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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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When Children Force Us to Remember What We’d Rather Forget

Clay: Students got a historical marker made for the MOVE bombing. But it has no home.

Boyz II Men Singer Featured on Next Foo Fighters Album

CAPA grad Shawn Stockman appears on the band’s record “Concrete and Gold.”

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Police Ramp Up Search for Four Men Missing in Bucks County

DA Matt Weintraub said the situation requires “all hands on deck.”

Shipping Container Crushes Worker at South Philly Port

The 52-year-old victim was pronounced dead at a lot next to the Packer Marine Terminal.

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If You See This USPS Truck Coming, Run the Other Way!

Watch what happened in Rittenhouse Square on Saturday.

Sixers Fans Want to Pay Joel Embiid’s $10,000 Fine

A GoFundMe was launched to cover the outspoken Sixers center’s NBA fine.


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?


Mazzoni Center Announces Interim Executive Director

The decision comes after months of controversial resignations.

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SEPTA Is Changing Its Ticketing Policy at Regional Rail Stations

Adjustments will affect some weekday afternoon commuters.

What Philly Women Need (By Philly Women)

25 smart ideas for making Philly a better city for women — according to the women who live here.

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Best Thing: Phillies’ Premature Illumination

Hingston: Is that a Roman candle or are you just happy to see me?

Opinion

“Philadelphia Assembled” Is No Template for a Modern City

As nostalgia it’s great fun, but as politics it is more like a cultural Marxism spill.

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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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Pa. Police Are Cracking Down on Aggressive Drivers

From now until late August, state and local police plan to be especially unforgiving toward those who run red lights, speed and tailgate.

LGBTQ&A: Brianna “Cherry Bomb” Golphin

She chats with us about kink culture, leather, and breaking sexual fetish sterotypes.

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PPD Investigating Noose Found in Tree in Rittenhouse

The noose was discovered shortly before 10 a.m. this morning.

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Police Searching for Suspects Wanted in Drive-by Paintball Attacks

The suspects allegedly targeted transgender people in West Philly.

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