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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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Baby Left at SEPTA Station as Mother Tries to Avoid Fare

The Philly Daily News reports about a Philadelphia grandmother and mother who left a baby behind as they tried to navigate SEPTA cheaply on Monday. […]

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Cop-Car-Stealing Couple Just Wanted to Get Warm

AP reports that Blake Bills and Shayna Sykes—the couple that stole two police cars and led Philly police on a wild chase earlier this month, […]

Guy at the End of the Bar

Chatting up Greg Meckstroth.

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La Salle Alum Suddenly Thinks College Basketball Is Awesome

  Look, I admit it. I was dead wrong about college basketball. And to all my friends to whom I whined about college sports not […]

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Buzz Bissinger Owns 81 Leather Jackets. And That’s Just The Beginning.

Buzz Bissinger has a piece in the lastest GQ titled “My Gucci Addiction,” and boy is it a doozy. We don’t want to give the […]

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Philly Police Recruit Next Generation Of Officers

Charles Ramsey wants you: We are hiring! Accept the challenge, become an @phillypolice Officer. bit.ly/ZfEsgORecruitment youtube.com/watch?v=FjBsXD… via @youtube — P/O Michael Duffy (@PPDMikeDuffy) March 26, […]


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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Top 5 Best Philly Parody Accounts on Twitter

Social media experts and holier-than-thou journalists (ahem) will tell you that Twitter changed the way we receive information. The rest of humanity will tell you […]

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WATCH: WWE’s John Cena Bashes Donovan McNabb

Poor Donovan McNabb. Even in retirement, the man can’t catch a break from Eagles’ fans. Monday night in Philly, he because a bad example for […]

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Can NBC Kick Jay Leno to the Curb Now?

I never thought I’d say this, but I feel sorry for Jay Leno. Once again, NBC is trying to dump Leno as host of the […]

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Revel Bankruptcy: Is This the End of Atlantic City?

It finally happened—”finally” being a weird word to describe the bankruptcy of a casino that’s less than a year old, perhaps, but not when that […]

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Did Jersey Guy Lie About Winning Powerball Ticket?

And we have a winner! Another winner, that is. Sunday, a dude claimed claimed he had bought the winning Powerball ticket (jackpot: $338 million, 4th-largest […]

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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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The 6 TV Shows Philadelphia Binge-Watches the Most

In case you missed the memo, this week is Comcast’s Watchathon Week. Yes, it’s a horrible name, but what it means is that if you […]

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Penn Students Score “Admission” Interview with Tina Fey, Paul Rudd

Ah, the perks of promoting a movie related to the college admissions process. Taking a break from their usual diet of (James) Lipton, Admission stars […]

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New Chapter in Family Drama: Orie Sister Decides to Resign from Supreme Court

Another chapter begins in what is already a family affair worthy of a reality TV series. Or at least a made-for-TV special. Today, Joan Orie […]

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Look Ma, No Gun! Robbing a Bank in Philly Is Incredibly Easy

According to a (paywalled) piece in the Philadelphia Business Journal, 21 bank robberies have been committed in Philadelphia this year. But that’s not the real […]

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