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To Stave Off Gentrification, Kensington Becomes Its Own Landlord

How one special sliver of the city is redefining what smart neighborhood development can look like in Philadelphia … and far beyond.


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New Documentary Boys to Fame Tells the Most Tender Eagles Story You’ve Probably Never Heard

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The Man at the Forefront of the Battle Over Philly’s Slavery Memorial Tells All

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Inside the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Epic Meltdown

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Best and Worst New Words of 2011

The Global Language Monitor sites “occupy” as the most used word of 2011 and projects “Kate” (as in Middleton) for 2012. I noticed that I […]

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Pair Sues Snider Over Sixers

Two men have filed a $2 million lawsuit against Ed Snider and Comcast-Spectacor alleging that they’re owed the money for helping Snider and company find […]

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Philly Writers Win “Feud of the Year”

Les Bowen and Jeff McLane got into it on Twitter back in September. The disagreement eventually spurred a little brouhaha between the two at the […]

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New Househusbands of Philadelphia

Bird Text and the Real Househusbands of Philadelphia are back with a fourth installment. We literally wish they would make one of these every week. […]

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Lower Merion Settles Again

The Lower Merion School District has reached a settlement in another case alleging that the district violated a student’s civil rights with a webcam. An […]

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Team Snooki Boxing

Yes, that’s a real thing. Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi has started a boxing team that features Patrick “Pajo”, Eddie and Paul Hyland—three Irish brothers who are […]


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

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.


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Delco Borough Boycotts Sunoco

Sharon Hill Borough in Delaware County is boycotting Sunoco after the company suspended production at two local oil refineries that puts thousands of jobs at […]

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Sports Hold Families Together

The NBA lockout had me worried. I enjoy watching basketball, so the loss of a Sixers season would be disappointing. But there was always my […]

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Eagles Won’t Win With Vick or Reid

It’s the time of year to take stock of what has passed and what is to come. Last year, I wrote a column for the […]

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I’m Really Good at Googling

I’m not going to be modest about this. I’m pretty good at Googling. Sure, I’m a little smug, but I think I’m a bit above […]

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Are You Paying More Taxes?

Same-sex couples sure do

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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.


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Sweat Pants Are Not Your Sunday Best

So I have gone church shopping. My route back to church—I’d been away a while—is, to my chagrin, a predictable one: Crisis in late summer […]

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A Year in LGBT Issues

What we were talking about in 2011

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Will 2012 See a Different City Council?

Here, Philadelphia’s five most notable political stories of 2011. 1. The Mayoral Race That Wasn’t The biggest Philadelphia political story of the year was the […]

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Morning Scoop: Mom Kills Son’s Attacker

Gun Toting Mom Kills Attacker. A 19-year-old pistol whipped a young man and shot him in the leg inside an apartment building stairwell last night. […]

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