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The Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll, is returning Thursday, Sept. 4. The year’s second and final edition of the Stroll (the first one was held in June) is 5-8 p.m. between 40th and 51st streets and will feature dozens of local businesses and community vendors. As always, this event is a great opportunity to enjoy special one-night-only deals for $1, $3, or $5 from your favorite businesses, check out new local businesses and vendors, and finally, enjoy live performances while strolling along this vibrant commercial corridor.

Check out the map above featuring all the deals and participating business/vendor locations. And here’s the list of live performances and activities:

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Wonder, a new kind of food hall which lets customers enjoy dishes from some of the world’s best chefs and award-winning restaurants in one order, is opening its newest location in University City next week. This will be Wonder’s third location in Philadelphia and eighth in the greater Philadelphia region.

Wonder allows customers to order from multiple restaurants in a single transaction, with all items prepared fresh in one location. The University City kitchen will feature the full roster of Wonder’s chef partners, including Bobby Flay, Jose Andres, and Marcus Samuelsson, all of which are available for dine-in, pickup or delivery through Wonder’s app throughout University City.

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SEPTA is restoring some bus and trolley routes used most by students, thanks to a subsidy from the city.

As the new school year began for Philadelphia public school students on Aug. 25, so did SEPTA service cuts, which reduced service up to 20 percent on most bus routes and eliminated some of them.

SEPTA announced that beginning Sept. 2, more buses and trolleys will be added to the following routes to improve their frequency:

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An artist’s rendering of the proposed parking garage at 41st and Filbert (Images courtesy of ISA). 

A five-story parking garage is coming to 41st and Filbert (one block north of Market Street) as part of the life sciences and commercial office campus that has been built in the area over the past several years. A Civic Design Review hearing is scheduled for Sept. 2.

“5.0 University Place” will include 495 parking spaces with a special, secured section of 29 spaces reserved for vehicles connected to the new Philadelphia Police Department forensics lab, which will be housed nearby in 3.0 University Place at 41st and Market.

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Beginning Sunday, Aug. 24, SEPTA will discontinue several bus stops on 48th Street between Walnut St. and Baltimore Ave., the portion of the street used by the Routes 64 and 411. The following stops will be discontinued: Locust St., Pine St., Osage Ave., Hazel Ave., and Cedar Ave.

The reason for the stop elimination is traffic safety as part of the 48th Street Traffic Safety Project, according SEPTA. The construction stage began last year and included an installation of a parking-separated bike lane and traffic-calming measures.

SEPTA will also begin implementing service cuts throughout its transit network starting this Sunday due to a lack of state funding. Read more here about the service cuts in West Philadelphia.

UPDATE (8/25/25): SEPTA has released new Fall schedules for its Bus and Metro service which reflect 20 percent service cuts that took effect on Sunday, Aug. 24. Go here for more details.

8/21/25: As you may have heard, SEPTA has announced major service cuts that will take effect this Sunday, Aug. 24 due to a lack of state transit funding. The cuts will eliminate some bus routes or shorten them and reduce the frequency by up to 20 percent. Also, a reminder that fares will increase to $2.90 per ride beginning Sept. 1.

Here’s some useful information on SEPTA service reductions for routes serving West Philadelphia.

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Service on the “L” (Market-Frankford Line) will be reduced by up to 20 percent. Peak intervals will go from 6 to 8 minutes. Midday intervals will go from 6 to 8 minutes.

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