He once ran for mayor, now he has a trial date for allegedly vandalizing...
Long a point of contention in Center City, the battle over the Frank Rizzo intensified last month when City Councilwoman at-large Helen Gym called for its removal from the plaza at the Municipal...
View ArticleTop 100 submissions on what to do with the Rizzo statue
When the long-simmering controversy over potentially relocating the statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo reached the screaming phase this summer, city officials invited the public to offer suggestions...
View ArticleThe nominees for the 'Museum of Accomplished Philadelphians' are ...
One reader's 47 words got me pondering one question: Who would be in a hypothetical Museum of Accomplished Philadelphians?
View ArticleCharged with spray painting Rizzo statue, he speaks publicly about case for...
Wali “Diop” Rahman – a 40-year-old Germantown resident who once ran for mayor as an independent – spoke publicly about his case and the ongoing controversy over the monument to the former mayor.
View ArticlePolice: 3 injured after skirmish with protesters near Rizzo statue
Two police officers and one protester suffered minor injuries in a clash near the statue of the late Police Commissioner and Mayor Frank Rizzo around 2:45 p.m. Saturday, Philadelphia police said.
View ArticleDoes Frank Rizzo statue deserve its special legal protection?
The defendant doesn't exactly deny vandalizing the monument, so what is the sticking point? It's the fundamental question of whether the 10-foot bronze statue is a “venerated” monument worthy of...
View ArticleA look back at 20 stories from 2017 – with updates
‘Tis the season to revisit stories from earlier in the year to bring readers up to speed on what happened in the time since we published them.
View ArticleRizzo foe: Let's gather next month with 'ropes and chains to tear the statue...
After the city announced that the controversial Frank Rizzo statue would remain in place for two or three years, his family tells PhillyVoice that it shouldn't be moved at all but protesters vow to...
View ArticleSomeone put a Blue Lives Matter flag on the Rizzo statue and a council...
Someone placed a 'Blue Lives Matter' flag on the Frank Rizzo statue on Mummers Parade morning. By mid-afternoon, a candidate for City Council had torn it down and taken it away.
View ArticleWhy both the Flyers and their anti-PC haters are right (and wrong) in the...
I first heard about Kate Smith-gate roughly 30 minutes before the clock struck Good Friday. At that point, word that the New York Baseball Yankees had relegated the Songbird of the South’s rendition of...
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