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Neighborhood Tour: Your Guide to Spending a Great Day in Germantown and Mount Airy

Tree-lined Germantown Avenue — Northwest Philly’s “Great Road” — might be the most historic single street in the city, and it makes for a pleasant […]

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Been There, Done That? 5 Lesser-Known Philadelphia Tourist Attractions

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Life & Style

11 Philadelphia Souvenirs Even Philadelphians Will Want

We’ve gotten the LOVE tote bags. We’ve gotten the LOVE magnets. We’ve even gotten the LOVE paperweights. (And who even uses paperweights?) While we LOVE […]

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Hyperlocal Neighborhood Guides to 5 Great Philadelphia Neighborhoods

If you’ve got a day to spend exploring a neighborhood, these itineraries will get you started. When was the last time you went exploring in […]

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Neighborhood Tour: Your Guide to Spending a Great Day in Graduate Hospital

Graduate Hospital, named in the 1970s for — you guessed it — a hospital in the ’hood, is more charming than it sounds, though it’s […]

City Life

The Philadelphian’s Case for Being a Tourist in Your Own Hometown

I barely knew Philadelphia when I moved here in 2007, but within weeks of settling in, I was inviting everyone I knew from my past […]

City Life

Main Line Mystery: Dallyn Pavey’s 40-Year Search for Her Vanished Dad

Dallyn Pavey’s basement in Wayne is more interesting than most.  First, there are the gold and platinum records hanging on the walls. Some were earned […]

City Life

The Philadelphia Folk Festival Is Hanging On By a String

Pinch me. There was Judy Collins, love of my seriously folked-up teenage life, sitting alone under a willow tree on the Wilson Farm at the […]

City Life

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

If you ever find yourself awake at three o’clock in the morning and would like some company as you fret about whatever it is you’re […]

Life & Style

7 Perfect Summer Vacations to Take from Philadelphia

Summer travel is back. No matter what kind of travel you’ve been missing, here’s the no-FOMO, YOLO guide to your perfect — and long-overdue — […]