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Yes, Philadelphia Is Safer Than They Say on TV

The city has made the national news far too often recently for incidents involving crime and public safety. A new administration has big plans to change — and correct — the narrative.


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Allan Domb Is Upbeat About Philly’s Economy (And You Should Be, Too)

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Believe It Or Not, Philadelphia Is Getting Cleaner

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Tolls…And Why I Hate Their Guts

It’s time for a revolution

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Do You Trust Snopes.com?

The truth might not be out there

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Men with Wandering Eyes

Enjoying the view or just plain ogling?

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Catfish: A-

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Jeff Lurie is worth $1 billion

In honor of Boss’s Day (October 16th), some successful Philadelphians share memorable words of wisdom — well, words, anyway — from their employers.

“My boss said, ‘If you’re not happy here, quit.’ I quit the next day and moved back to Philadelphia.”  — Steve Duross, former Key West, […]


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

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?


The ex-publisher, ex-PR guru and possible expatriate spills on winning the Pulitzer, losing $10 million, and what he and Rupert Murdoch have in common

When Brian Tierney arrived as publisher (and lead investor) four years ago at 400 North Broad Street, home of the Inquirer and Daily News, the […]

The star of Man Shops Globe dishes on his travels.

Doers of glamorous jobs always seem to protest their career’s fun factors. (See: “Modeling is hard work.”) Not Keith Johnson. At 54, the blue-eyed, Rittenhouse […]

Does the farm-to-table fare at this Wash West restaurant suit its bespoke interior?

Hell hath no fury like a restaurant patron wronged, but usually customers have the decency to suffer rotten food or wretched service before they blow […]

After selling his family’s iconic Philly travel business, Rosenbluth is busy with his latest big idea: trying to make getting health care as easy as visiting your local Wawa

“Is this car going to explode?” wonders Hal Rosenbluth, steering a rented beige Cadillac down Highway 840 outside of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on a blazingly hot […]

That’s the goal of a cadre of Philly cyclists who dream of turning the city into a bike-friendly paradise. In their way: one cranky Daily News columnist … and a whole lot of angry (sometimes punch-throwing) Philly drivers

“Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.” — H.G. Wells THE SECOND SCARIEST THING that ever happened to Michael Sanders occurred on a sunny Saturday in June, […]

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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.


Keith Primeau, Michael Untermeyer, and other local hot shots are getting into the food biz.

You may know Michael Untermeyer as the 59-year-old lawyer who ran for Philly’s district attorney seat — and lost — in 2009. But soon, you […]

A farewell to (loving) arms, and all that

Early in the summer after his senior year of high school, my son Jake is sitting at his computer, as usual. He’s playing his favorite […]

Long live fine dining!

The lament rang far and wide — or from Center City to the Main Line, anyway — during the third week of July: Fine dining […]

Style news you need this month.

Rittenhouse goes eco-chic. Maximal Art turns 25. Fashion Week works it.

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