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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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Beware the Rampaging Gerrymander!

How the GOP outsmarted itself on redistricting.

Big Gay Halloween Roundup

Fierce and fabulous spooks abound.

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Johnny Weir Will Attend Olympics For NBC

Despite Russia’s passage of anti-gay laws.

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Adventures in Blingified Dentistry

Fox 29 reports on a trend that just won’t die.

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At Penn, The Effort to Create the “Perfect” Frat Boy

If they win, we all lose.

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College Costs Still Rising—But Not As Fast

Tuition and fees at public universities increased less than 3 percent this academic year.


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.


WATCH: Gay Philly Tourism Ad Outtakes

Behind the scenes with a crazy drag queen.

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Why Are Birds Killing Themselves on Temple Campus?

The Owls ask: Whoooooodunnit? (Get it?)

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Philly Officers Charged in Masturbation Incident

Victim was forced to disrobe while officer masturbated.

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Yellow Birds Is Philly’s “One Book”

Novel of Iraq War will dominate reading life in 2014.

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A Philly Court Has Made It Harder for the Government to Track You

But don’t worry, they’re still tracking you.

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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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Lena Dunham on the Cover of Vogue?

How women are shifting the balance of power in image-obsessed Hollywood.

Win Tickets to See Jessie Ware

The British songbird is coming to TLA next week.

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Pope Francis Suspends “Bishop of Bling”

Is he going to be willing to crack down in other areas, too?

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IRS: Tax Season Will Start Late This Year

But it will still end on April 15.

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