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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

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Scenes From an Occupation

Spikol: The Amtrak crash media frenzy.

Septa regional rail train
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SEPTA’s Trenton Line Contingency Plan

Shuttle buses and beefed-up service on nearby lines will fill as Northeast Corridor is repaired.

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Shameless TV Lawyer Shills Self to Amtrak Crash Victims

He’s issued a press release.

Did the Derailed Amtrak Train Nearly Collide With an Oil Tanker?

Conrail won’t say.

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Jim Kenney Has Huge Lead in Mayor’s Race

First independent poll of the campaign shows Kenney with whopping 27-point lead over Lynne Abraham and Anthony Williams.

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WATCH: NTSB Releases New Video of Amtrak Crash Investigation

This is the scene at the site of the disaster.


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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Exterminator Convicted in Doctor’s Death

Jason Smith was the last person known to have visited Melissa Ketunuti’s home.

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President Obama Issues Statement on Amtrak Crash

Vice President Joe Biden did as well.

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The Weirdest Campaign Donation Ever

Is George Norcross behind a big contribution in the Philadelphia mayor’s race?

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Nutter Won’t Confirm Speed at Fault in Amtrak Derailment

“The search is very, very active” for missing passengers, he says.

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In 1943, Train Crashed Near Same Spot as Amtrak Derailment

Seventy-nine people were killed and 117 injured in a train crash 72 years ago.

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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.


Piper Kerman to Speak at AIDS Education Month Event

Plus what else is in store for the 2015 conference.

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SEPTA, Acela Trains Struck Before Amtrak Crash

Questions mount as the investigation continues.

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Thirty Years Later, MOVE Still Hurts

Booker: I left the city because of MOVE. I came back out of a sense of duty.

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Death Toll Rises in Amtrak Derailment

WSJ reports “excessive speed” suspected as cause of crash.

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