Philadelphia is a town steeped in rich culture. Not to get all history lesson on you, but after you’ve been around for a while, weird-looking places start catching your eye. While most of them are benign, some look like there should be a spiral staircase to leading to a secret, smokey basement. There are plenty [...]

I took this picture a few years ago. I’m not even sure if it is still there. Pretty sure it was on Haverford Ave in West Philly near 52nd Street. It may not be good news but it always struck me as odd (needless to say, I don’t understand).

Indeed, we looked it [...]

If you’ve ever been to The Gallery and really had to use the bathroom, you have surely found yourself faced with a difficult question: Do I sacrifice my dignity and use my pants or do I sacrifice my dignity and use the bathroom? If you’ve never found yourself faced with that situation, count yourself [...]

This is only our third entry into our Places We Can’t Understand category here on Philebrity, but already, it’s looking pretty clear that the category should really be named, “Places We Can’t Understand (But Love Anyway).” And while the first two focused on weird corners of the city, for this one, let’s take it back [...]

I mean, yes, we understand it: The Fifth Street Tunnel is there so you can zoom from Old City straight through to Northern Liberties while the rest of the lemmings clog the foot of the Ben Franklin Bridge. That much we get. But do ever get the feeling that the Fifth Street Tunnel isn’t telling [...]

Every big city walks a balance between a kind of Tetris, where everything just fits together, and creative genius, where instead, things just fall into place. And then there are the places that don’t fit into either of those columns: Lost rooms and corners that could easily be a portal to another world or remnants [...]