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Philadelphia’s Next Great Era Begins Now

Why this chapter of our city’s story might be our best since, well, 1776


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Philly’s Driverless Future Is Here, Whether We’re Ready or Not

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She Transformed Bok Into a Creative Force. Now Lindsey Scannapieco Is Taking on Broad Street

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Pat Croce: Doing Chemo on Everest

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Jayson Werth rumors

Burlesque Hits a Few High Notes

It’s pretty gay and pretty predictable

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Kimpton Rates First for LGBT Travelers

Philly ranked among top gay destinations

Straight Guide to Buying Gifts for Gay Friends

Jennifer Lea Cohan explains it all for you

We never thought we’d see the day. Here, ex-Mayor John Street opens up to his onetime 
nemesis (and almost-maybe mayor) about his legacy, his distrust of the media, and why he thinks Michael Nutter is pretty much the Worst. Mayor. Ever.

AS I WAS CONSIDERING ANOTHER RUN FOR MAYOR over the past several months, the biggest surprise to me was the encouragement from my former opponent […]

Stuff you can’t miss this month.

HOLIDAYSThe Vienna Boys Choir (12/3), the Orchestra doing Messiah (12/19), and Peter Nero Christmas-popping (12/4-22) at the Kimmel we get, but Michael McDonald, Donald Fagen […]


Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


Opinionated 70-year-old proprietor, Geno’s Steaks

Cheesesteak order: Provolone with. Not wit’. We use the word “with” at Geno’s. Ingredients in Cheez Whiz: No idea. Never ate it. Chinese or pizza: […]

Staying optimistic through the holiday season

During the Christmas holidays, I always seem to think about the year that has just passed and take stock of just where we are. I’m […]

Rites of December

These shopping traditions make us glad Philadelphia is home for the holidays.

Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran’s conquest of 13th Street is complete

THERE’S NO ACCOUNTING FOR BAD TASTE. At least, not on Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran’s stretch of 13th Street, where there’s simply none to account […]

Keep it shiny this season.

Required dressing this holiday season: glitter, spangles, crystal, gleam — the wearable equivalent of  the Academy chandelier.

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

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.


One night last June, Sabina Rose O’Donnell, a popular young waitress heading home in Northern Liberties, was dragged from her bike, raped, and murdered. An 18-year-old man who lived 10 blocks away, in North Philadelphia, confessed. The media portrayed her killing as random. Given the way the city is changing, it may be anything but.

LATE ONE NIGHT this past June, police say, a very young black man — more like a boy, actually — rode his bike over and […]

The guys behind the Franklin Fountain open Shane Confectionary

Where have all the candy stores gone? We’re talking about magical shops brimming with colorful confections of all shapes and sizes  —  Sky Bars, root […]

Toto Schiavone brings rustic Italian cooking to Blue Bell

It sounds like a task Donald Trump would dream up for the Apprentice contestant everyone hates: Rent a storefront in a strip mall whose street […]

Turn a party foul into a party fave

Forget about 7-Up, floating sherbet mounds and — for those with fraternities on their résumés — buckets of fruit and grain alcohol. Punch — the […]

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