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Food Fight: Where Delco Diners Go to Debate

In celebration of Delco restaurants and the people who make them great, we are declaring this Delco Eats Week. Check back daily for stories from […]

Foobooz

The Secret Sauce of Delco’s Clam Tavern

In celebration of Delco restaurants and the people who make them great, we are declaring this Delco Eats Week. Check back daily for stories from […]

City Life

Politics, AI, and Stress: Why Teaching in Philly Has Never Been Harder

There was a moment in 2020, in the midst of COVID — that dark year when so many schools were closed and so many parents […]

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The Top Public High Schools in the Philadelphia Region, Ranked for 2025

Every year, we here at Philadelphia magazine present you, reader, with an unvarnished look at the top-ranking high schools in the Philadelphia area. In recent […]

City Life

A Century Later, the Parkway’s Grand Vision May Finally Come True

One day, nearly a decade ago, Mike Carroll sat down for a quotidian meeting of city officials at the Philadelphia Streets Department. Next to him […]

City Life

50 Years of Fresh Air: An Oral History

In college she wanted to be a writer, but the words refused to sparkle like her heroes’. Teaching was a disaster. The middle-school kids mocked […]

City Life

Inside the Mind of Nick Sirianni

On a steamy afternoon in late May, I’m sitting inside the Wells Fargo Center, listening to the Super Bowl–winning coach of the Eagles talk about […]

City Life

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

There’s a boat in the lobby of the high school. It’s not a real boat, of course; it’s a 16-foot replica made of Styrofoam. The […]

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Best of Philly Spotlight: How to Spend a Fun Day in Phoenixville

This year’s Best of Philly winner for Fun Day in the Suburbs is Phoenixville. Here’s your ultimate itinerary. ❶ Make it a two-for-one: The year-round […]

Life & Style

Best of Philly Spotlight: In a Reading Slump? Cupid’s Bookshop Owner Tina Long Recommends Trying an Alien Romance Novel

You may have heard that romance is dead. It was likely while you were socializing with single people, eavesdropping on married couples, or watching any […]