Michael Tanenbaum

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Michael Tanenbaum is a senior staff writer for PhillyVoice.com, with interests ranging from technology and behavioral health to local community initiatives and cultural life. Michael has written for the Argentina Independent and Bespoke Magazine and previously served as a news editor for Xfinity.com before joining PhillyVoice. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.


tanenbaum@phillyvoice.com

April 25, 2018

Development

D.C. architects want to build a timber skyscraper in Philadelphia

With increasing urgency to adopt more sustainable approaches to urban development, one Washington, D.C. architecture firm wants our city to become a trailblazer in the future of high-rise construction.

April 24, 2018

NBA

Allen Iverson confronts Stephen A. Smith on the Process: 'I told you'

During the leanest years of the Sixers' multi-year tanking project, popularly sanitized as the Process, one of the team's harshest critics was ESPN analyst and former Philadelphia beat writer Stephen A. Smith.

April 24, 2018

Odd News

Police capture coyote in Mayfair section of Northeast Philly

Police in Philadelphia's 15th District tweeted Monday that they had captured a coyote spotted on the 4200 block of Greeby Street in Mayfair, not far from Pennypack Park, according to a department spokesman.

April 24, 2018

Public Health

Philadelphia hit by 34 percent annual increase in opioid overdose deaths

Philadelphia's opioid crisis not showing any immediate signs of a slowdown—and the toll looks to be getting much worse, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Department of Public Health. 

April 23, 2018

NBA

Allen Iverson says he's annoyed Kobe Bryant gets snubbed in NBA's GOAT debate

Between the Sixers' return to the NBA playoffs and a second NCAA title for Villanova, the city of Philadelphia is about as hyped up for basketball right now as it's been in almost 20 years.

April 23, 2018

Development

Developers plan $75 million luxury apartment complex in downtown Willow Grove

A wave of change in Willow Grove, long anchored by the mall and surrounding outlets, will soon bring a $75 million apartment, office and retail complex to one of the busiest intersections on Route 611 in Montgomery County. 

April 23, 2018

Investigation

South Jersey man charged in death of victim found in forest

A Pemberton Township man was charged Monday in the fatal stabbing of a man who disappeared last September shortly after moving to the area from Indiana, Burlington County prosecutors announced Monday.

April 23, 2018

Employment

Philadelphia International Airport holding job fair at Liacouras Center

Philadelphia International Airport will hold a job fair at the Liacouras Center on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. Hundreds of positions are available with more than 50 participating businesses.

April 21, 2018

Investigation

A.G.: Fake businesses stole $336K from Pennsylvania agency

Six individuals are facing felony charges after they allegedly used fake business to fraudulently obtain grant funds from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, the Attorney General's office announced this week.

April 21, 2018

Investigation

Missing Philadelphia woman reportedly found dead in Monroe County

A Philadelphia woman who was reported missing in December was found dead Friday behind a mobile home in Monroe County, according to authorities. 

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