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#PhillyFive What We're Reading: Nov. 20, 2014

What we're reading this morning. Recent good reads you may have missed.

What we're reading this morning. Recent good reads you may have missed.

1) The city should regulate Philly Jesus, preaches Larry Mendte over at Philly mag. After all, street performers can have a dark side. Just look at "Evil Elmo" in New York's Times Square. Go on, look. We dare ya.

2) An art project asks people to stay up all night in Philadelphia. Although the Quaker City is no 24-hour mecca like Madrid or NYC, it's nudging closer, writes Malcolm Burnley for NextCity. "Dusk 'til Dawn" peers into its off-peak culture.

3) Wawa sues family-owned Indian restaurant over "Wawa" name. An eatery in Kissimmee, Fla., failed to "curry favor" (get it?) with the convenience store giant -- which has slapped it with a copyright infringement suit, reports NBC10. Owner Yogi Patel insists "wawa" means "good job" in his native Gujarati language. You can look it up.

4) The 19 best drone photos of 2014. Mashable curates a breathtaking collection, which includes Tomas van Houtryve's delightful shot of a Philadelphia flower girl.

5) If a wrecking ball demolishes the Parker-Spruce Hotel and adjacent Westbury Bar and Restaurant at 13th and Spruce, it's going to destroy more than a decrepit 12-story hotel and popular gay sports bar. It's going to disturb the ghosts of one woman's family. A lovely essay by Stacia Friedman for NewsWorks.org.