Results tagged “labor”

If you feel like taking a trip or if you live out in Southwest Philadelphia, then this week's park is for you. There was enough nice weather on Saturday that I was able to ride out to 71st Street and Buist Ave, almost to the city's edge, to visit Elmwood Park. It was my first time ever over in the Southwest part of the city, and I was pleasantly surprised. It's not a bad ride, and there are plenty of bike lanes on the streets out that way, just watch out for kids doing wheelies down the wrong lane. Yikes.

Yesterday's ran a rather long piece called "How Do You Prove You're a Jew?", and while it may seem an unconventional topic for a manners column, I'd like to expound a bit upon it. Have no fear: even if you don't have the time or the inclination to read the original Gershom Gorenberg essay, I'm only using it as a jumping-off point for this column, and I promise not to allude to anything that would only be understood if you did read it.

Did anyone else see where September went? It was Labor Day, we went to the closet to pack up our white shoes, and suddenly it's the terminal week. Next year, September, give us a little more transition time? Also, knock it off with the 90s.

There was very little else for Londonist to be concerned with when the threat of a Tube strike became a very unpleasant reality. The inconvenience was extreme: there aren't many alternatives to the Tube in London despite the best efforts of the Londonist team to get everyone from A to B. Brighter news came in the form of the first ever female Yeoman Warder, or Beefeater as the position is more commonly known, and several smiles as well as lots of cash were raised by some plucky urban ironing. London is apparently full of lies and whales: one of these things is true. We leave that up to you to figure out.

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We're not here, and other than a PLAF diary or two, we won't be.

Happy first weekend of September - and happy Labor Day weekend, too, for our American cities! Let's take a look at what's been happening around the Ist-a-verse.

"WAAAAAR-EEEEEEEEEE-ORS, come out and PLAY-E-AY!!"

This week's quote is the name of the first song in the musical , about to open at the New Candlelight Theatre. That's where the video is from, too. Now, on with the listings!

Jackson O'Connel-Barlow of Grand Buffet, on influences, sweatshops and baseball cards.

You know what's the and snapping a pair of shovels doing it?

“The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.” From the first sentence, Beckett’s youngest and funniest novel, Murphy, proves to be so quintessentially Beckett that, as a friend aptly analogized over coffee one day this week: “It’s as if that sentence were Beckett’s body diced, dipped in bourbon, cured and later left to brew in hot water until some old expert could declare it, a perfect cup of something Beckett.”

Phillyist sure did.

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Today a new family-friendly attraction is opening at 6th and Race, courtesy Once Upon A Nation and Fairmount Park, and in celebration of Ben Franklin's 300th birthday. It's the new Franklin Square (more on its history here), featuring an old-fashioned carousel with 30 horses; a restored 19th century fountain; a picnic area (with food provided, it sounds like); an 18-hole Philly-themed mini golf course (called, appropriately enough, Philly Mini Golf); and two new "state-of-the-art" playgrounds - one for the little kids, and "a more challenging one" for the bigger kids. Sounds very cool, although we're not sure how a playground can be "state-of-the-art" - or "more challenging," for that matter. We're particularly excited about the Philly Mini Golf. We couldn't care less about boring old real golf, but putting your ball over the B. Franklin bridge, up the steps of the Art Museum, and then into the Liberty Bell? That's pure entertainment. We don't think there are any windmills in Philly, but now we kind of wish there were because one of those really puts any course over the top. Anyway, everything's free for kids 2 and under, while slightly older kids will pay $6 for the golf and $2 for the carousel, and adults will pay $8 for the golf and $3 for the carousel. The square will be open 10AM-9PM through Labor Day; check the website for fall hours. Now, when are they going to reopen the old Franklin Square PATCO station?

Future Showings: Monday April 10th at The Bridge 5PM

…just ask Comcast. According to Inga Saffron of the Inquirer, the new Comcast Tower has dreams of being not only the tallest and most environmentally friendly building in Philadelphia…but in the whole US of A. What's holding the building back? The Plumbers Local 690, who are allegedly put out by the plans to install waterless urinals in the building.

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Phillyist knows you're probably sick to death of hearing about labor relations; however - it's good to remember that this isn't an issue unique to our time (or transit system).