Market East : Featured Stories

Looking for something tasty in the City of Brotherly Love? Check out this list of beloved menu items from across Philly. We've got it all: cheesesteaks, fine dining, Mexican eats, ice cold coffee, hot dumplings, and much more.

Philly is still a bastion for quirky independent stores selling classic superhero tales, rare back issues, manga, independent titles and more. As comics continue to provide grist for the blockbuster mill, don't neglect the charms of the source material.

Can Market East become just as lively at night as it is during the day? The city's tourism and development mavens certainly hope so -- and they've come together to polish up one of Center City's key corridors.

Focused on adding value for the three startups housed with philly.com and Interstate General Media, this Virginia transplant is keeping busy.

Daniel Speers wrote his sci-fi narrative, which debuts at The Trocadero on Aug. 26, after his second tour of duty near Baghdad.

A 2,100 square foot coworking space and media hub is proposed on three floors above PhillyCAM's headquarters at 7th and Chestnut.

What's in a name? Everything, and it isn't always easy to settle on one. We look at three neighborhoods in various states of branding.

Get dirty in the Brandywine Valley, celebrate facial hair at The Blockley and eat local and organic with hundreds of Philly's finest. 

The Penn-organized weekend hackathon brought together students, developers and NGOs to identify and solve real-world problems, many through text-based tech.

Find Flashfl00d's semi-secretive, downloadable exhibitions in Kensington,  help cover creative costs at Shot Tower, and taste the Flower Show at Smokin' Betty's.

Led by local Code for America fellows, tech aficionados, developers, civil servants and passionate citizens alike came together to hack a better Philly.

Collaboration thrusts more natural landscape and space for kids into Center City, while multiple projects promise to define Chinatown North.

Network with the in-crowd at Moore, witness innovation at inciteXchange at Temple, and reflect on comic images at Asian Arts Initiative.