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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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Penn State Hires Former Cal Athletic Director

Sandy Barbour had been forced out of her previous job.

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Smerconish’s Death Penalty Lament

He suggests that death delayed is justice denied. He’s wrong.

The Fall of the Main Line Drug Ring

On the afternoon of April 21st, 18-year-old Timothy Brooks arrived at a courthouse in Ardmore, a mile east of his alma mater, the Haverford School. […]

What Does My Kid’s Apartment Say About Me?

I’m standing in an aisle at HomeGoods, holding a spoon rest. It’s a pretty thing, bright orange, shaped like a sunflower, and it only costs […]

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Priceline Offers Borgata Room for $100,000

Well, $113,605.76 to be exact.

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$110,000 Reward Offered for Carjackers

Police have ID’d kids killed yesterday in North Philly crash.


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.


The Top Ten Philly Sports Announcers of All Time

The voices carried me home. Dating back to high school, on most weekends in the summer I’d drive to the Jersey Shore and relax with […]

One of Us: Cecily Tynan

My name is … Cecily Tynan. I had a Great-Uncle Cecil in England, and they just added the “y.” My parents actually thought they invented […]

What the Gays Did on Instagram This Week

The “It Takes Two to Tango” edition

Growing Up in Philly: The Lost City

Spikol: Why do I miss the dirty, second-rate downtown I grew up in?

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz

Sore losers, Tom Cruisers, big bruisers, sign confusers … welcome to the neighborhood!

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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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Arctic Splash Cartons: Litter or Art (or Both)?

Lazor: With Fishtown Juice, Jake Sauer’s ridding the streets of — and documenting — the discarded drink containers.

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Good News or Bad News? Tom Corbett and Urban Outfitters

Play our new game.

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PETA Waging War Against Princeton

Over a ferret exercise ball.

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Thanks to Obama, Dems Will Lose the Senate

Mendte: Red state anger will trump blue state love in the mid-terms.

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