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Frankly Philadelphia: Daily Philly News
Philadelphia local news, culture, transit, sports, food, housing, and civic life — hosted by Delco Frank. Get the email version: https://frankly-philadelphia.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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- Frankly Philadelphia: Daily Philly News
Frankly Philadelphia: Spooky-House Maps, Cocktail Gardens & School Money — Oct. 25
Delco Frank on the West Philly decorator who built a tool for finding the neighborhood's best Halloween houses, the Pennsauken backyard behind some of Philly's…
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Frankly Philadelphia: $35 Wednesday Yakitori, Rittenhouse Tea's Last Call — Oct. 24
Delco Frank on dancerobot's Wednesday-only $35 yakitori set, the Rittenhouse Hotel's classic afternoon tea ending November 15, and the Swarthmore candy poll…
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#77 Frankly Philadelphia: Barclay Corner Chefs, Reese at 50, Film Fest Finale — Oct. 23
Delco Frank on the Her Place and My Loup chefs signing a lease for the old Barclay Pharmacy corner at 18th and Spruce, with the state liquor board holding the…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Field Day Opens, Hurts Review, Camden Scrap Payout — Oct. 22
Delco Frank on opening day at Field Day in Northern Liberties, the sober questions around Jalen Hurts, the Eagles, and the league's medical review, a…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Make Friends the Rugby Way, Midterm Gun Stakes — Oct. 21
Delco Frank on the Harrowgate rugby club with a 25-year answer to making friends in Philly, two dated picks for the week, and what next month's midterms could…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Hurts Out for the Season, Mazzoni's First Trial — Oct. 20
Delco Frank on Jalen Hurts missing the rest of the Eagles season after a blood clot diagnosis, the Mazzoni Center launching its first-ever HIV-prevention…
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#73 Frankly Philadelphia: Towed After the Birds' Loss & Eater's New Best 38 — Oct. 19
Delco Frank on the Eagles fans who returned to Pattison Avenue after Sunday's loss to find their cars towed — two hours, $175, and the warning signs that were…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Three Mile Island's $4.4B Restart & the Sushi Shake-Up — Oct. 18
Delco Frank on the Department of Energy lending up to $4.4 billion to restart Three Mile Island and two other shuttered nuclear plants for the data-center era…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 17: Rittenhouse Goodbyes, LeBron's Debut, Scrapple Sculpting
Delco Frank on the Rittenhouse Hotel makeover closing the Library Bar and the Mary Cassatt Tea Room, LeBron James' preseason home debut in a Sixers uniform…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 16: West Philly's Marvel Artist, PA Measles Clinics
Delco Frank on the West Philly kid who found comics on a corner-store rack, grew up to draw for Marvel and DC, and now co-curates a free Penn exhibition. Plus…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 15: Appraisal Fix, 24 Hurt Eagles, Germantown Groundbreaking
Delco Frank on Philadelphia's quiet plan to fight home appraisal bias — and the free career expo that could put residents into a six-figure trade. Plus the…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 14: Big Phan Premieres, the Forgotten First, Mantua's Air
Delco Frank on the Phillie Phanatic documentary Big Phan premiering at the Philadelphia Film Festival, the 1869 animal shelter the city's 52 Weeks of Firsts…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 13: Flyers' Worst Start Ever, Skill Games Banned Tomorrow
Delco Frank on the Flyers' worst start in franchise history, an open-invite birthday party for Kareem in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania's skill games ban starting…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 12: Germantown Vote Shop, Frankford Churches, Canes Troll
Delco Frank on Germantown's one-stop election office with weekend hours, the 25 churches feeding Frankford Avenue, a rival hockey team trolling Philly's teams…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 11: Lane Johnson Retires (Sort Of), Soaked Sunday, Flu Shots
Delco Frank on Lane Johnson's surprise retirement that somehow keeps him on the Eagles' roster all season — and the mysterious financial considerations behind…
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#64 Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 10: Billies Awards, LeBron, Eagles Draft Homework
Delco Frank on the Billies Awards honoring Philly's changemakers at WHYY Studios — nail-clipping trophy included — plus the Eagles' 2027 draft watch list, a…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 9: Jukebox Bars, 2-2 Eagles in London, Measles Closure
Delco Frank on one fella's hunt for a cheap, no-frills bar with a good jukebox, the 2-2 Eagles flying to London to face the Jaguars without two Super Bowl…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 8: Parent-Friend Play, Survivor Call, Eagles Mystery List
Delco Frank on the Lantern Theater's Summer, 1976 closing Sunday, a Survivor casting call said to be coming to Rivers Casino, the Eagles' eleven-name injury…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 7, 2026: Lane Johnson Retires, Trash Into Art
Delco Frank on the Philly street artist turning the city's curbside trash into public art, Lane Johnson's surprise retirement from the Eagles, a board-game…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 6, 2026: Sixers Rout the Knicks, Montco's Election Robot Dog
Delco Frank on the Sixers' 120-97 preseason win over the Knicks and Jaylen Brown's 22-point debut, the reported season-ending injury to Ariel Hukporti, and…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 5, 2026: One-Shot Mar Beats the PPA, Eagles' One Good Screen
Delco Frank on One-Shot Mar winning Philadelphia's first parallel parking championship with prizes from the actual Parking Authority, the Eagles' lone screen…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 4, 2026: Dickens Descendant in Philly, LeBron Sixers Chatter
Delco Frank on the Dickens descendant getting a face-to-face look at treasures Philadelphia's own collections keep quiet about, the LeBron-to-the-Sixers post…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 3, 2026: Lights Out in Hunting Park, Phillies Era Over
Delco Frank on the copper thieves who killed the field lights on a Hunting Park youth football team right before the playoffs — and the parents keeping…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 2, 2026: Germantown's Revolutionary Weekend, Phillies Done
Delco Frank on tomorrow's Revolutionary Germantown Festival at Cliveden, the Phillies' 6-2 Wild Card exit in Atlanta, and a vacant Wilmington storefront turned…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Oct. 1, 2026: Analog Philly, Flyers Blown Out, 43,000 Homes at Risk
Delco Frank on Philly's analog boom — free typewriters, vinyl nights, the Analog Lovers Club — plus the Flyers' 7-0 season-opening loss to Pittsburgh, a study…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Sept. 30, 2026: A Dollar-a-Year Train Station, The Fire's Goodbye
Delco Frank on SEPTA leasing Roxborough's Shawmont Station, the oldest passenger rail station in the country, to the city for one dollar a year (renovation not…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Sept. 29, 2026: The Academy's Doors Close, Eagles Get Graded
Delco Frank on the Academy of Natural Sciences closing its doors and the Drexel debt story underneath it, ten awards for a rough Eagles loss in Chicago, a…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Sept. 28, 2026: AC's Essential Money-Loser, Sixers Media Day
Delco Frank on the Atlantic City Sheraton, the convention hotel that has lost money for years, hasn't been renovated since 1998, and is getting a…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Sept. 27, 2026: Dinner Across the Bridge, Girls High's Packed Rooms
Delco Frank on the Philadelphian headed to the Gorillaz show in Camden who realized they've never once eaten a meal across the bridge, Girls High's freshman…
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#50 Frankly Philadelphia — Sept. 26, 2026: Eagles-Bears Injury Bowl, Ocean on Route 40
Delco Frank on Monday night's Eagles-Bears game hinging entirely on the injury report, a nor'easter pushing the ocean onto Route 40 in Atlantic City, and a…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Sept. 25, 2026: Michkov Came Out Flying, Waves Over the Seawall
Delco Frank on Matvei Michkov scoring right away in the Flyers' preseason opener, a coastal storm sending waves over the North Wildwood seawall, Senator Chris…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Sept. 24, 2026: A Milkshake Built a House, Landlords Get Homework
Delco Frank on how the Eagles, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Shamrock Shake created the world's first Ronald McDonald House — and the Firstival…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Sept. 22, 2026: Germantown Teens Write the Apocalypse
Delco Frank on thirteen Germantown teenagers who wrote their own post-apocalyptic play for the Fringe Festival, three Philly-area schools cracking the new U.S…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Sept. 21, 2026: Gen Z vs. the $15 Cocktail, Germantown Rebuilds
Delco Frank on the great Gen Z drinking debate and the fifteen-dollar cocktail at the center of it, Crossroads Women's Center fundraising to rebuild after a…
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#45 Frankly Philadelphia — Sept. 20, 2026: Sheeran at the Linc & the 5 A.M. Uber
Delco Frank on Ed Sheeran's emotional night at Lincoln Financial Field — the on-stage statement, Macklemore's removal by the tour's promoter, and the…
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#44 Frankly Philadelphia — Sept. 19, 2026: Macklemore Mural, Sheeran Ticket Drama
Delco Frank on the Macklemore mural painted in Gaza City and the Forbes headline going around about Ed Sheeran's Philadelphia ticket prices, the mystery white…
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Frankly Philadelphia — Sept. 18, 2026: Eagles Line Shuffle, Dance Movie, Boxing Gym Money
Delco Frank on the Eagles patching their offensive line for the Titans, a Bollywood fusion dance movie hitting Netflix tonight, the Nov. 3 dates worth knowing…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Candy Factory Reborn, Phillies Nerves, Fall Trips (Sept. 17, 2026)
Delco Frank on the Bridesburg chocolate factory that traded Raisinets for child care and health care, a Phillies wild-card nerves check, eight fall day trips…
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#41 Frankly Philadelphia: Heritage Fest, Camera Quits, 988 Day (Sept. 16, 2026)
Delco Frank on HOY en Delaware's ninth Hispanic Heritage Festival at Bellevue State Park, the Phillies loss so bleak the TV camera wandered off, a Germantown…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Funnel Cake Fest, Dickerson to IR, Ballot Ruling (Sept. 15, 2026)
Delco Frank starts on the 5400 block of Germantown Avenue, where funnel cakes and marching bands took over for the food truck festival's second year. Then…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Birds Fever, Texas Stunner, Mail-In Ballot Answer (Sept. 13, 2026)
Delco Frank rides the Week One wave as Philadelphia loses its composure over the Eagles opener, recaps Texas erasing a twenty-point fourth-quarter hole to stun…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Goodwill's Thrift Runway, Lane's Last Sundays (Sept. 12, 2026)
Delco Frank on Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County turning thrift-store donations into runway looks with student designers from both Delaware…
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#37 Frankly Philadelphia: Car-Free Walnut Sundays, Gallery Time Machine (Sept. 11, 2026)
Delco Frank on the Center City District shutting eight blocks of Walnut and 18th to cars for seven straight Sundays — mini golf, big-screen Eagles, and a…
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Frankly Philadelphia: 400 Paintings Under the El, Ritz Five Goes Dark (Sept. 10, 2026)
Delco Frank on the 400-plus resident-painted steel plates turning the Market-Frankford El into a Kensington gallery, the Ritz Five closing over failed…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Tenants Post Receipts, Landlord Finds License (Sept. 9, 2026)
Delco Frank on the former Germantown High School tenants who posted about conditions online and watched rental licenses appear days later, Pennsylvania's…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Phillies Split, NJ Data Center Fight (Sept. 8, 2026)
Delco Frank on the Phillies' four-game split with Atlanta and the Luzardo hype, New Jersey towns banning AI data centers ahead of the midterms, and ten teens…
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#33 Frankly Philadelphia: Pickles on Cheesesteaks, Sunny Labor Day & a New Kind of Doctor
Delco Frank wades into the cheesesteak pickle debate, plus a genuinely nice Labor Day forecast, what the science actually says about weighted blankets, and a…
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Frankly Philadelphia: 42-Year-Old Rookie Lifeguard, SPS Settlement & the Reading Fight
A Pittsburgh trial attorney just became the oldest rookie lifeguard in Rehoboth Beach Patrol history at forty-two. There's a class action settlement on the…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Tetris vs. the White House, Phone-Free Shows & Shore Turtles
The people behind Tetris say the White House's new wall-stacking game looks mighty familiar, Philly keeps arguing about phones at concerts, a West Philly…
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#30 Frankly Philadelphia: Storm Watch, a Germantown Comeback and the NJ Ballot
A thunderstorm watch tonight, sunshine at the shore for Labor Day weekend, a Germantown landmark getting a second life with a tenant worth meeting, health…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Race Medals, Arts Money Gone, a Block Lifts a Car
Thursday, September 3, 2026. Delco Frank cannot get over it: Philadelphia will run 6.2 miles up and down these streets for a shiny piece of metal made by a…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Mitchell & Ness Goes Rittenhouse, Camden's First Full Year
Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Delco Frank cannot let go of one detail from Philadelphia Magazine: before rappers made throwback jerseys fashion and sports…
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Frankly Philadelphia: City Hall's 1970s Artist Payroll, Christie's Betting Legacy
Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Delco Frank cannot get over the numbers in a new free exhibit inside City Hall: WHYY News reports "A Federal Job in the Arts: CETA…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Eagles Keep Four QBs, Cycling Classic Takes the Wall
Monday, August 31, 2026. Cutdown day is over and Delco Frank cannot get past one number: Crossing Broad's breakdown of the Eagles' initial 53-man roster says…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Eagles Depth Chart, Goop's Sit-Down, PA's Registration Gap
Sunday, August 30, 2026. PhillyVoice drops its latest projected Eagles depth chart and the city treats a guess like scripture. Then the one Delco Frank woke up…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Cycling Classic Bets on Sunday, Eagles Cuts, Elkins Park Tacos
Saturday, August 29, 2026. A man in the Lincoln Financial Field lot told FOX 29 he went green all the way, avocados included, as fans packed the final…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Cycling Classic Returns, Abington Ditches Flock Cameras
Friday, August 28, 2026. The Philadelphia Cycling Classic comes back Sunday after ten years gone — PhillyVoice maps a 14.4-mile loop that starts and ends on…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Sunny Hits 18, the Philly Slinky, Harrisburg's Phone Bill
Thursday, August 27, 2026. Delco Frank starts with the city's pop-culture flex — PhillyVoice notes 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' came back for its 18th…
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Frankly Philadelphia: Philly Art Map vs. the Algorithm, Eagles Open Practice
Wednesday, August 26, 2026. Delco Frank is stuck on one thing this morning: an anonymous Philadelphia artist built an app called Philly Art Map — a map, in…
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Frankly Philadelphia: South Street's 30% Vacancy, West Chester's LLWS Heartbreaker
Tuesday, August 25, 2026. Delco Frank starts with the West Chester kids, who lost a marathon Little League World Series classic Monday night, per Patch's West…