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Philly Moments That Made Us Proud in 2025

A year when kids became heroes, sports took the spotlight, and our sandwich finally got its due


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The Editors’ Cut: What We’re Reading, Watching, Doing, and Liking This Week

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Philly Mag’s Favorite Long Reads of 2025

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How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree in Philadelphia

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Philly Today: Remembering the Other January 6th, the Great Philadelphia Blizzard

Plus, Marc Vetri, Jill Scott, and trouble at a South Street sex shop. 

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Philly Today: Will More Philly Restaurants Speak Out Against Donald Trump?

Popular South Philly eatery Le Virtù had some things to say over the weekend. Plus, you’ll now pay for paper bags in the city’s retail stores.

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How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree in Philadelphia

From neighborhood parks to hungry goats, recycling your Christmas tree can help your fellow Philadelphians.

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The Editors’ Cut: What We’re Reading, Watching, Doing, and Liking This Week

Hot recs from the Philly Mag staff

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Tales of a Two Street Stomper

A dozen years ago, a South Jersey resident decided to cross the Delaware before dawn every New Year’s Day to join suited-up pals in a Mummers comics club.

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Philly Moments That Made Us Proud in 2025

A year when kids became heroes, sports took the spotlight, and our sandwich finally got its due


Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.


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The Best Philadelphia Magazine Long Reads of 2025

Our roundup of our favorite stories from 2025

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Youth Sports in Philadelphia Are Uneven — and the Gaps Are Growing

Decades of uneven investment have left Philly kids playing at a disadvantage.

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How Philly Fell for Krampus — and a Darker Kind of Christmas

Philly’s holiday season is trading forced cheer for folklore, horns, and a little rebellion.

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Bots on Tinder Are Using Local References to Seduce Philadelphians

Beware of robots dropping random Philly references into your chat.

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Philly Today: Stallone Decides to Let Us Keep Original Rocky Statue

Plus, yes, we made yet another national food list.

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.


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Philly Today: Sylvester Stallone Wants His Rocky Statue Back. And the City Is Giving It to Him

But don’t worry, Philly: You get to keep a replica.

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Philly Today: Judge Gives Philly Writer Even More Prison Time Than He Was Supposed to Get in Child Sex Offense Case

Plus, SEPTA strike averted.

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Trump’s Cuts Are Hitting Philly Hard. Can the City Hold On?

Why we are uniquely vulnerable to the president’s economic rampage … and how Philadelphia can (maybe) fortify itself for the future.

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Philly Today: Josh Shapiro Puts Kamala Harris on Blast Over “Blatant Lies”

Plus, SEPTA can’t find some wires it desperately needs. And Philly lands on yet another food list.

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