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Yes, Philadelphia Is Safer Than They Say on TV

The city has made the national news far too often recently for incidents involving crime and public safety. A new administration has big plans to change — and correct — the narrative.


Guides

An Optimist’s Guide to Philadelphia

Opinion

Allan Domb Is Upbeat About Philly’s Economy (And You Should Be, Too)

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Believe It Or Not, Philadelphia Is Getting Cleaner

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Legislators just banned buskers like this juggler from most of the Ocean City Boardwalk in New Jersey
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Philly Today: Ocean City Is About to Get Even Less Fun

Plus, who keeps $100,000 sitting around in their house? In Delco?!

Q&A

Meet the Philly Super-Musician Up for Two Grammys on Sunday

Adam Blackstone, who performs at the Super Bowl just one week after going to the Grammys, talks working with Rihanna and eating lobster rolls in Rittenhouse.

6ABC's Payton Domschke, Philadelphia's newest meteorologist
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Philly Today: There’s a New Weather Woman in Town

Plus: A reminder to behave on airplanes. Or at least keep your pants on.

News

Other Than a Sixers Arena, What Would You Build at Market East?

A workshop over the weekend attempted to answer that very question.

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Philly Today: Local Animal Shelter Will Name a Feral Cat After Your Ex-Boyfriend — Then Neuter Him

Plus, the Grammy-nominated Philly artist you’ve never heard of.

Longform

How Did Penn Get Here?

Our city’s most important institution hasn’t just been rocked by free-speech woes. It faces an even deeper crisis about what its real purpose is.


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?


Madonna at Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia on Thursday night for her Celebration Tour
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After Lots and Lots of Waiting, Madonna Finally Takes the Stage in Philadelphia

There were tears. There were complaints about tardiness. And there were many, many Madonna hits.

Opinion

3 Ideas To Make Philly’s Life Sciences Boom Benefit All of Philadelphia

The life sciences boom in Philly is crucial to the region’s future, but it needs to do more to benefit all Philadelphians.

News

From Woody’s to RuPaul: Sapphira Cristál’s Glorious Journey

After 11 — yes, 11 — auditions, one Philly drag queen has achieved her dream of becoming a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race. But she’s not done dreaming.

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Philly Today: How Do You Steal $1,700 Worth of Gas at a Wawa?

Plus, what it will cost you to see Madonna tonight in South Philly.

Actress Amanda Seyfried (third from left) in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia this week
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Philly Today: Why Amanda Seyfried Is Hanging Out in Kensington

Plus, Biden finally tops Trump in new Pennsylvania poll.

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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.