Michael Tanenbaum

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

March 11, 2016

MLB

Pete Rose, the bobblehead, gets premier Hall of Fame nod

by Michael Tanenbaum

Former Phillies and Reds legend Pete Rose, exiled from baseball for more than 25 years, will finally get his day in the Hall of Fame. It just won't be the one in Cooperstown, where Rose already has several artifacts but not the highly coveted plaques at the museum and at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

March 11, 2016

Arrests

Montco woman arrested in alleged murder of stepfather

by Michael Tanenbaum

Officials in Montgomery County announced the arrest of a 23-year-old Norristown woman who allegedly stabbed her stepfather to death in the borough's first homicide of 2016.

March 11, 2016

Arrests

N.J. father of 'Adolf Hitler' surrenders to Pennsylvania police

by Michael Tanenbaum

A New Jersey fugitive who gained notoriety in 2008 over a birthday cake for his three-year-old son, Adolf Hitler, was arrested in Pennsylvania Thursday on charges of domestic violence.

March 11, 2016

Real Estate

Report: Philly 'hipsters' lead U.S. in profitable home flips

by Michael Tanenbaum

However we choose to define the amorphous social category of the hipster – whether it's a matter of nonconformity, fashion forwardness or convenient ridicule – most would agree that the term generally describes a subculture of the millennial population, for better or for worse. In Philadelphia, this demographic has shown the fastest rate of growth in the United States over the last ten years, and according to a new report, local millennials are also the best in the nation at profitably flipping residential real estate.

March 11, 2016

Restaurants

The Igloo frozen yogurt shop coming to Fishtown

by Michael Tanenbaum

In the span of a single week, Philadelphia shifted from the wintertime blues to a full-fledged spring preview, hitting a record-high temperature on Wednesday that quickly set our collective sights on the balmy months ahead.

March 11, 2016

Development

FMC Tower, Philly's first vertical neighborhood, to open early in summer 2016

by Michael Tanenbaum

Philadelphia's first "vertical neighborhood" inside the rising FMC Tower in West Philadelphia will open this summer earlier than anticipated, according to developer Brandywine Realty Trust, which had originally projected a completion date in 2017.

March 10, 2016

Entertainment

What's really behind the Wawa cult following?

by Michael Tanenbaum

Is this even a question? Reasonable minds will balk and wonder why anything as self-evident as the greatness of Wawa, our region's convenience store of choice, would be subjected to a discussion about cults, which are usually religious in nature or otherwise involve misplaced, excessive admiration.

March 10, 2016

SEPTA

Philadelphia Art Commission approves 'Nexus' headhouses at SEPTA's 40th St. Station

by Michael Tanenbaum

The Philadelphia Art Commission has unanimously approved designs for four new public art installations that will serve as headhouses in SEPTA's renovation of 40th Street Station on the Market-Frankford line.

March 10, 2016

Arrests

Police: Four juveniles arrested in beating of Roman Catholic student

by Michael Tanenbaum

Philadelphia police have arrested four juveniles who were allegedly involved in a vicious attack on a Roman Catholic High School student late last month, the first of two attacks that occurred in Center City during the final week of February.

March 10, 2016

Lawsuits

Pennsylvania couples win $4.24 million in lawsuit against fracking company

by Michael Tanenbaum

Two couples from northeastern Pennsylvania's Dimock Township have been awarded $4.7 million after a federal jury reached a verdict Thursday in a lawsuit against Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas Corp, which stood accused of polluting well water as a result of its natural gas drilling projects.