Frozen Car, Art Museum Changes Its Name (Again) & Our Recap from The Tasties
It’s the Friday News Roundup. How did the city do with the snow clean-up? And why were people visiting “Frozen Car” in Fishtown? We also recap The Tasties award ceremony and explain why the name of our Art Museum is once again changing (back) its name. Also, there’s a chicken at the Philadelphia Zoo who knows who will win the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Our Friday news roundups are powered by great local journalism:
- Philadelphians are frustrated with the city’s snow storm cleanup. What does that mean for Mayor Cherelle Parker?
- A frozen car in Fishtown became a tourist attraction on Google Maps
- ‘It’s the straw that broke my friggin’ back’: Dirty Franks goes 25-and-older after someone tried to get in with a fake Ben Franklin ID
- Meet Chick Pea, a Brahma chicken at the Philadelphia Zoo who’s poised to predict this weekend’s Super Bowl winner
- Museum reverses course, and it’s the ‘Philadelphia Museum of Art’ once again
- The Tasties winners
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