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Extreme Makeover
Over the past 10 years, the style of the Philadelphia developer has changed. The old cliché of the builder who vests his power and pocketbook […]
How to Buy the Perfect Smile
Donald Trump did it. So did Cindy Crawford, Chris Rock, Heidi Klum and even Martin Amis. If you're thinking cosmetic surgery, think again: Their secret […]
University, Inc.
When Sandra King moved on from Northeastern University to a new job at Bentley College two years ago, she left behind the rather foggy title […]
The Born Identity
Who are you? Really. What makes you who you are? Really. Is it God? Nature? Chance or science? Do you know where you come from? […]
The Muckraker: Tunnel Vision
It's standard operating procedure for a savvy salesman — especially one who wants his next job to be U.S. senator from Massachusetts — to end […]
Working Girls
Everyone knows that the Degas and the Dance exhibition opening this month at the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be a really big show. Thus, […]
And The Ladies Who Lunch Shall Lead Them
Back in 1996, a young woman named Tracie Jerd moved to Mount Laurel, New Jersey, with her husband and landed a job as a project […]
From the Editor
Thirty-one years ago, this magazine pioneered the city magazine “Best Of” staple. The brainchild of editors Alan Halpern and Maury Levy, the May 1974 issue […]
The Best Philadelphians 2005
Liz and Jay Scott needed to raise $5 million. They didn't have to do it. And no one would have blamed them if they decided […]
Jamaica’s Gold Coast
As my butlers, Gary and Amos, serve up a breakfast of fresh-cooked aki and saltfish on the patio overlooking my private beach, I’m trying to […]
What Are We Doing to our Kids? (Part II)
(Continued from Part I)The communication breakdown can seem universal. “I've had my son in public school and in three different private schools,” says a Salem […]
Campaign Journal: Nixon for Mayor
On one of the many summer days on which the press shuffled into John Street's campaign headquarters to try to get the Mayor to fess […]
Exit Interview: Stephen Glass
Philadelphia Magazine: Just to make sure this is the real Stephen Glass, can you confirm your e-mail address? Stephen Glass: [gives correct address] Do you […]
Is School the Enemy?
Once upon a time in America, hardly anybody learned the abcs. Oh, there were governesses and tutors and private academies of learning, but they were […]