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Inside the Plan to Bring New Energy to the PECO Power Station on the Waterfront

They’re keeping the smokestacks.  The eight 167-foot-high chimneys of the former PECO Delaware Generating Station haven’t barfed out noxious exhaust from coal that’s burning to […]

City Life

Benjamin Franklin: 45 Things You Never Knew About Philly’s Own Founding Father

This month on WHYY TV 12, PBS.org and the PBS Video app, historical documentarian extraordinaire Ken Burns debuts a new two-part, four-hour production, Ben Franklin, […]

Be Well Philly

My So-Called (Semi-Sober) Life

There wasn’t one catastrophic event that led me to reevaluate my relationship with alcohol. Rather, smaller, not-so-great moments began stringing themselves together like pearls on […]

City Life

Daryl Hall on Philly Soul, Flunking Bio at Temple, and Opening for Bowie

My full name is … Daryl Franklin Hall. All of my family on my father’s side seems to have “Franklin” in their names. We’re an […]

Be Well Philly

The Surprising Truth — and Fascinating Science — Behind Smiles

My daughter Marcy was in high school when her course of orthodontia went seriously awry, resulting in the loss of two of her front teeth. […]

City Life

The Inside Story of the Flyers’ Fan Code of Conduct

In the spring of 2021, the Wells Fargo Center was gearing up to let fans back into the arena for the first time since the […]

Property

The Most Walkable Philadelphia Suburbs and Neighborhoods

Walkable towns and neighborhoods are hot in the real estate world, with developers racing to add foot-friendly amenities to car-centric suburbs. Lucky for us, the […]

City Life

Now It Can Be Told: Karen Hepp Opens Up About Her Battle With Facebook

As best as Karen Hepp can remember, Steve Keeley was the first to see it. You know Steve Keeley: He’s the perpetually tanned, square-jawed Fox […]

Restaurants

50 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia

Our highly anticipated, hotly debated list of the 50 restaurants in Philly (and beyond) defining what it means to dine out in the region right […]

Restaurants

50 Best Restaurants: Best of the ’Burbs

Two years ago this month, we launched our annual 50 Best Restaurants list. Two months later, COVID came along and shut down our city, our […]