, we figured we’d highlight a few socialists running locally. Here’s a brief rundown on candidates…
Randy LoBasso | 10/28/2015 -
Features in FishtownFor Safer Riverwards Communities, Install More Bike Lanes
Earlier this summer, several Fishtown residents, including LeeAnne Mullins, decided they were fed up with the situation on York Street—cars barely slowing down at stop signs, driving two-abreast and a…
Randy LoBasso | 10/08/2015 -
FeaturesWhat “Dude It’s Rude” Complaints Tell Us About SEPTA, and Each Other
When SEPTA created its “Dude It’s Rude” riding etiquette campaign last year, it did not do so in a vacuum. Cities like Boston and New York had already unveiled similar…
Randy LoBasso | 09/23/2015 -
Community in Port RichmondWater Mains and Waiting Games: Diagnosing a problem plaguing our streets
Olde Richmond resident Bridget Layden has a stack of photographs detailing her home’s partial-destruction earlier this summer. In some of them, three feet of water has overtaken her basement’s utilities,…
Randy LoBasso | 09/09/2015 -
A&EThe Show Must Go On: How Pope Francis’ Visit Will Affect Touring Bands and Local Concert Venues
No one told Joe Keithley about the pope. The legendary Canadian singer, best known by his stage name “Joey Shithead” as the leader of hardcore punk pioneers D.O.A., recently got…
Randy LoBasso | 08/26/2015 -
CommunityBicycle Coalition Report Shows Neighborhood Road Vulnerability
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia spent the better part of 2014 and 2015 compiling, and recently releasing, its neighborhood-centric Vision Zero report, detailing the most dangerous intersections and corridors…
Randy LoBasso | 07/15/2015