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The New Face of New Hope: How a Small Bucks County Town Became a Playground for the Rich and Famous

Bradley Cooper. Leonardo DiCaprio. Gigi Hadid. Can the borough’s bohemian spirit survive an A-list invasion?


Actor David Boreanaz, whose dad is veteran Philadelphia television broadcaster Dave Roberts, in a promotional image from his TV show Seal Team
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David Boreanaz Talks His Philly-Famous Dad and Philly Sports

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The Great Philly Sports Fan Evolution

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Jeff Yass’s Big School Choice Gamble

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How New Hope Became a Playground for the Rich and Famous

Bradley Cooper. Leonardo DiCaprio. Gigi Hadid. Can the borough’s bohemian spirit survive an A-list invasion?

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Halloween for Grownups: Pop-Up Bars and More

From macabre cocktails to costume parties to haunted jaunts, there are so many ways to embrace Spooky Season.

University of Pennsylvania professor Dorothy Roberts, who just won a $800,000 MacArthur "genius" grant
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Philly Today: Penn Prof Wins $800,000 MacArthur “Genius” Award

Plus, we’re now on track for the lowest homicide count since 1967.

The SS United States in South Philadelphia has been evicted
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Philly Today: Bon Voyage, IKEA Boat

It sounds like the vessel is finally leaving us. Plus, Philly Mag readers weigh in on Pete Rose’s yucky legacy.

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Six Historic Cemeteries Around Philadelphia

They’re grassy, shady, pretty — and lots of famous people are buried in them.

Pete Rose playing for the Phillies at Veterans Stadium in 1983
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Philly Today: The Real Pete Rose Legacy Problem Has Nothing to Do With Gambling

Plus, a Main Line school district plummets in the latest rankings.


Best of Philly 2024: City Life

Best of Philly 2024: City Life

A squad of teenage robotics champs, a 100-year-old jazz trailblazer, a deeply laughable mascot, and a Flyer to be truly proud of

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?


Phillies player Bryce Harper during the 2023 playoffs prior to the World Series appearance
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Philly Today: Utterly Theoretical Phillies World Series Tickets Start at $1,673

And that’s if you’d be willing to stand the whole (theoretical) game.

Republicans Bob Lange and Kristina Chadwick Lange in a television ad for Kamala Harris for President (image via Kamala Harris for President)
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Philly-Area Republican Couple Threatened After Filming Kamala Harris Ad

The normally idyllic lives of these Main Line farmers changed after MSNBC spotlighted the commercial.

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How a Wildflower Farm Tore This Bucolic Philly Suburb Apart

The wild tale of how one Chester County couple’s dream of selling peonies on their sprawling Willistown estate devolved into an epic feud

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker during an announcement about 76 Place. That's the proposed new Sixers arena in Philadelphia (image via City of Philadelphia)
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Philly Today: Mayor Parker Proves She Just Doesn’t Get It When It Comes to Chinatown

Plus, the Gayborhood comes out against the Sixers arena, too.

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50 Years of Best of Philly: The Media

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Best of Philly, for every month of 2024 we’re taking a look back at some major categories and standout winners. Up now: our ink-stained comrades.

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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.


The scene on South Street in Philadelphia after a mass shooting in 2022, back when the Philadelphia homicide rate was soaring
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Philly Today: Philadelphia Homicides on Pace for Historic Low. No, Really!

The news Steve Keeley won’t tell you.

The City of Philadelphia will now pick up your bulk trash items like that old refrigerator that's been sitting in your basement
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Philly Today: Here’s How to Get the City to Pick Up Your Big Trash

Make an appointment under a new program. Plus, the return of SEPTA parking fees.

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If Patience Is a Virtue, What Is Our On-Demand World Teaching Our Children?

Life has not yet taught my children why waiting matters. I’m not sure it’s ever going to.

Actor David Boreanaz, whose dad is veteran Philadelphia television broadcaster Dave Roberts, in a promotional image from his TV show Seal Team
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David Boreanaz Talks His Philly-Famous Dad and Philly Sports

The actor son of longtime Action News personality Dave Roberts just embarked on the final season of his military TV series, SEAL Team.

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