Longform

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.


News

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

Q&A

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

Longform

Inside the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Epic Meltdown

Latest Stories

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News

Pat Toomey Is Moving His Philly Office to Old City

He’ll be in the Custom House.

Michael Nutter looks through a smartphone
News

Where Did All The Jobs Go? Michael Nutter Took Them

He has 19 — at least.

News

Racing Star Claims Sexual Assault at Philly Hotel Made Her Leave Sport

Elena Myers speaks for the first time.

Philadephia Union - Richie Marquez and Giliano Wijnaldum
News

The Philadelphia Union Are Hiring a Chief Tattoo Artist

It’s the first in pro sports.

LGBTQ&A: Amber Hikes

We chat with the new Office of LGBT Affairs director.

News

Pew Report: Philly Holds 50,000 Undocumented Immigrants

That’s 28 percent of those living in the state, per the study.


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.


News

I-676 to Close at Night Next Week for Construction

The closure will hamper late-night and early-morning travel.

News

This South Philly Live Chicken Store Is in Trouble With the Feds

And owner Johnny Wong previously pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges.

News

Toomey Holds Last-Minute Telephone Town Hall

He advertised it less than two hours before it happened.

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News

Snider Family Plans Marijuana Farm in Far Northeast

It would be in an industrial park.

LGBTQ Event of the Week

Our pick: Queer Performances of Color.

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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.


News

11 Things You Might Not Know About Nylon

Happy birthday to the fabric that revolutionized fashion.

Opinion

Crowded District Attorney Race Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Owens: Candidates who don’t add anything dynamic should just exit.

I-95 Traffic
News

Report: 1 in 5 Pa. Bridges Are Structurally Deficient

Only one state has more of them.

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News

Villanova Plans $60 Million Makeover of Pavilion

It will be called the Finneran Pavilion.

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