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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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Police Find $170,000 Violin

Happy Festivus to the 18-year-old girl that left her valuable instrument on a Megabus Tuesday night. The girl realized she had left the bus without […]

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Traffic Judge Showed Penis Picture

Willie Singletary, a Philadelphia Traffic Court judge, has been relieved of his duties after allegedly showing a picture of his penis to a female court […]

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Taj Mahal Strip Club OKed

Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal has been given a green light to move forward with plans to add a strip club to the inside of the […]

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FOX 29 Suspends John Bolaris

  John Bolaris is a versatile weatherman. He hangs out with Lenny Dykstra, does well with the ladies, vacations on South Beach and argues with […]

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Men Rob Garden State Tollbooths

Four masked gunmen robbed tollbooths on the Garden State Parkway early this morning. The four men pulled up to one of the tollbooths and one […]

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Top 12 Most Hideous Holiday Fashion Offenses

Our bizarre fascination with bad holiday sweaters has had far-reaching, dangerous consequences. As we’ve focused our sartorial concentration on heinous knitwear, other holiday fashion offenders […]


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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The War on Christmas Endangers Your Family

“This is the way the world ends … Not with a bang but a whimper.” Does that famous quote aptly describe America’s future? Time will […]

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I Won’t Lie to My Kids About Santa Claus

We were driving to see the new Arthur Christmas (which is wonderful) when I heard it from the back seat: “Daddy, is Santa Claus real?” […]

John Roberts: The Tree

The holidays have never been the same

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Who Gets Coal for Christmas?

From Lower Merion product Kobe Bryant’s alleged infidelities (fail) to the Eagles all but promising us a Super Bowl (let’s be honest: epic fail), Santa […]

Robert Drake Does Christmas

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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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Weekend Roundup

The holiday lowdown

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Before We Watched To Catch a Predator

This holiday season has been a reminder that as sports have become all-encompassing in our lives—24-hour news, fantasy leagues, gossip websites—we’ve lost much of the […]

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Tips for Meeting His Parents

Dear Monica, I have been dating a guy for a while now and he has invited me to meet his parents over the Christmas break. […]

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Christmas Weekend Movie Guide

Thus begins one of the most important movie weekends of the year. On Tuesday, Oscar ballots will be mailed out—nominations announced four weeks later (on […]

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