July 8–15, 1999 hit and run The Dodgeland Saga Continues… Tickets for more than 90 illegally parked cars could get pretty expensive. But apparently that doesn’t intimidate Dodgeland owner Gary Barbera. This past Friday, the city filed two petitions against…

July 1–8, 1999 hit and run Fresh Preserves This past week could have been dubbed “Philadelphia Preservation Week.” Wednesday, Union League: In a presentation titled “Philadelphia’s Revitalization — An Exciting Future If We Bestir Ourselves,” developers Willard Rouse (Liberty Place,…

July 1–8, 1999 city beat Bugged by Section 8 Who would have thought that roaches could lead to signs of hope in Grays Ferry’s struggle with Section 8? by Frank Lewis If Margaret Morris left her windows open, the roaches…

July 29–August 5, 1999 on media A Little Cocky Size matters. A tried-and-true dictum of the porn industry, it also applies to this year’s Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. But Ray Murray admits he may have gotten “a…

June 17–24, 1999 six pick Dave Albert Benefit Concert featuring Plug Ugly and Wolfpac Traveling home from band rehearsal on April 23, Load bassist Dave Albert and two other band members got into an argument with youths in another vehicle.…

June 10–17, 1999 hit and run XYZ To Open PDQ Being an underage punk these days can be tough in this town. There are a handfulof spaces that have shows, such as Killtime, the First Unitarian Church and the Trocadero,…

May 27–June 3, 1999 mailbag Letters to the Editor by The Readers Out of Focus? Your article regarding WYBE and its general manager, Sherri Hope Culver (Gwen Shaffer’s “Change of Focus,” May 21), contained numerous false and misleading allegations. WYBE…

May 20–27, 1999 six pick Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival You think traffic’s bad now? Wait till they close down Walnut Street from 19th to Broad this Saturday. There’ll be only one thing for the sensible motorist to do: Leave the…

May 13–20, 1999 city beat|hall monitor Campaigning 101 City Council at-large candidate Donna Gentile O’Donnell may have an impressive record and the support of Mayor Ed Rendell, but her campaign is leaving some former members of Nurses of Pennsylvania (NOP)—the…