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

February 10, 2016

Transportation

Water taxis suggested as bridge to Broad Street Line extension

by Michael Tanenbaum

As South Philadelphia's isolated Navy Yard continues to undergo rapid economic development, the challenge of making the complex more accessible to commuters has spurred new momentum behind proposals to extend SEPTA's Broad Street Line south beyond the final stop at Broad and Pattison streets.

February 10, 2016

Infrastructure

Fabric Row gets LED street lamps through $1.3 million city grant

by Michael Tanenbaum

The quality of light along Fabric Row in Queen Village will now make for more navigable nights after the district received 38 new lampposts as part of a city grant for streetscape improvements.

February 10, 2016

Arrests

Philadelphia police arrest suspect in eight December robberies

by Michael Tanenbaum

Philadelphia police have announced the arrest of a suspect in a string of December robberies that led investigators to pick up a on a pattern common in the descriptions provided by victims in each incident.

February 9, 2016

Investigation

Police: Montco man found dead inside car in Schuylkill River

by Michael Tanenbaum

Police in Lower Pottsgrove Township have identified a 93-year-old man who was found dead Tuesday afternoon inside his vehicle that became submerged in the Schuylkill River.

February 9, 2016

Development

PREIT pushes back completion date for Gallery renovation to 2018

by Michael Tanenbaum

Shoppers eager to set foot in the hotly anticipated Fashion Outlets of Philadelphia will have to wait an additional year after the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT), which will lead The Gallery's renovation, announced projections to reopen in 2018 rather than the original estimate in 2017.

February 9, 2016

Development

Historic West Philly High to be converted into multifamily apartments

by Michael Tanenbaum

The historic West Philadelphia High School building, constructed in 1912 along an entire block at 4700 Walnut Street, will be renovated into a multifamily apartment complex thanks $24 million in financing obtained by Brooklyn-based developer Heights Advisors.

February 9, 2016

Pregnancy

Minutes apart, twin sisters in Voorhees give birth to daughters

by Michael Tanenbaum

The strange synergy that exists between twins is a subject of endless fascination for those of us who have more statistically typical family structures.

February 9, 2016

Videos

'Uncover Philly': Sights from the blizzard of 2016

by Michael Tanenbaum

Twenty years after the monstrous Blizzard of '96, Philadelphia marked the wintry anniversary with a massive storm, the fourth-largest in our history, that dropped nearly 20 inches of snow in parts of the Delaware Valley.

February 6, 2016

Investigation

Philadelphia police investigate after cab driver shot in Point Breeze

by Michael Tanenbaum

Philadelphia police are seeking three suspects in the shooting of a taxicab driver in the Point Breeze section of South Philadelphia early Saturday morning.

February 6, 2016

Courts

N.J. man gets life for murdering friend over $700 Super Bowl bet

by Michael Tanenbaum

A Newark man who killed his friend after losing a $700 bet on the winner of Super Bowl XLVII will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Superior Court judge determined his actions were "brazen and cold-blooded" in nature.