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50 Years of Best of Philly: City Life

In honor of the upcoming 50th anniversary of Best of Philly this August, we’re taking a monthly look back. This month: City Life!


Guides

The Philadelphian’s Guide to Adopting, Pampering and Traveling With Your Pet

Opinion

I Don’t Know Who Anybody Is Anymore. And I Don’t Care

Longform

The Great Name Awakening: Inside the Audacious, Lucrative World of Baby Naming

Latest Stories

Reel Around the Fountains: Heather Mitts’ Favorite Place

The Olympic soccer gold medalist on why Longwood Gardens is a big splash with her family.

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Other Cities Are Syncing Up Elections. Philly Should, Too.

The no-brainer way to juice voter turnout.

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Best Thing This Week: The Navy Yard Got Legs

We’ll take this type of many-tentacled public art over that hack Jacques Lipchitz any day.

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The Satanic Temple to Perform a Black Mass In Philly Tonight

Naturally, some people are pretty freaked out about this.

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Wagner: I’ll Stomp All Over Tom Wolf’s Face With Golf Spikes

A campaign spokesperson said Wagner’s Friday comments “were not to be taken literally.”

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Amal Clooney Chides Trump for Mocking Christine Ford

She criticized the president during a speech on Friday in Philly.


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages
Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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The Kermit Gosnell Movie Opens Today — Not Without Controversy, Of Course

There are claims that Facebook is blocking ads for the pro-life film, and major movie critics are pretty much ignoring it.

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Philly’s Shakespeare & Co. Is the Indie Bookstore We All Need Now

Here are the five reasons why (#1: the store’s “espresso book machine”).

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Bartender Says Philadelphia Distilling Fired Her After Fight Over Racial Slur

Was Dominique Prout unfairly terminated by the popular Fishtown distillery for what she sees as an act of self-defense?

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Rittenhouse Bar Fires Cook Targeted on Yelp, Facebook for Pro-Hitler Posts

We talked to the man who calls himself “so much more” than a Nazi — and the man who led the charge to get him tossed from his job.

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5 Takeaways From Philadelphia’s Fancy New Transportation Plan

CONNECT aims to tackle a wide range of transportation issues. We’ve broken it down for you.

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.
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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Here’s How to Get to “Sea Monsters HERE”

Never been to the Navy Yard but want to see the new exhibit? We’ve got you covered.

LGBTQ&A: Dorian Parker

We talk to the local actor about Philly’s performance scene, being out in the industry, and his new starring role in All I’m Worth.

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Philly Students Are Going to Grill Tom Wolf and Scott Wagner

Here’s hoping they do a better job than Alex Trebek on Wednesday.

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The Clintons Are Coming! The Clintons Are Coming!

VIP tickets to see Bill and Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia are much, much cheaper than those for Michelle Obama.

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