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Features: Extreme Makeover (Neighborhood Edition)

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 […]

Raising Teens: How to Raise a Teen (in 6 Easy Steps)

Be cool. Not hip — calm. When your kid does or says something that drives you insane, Bradley advises playing the respectful, dispassionate cop. Not […]

In 1912, architect William L. Price designed a grand house for the crest of Chestnut Hill. Outside, the house was sand-colored pebbledash. Inside, it was a turn-of-the-century warren of rooms. It had asymmetric bones. It was a masterpiece of Arts and Crafts design.

In 1912, architect William L. Price designed a grand house for the crest of Chestnut Hill. Outside, the house was sand-colored pebbledash. Inside, it was […]

The Overture

WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH HAD JUST SAID YES. IT happened in Munich over lunch at a restaurant above an open-air market a few blocks from the Vier […]

Home: Domain: Next: The Light Aquatic

With Victorian curves and glassy luster, artist Adam Wallacavage’s plaster chandelier doesn’t immediately register as an … octopus. But take a second look, and there […]

Home: Editor’s Note

Although I’m a word person by trade, photo shoots are my favorite part of my job. I like them because they’re exciting: fast-paced and artful, […]

Band on the Run

ON THE 7TH of this month, go down to Dave and Buster’s, Philadelphia’s adult romper room on the Delaware, and you’ll see a private party […]

Norman Carol Bows Out

After three decades as the heart of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the concertmaster takes his final encore. Bravo!

By Stephen Fried

Several small cracks that are beginning to show in the Philadelphia orchestra’s once-flawless foundation

BOB HOLMES RAISED the binoculars to his eyes. He had been a college music teacher for two decades and, after years of living in North […]

The top floor of a Margate beach house gets an extreme kid makeover

Who needs fairy godparents when you’ve got fairy-tale-worthy grandparents? To turn the third floor of their 1930s Ventnor Avenue summer home into a sleepover paradise […]

The Arts: The Fractious Philadelphians

SWEEPING WESTWARD across Europe this past May, the Philadelphia Orchestra played with as much virtuosity as anyone could recall. From Warsaw to Amsterdam to Madrid, […]

Sequel stores make big debuts

The Hill Company This sunny suburban sister of Chestnut Hill’s classic outdoor-living store stocks the same patio essentials — Pawleys Island hammocks, Kingsley-Bate teak, Summer Classics […]

A new breed of home portraitist

Shot by shot, photographer Paige Chapman teases out the details of clients’ houses with an expert eye: the legend of a Main Line colonial, the […]

Unless it’s carved from a watermelon

Another unique storefront has popped up near 13th and Sansom, a corner already abuzz with an eclectic mix of tenants (foodie destinations Lolita, El Vez […]

Latkepalooza adds cilantro and cabbage to Hanukkah tradition

The latke, traditionally made of shredded potatoes, onion and matzo and dipped in either sweet applesauce or cooling sour cream, is a Hanukkah custom. But […]

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