November 27December 4, 1997 on media Nearly Everybody Remembers It When the Philadelphia Bulletin shut down its presses in 1982, a few months shy of its 135th birthday, it was the city’s dominant paper. At a circulation of over…
November 1320, 1997 political notebook Max King at the Inquirer‘s Pulitzer prize announcement. Julia Lehman/City Paper Maximized The imminent departure of Maxwell E.P. King, editor and senior vice president of the Inquirer, still looms over the Ivory Tower of Truth.…
November 1320, 1997 mailbag Letters to the Editor by The Readers Irritating Oversight I demand a recount of your latest readers’ poll to determine “The Most Irritating Media Personality” (“Readers’ Choice Awards,” Oct. 31). On its face, the results…
November 1320, 1997 hit and run Growing Hair Salon Those long-empty windows at 17th and Locust soon will be populated with the makeover mavens of Salon Oggi, which is breaking through from its current 1702 Locust St. location to encompass…
November 1320, 1997 hit and run Rittenhouse Club: Sold A “sold” sign has been slapped on the Rittenhouse Club, 1811 Walnut, next to the new Barnes & Noble on the north side of Rittenhouse Square. An agreement of sale was…
November 1320, 1997 hit and run Not On The Menu While eating lunch at the Marathon Grill at 1339 Chestnut St. Tuesday, City Paper Publisher Paul Curci witnessed a purse-snatching. Nannette Reis was lunching with her mother and pregnant sister…
November 613, 1997 hit and run Hell On Wheels Halloween night was much scarier than it should have been for a group of local cyclists known as Critical Mass, who ride together in support of bicycling as transportation. The…
October 916, 1997 six pick The Humpers The Humpers In 1990, the Humpers were a sleazy bar band that satisfied the broken-hearted, obnoxious bitch in all of us. Seven years later, the Humpers are doing the same damned thing. And…
October 916, 1997 six pick Philly Gospel The Ward sisters from the cover of How I Got Over, by Gertrude Ward. No doubt about it, Philly is gospel music heaven. The Famous Ward Singers, a group who set the style…
October 916, 1997 cover story|sidebar Everything That Shouldn’t End Up In The Storm Sewer, But Sometimes Does There are 75,000 stormwater inlets in the city. Half empty directly into rivers and streams. The other half, in times of heavy rain,…