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50 Years of Best of Philly: City Life

In honor of the upcoming 50th anniversary of Best of Philly this August, we’re taking a monthly look back. This month: City Life!


Guides

The Philadelphian’s Guide to Adopting, Pampering and Traveling With Your Pet

Opinion

I Don’t Know Who Anybody Is Anymore. And I Don’t Care

Longform

The Great Name Awakening: Inside the Audacious, Lucrative World of Baby Naming

Latest Stories

This is What Drag Queens Looked Like in the 1960s

An artist stumbles upon a box of rare images.

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“If The KKK Killed 200 Black Men Every Year, We’d Be on Lockdown”

Mayor Nutter talks race at the Aspen Institute.

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Bariatric Surgery: The First Step to Lasting Weight Loss

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Chart of the Day: Philadelphians and Cars

Only NYC has a higher percentage of non-car commuters

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Stabbing Spree Reported at Western PA High School

“Multiple people” injured at Franklin Regional High School Murrysville.

An employee of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority raises his fist in the air, Friday, Oct. 28, 2005, while entering a SEPTA bus depot in north Philadelphia. | AP Photo, Joseph Kaczmarek
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Willie Brown Is a Changed Man

Mathis: In 2009, it seemed he couldn’t wait to shut down SEPTA. This time around, he’s more cautious.


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages
Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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“Digital District” Would Bring Electronic Displays to Center City

Would it be Philly’s version of Times Square?

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Activist Brings “Private” Charges Against Lawmakers in Sting

Gene Stilp will carry on where Kathleen Kane wouldn’t.

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NYT: Drexel May Build Over Train Yard

Examines redeveloping 75-acre train hub to host academic institutions, retail stores.

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Tom Wolf Is Biggest Spender in Gov’s Race

Campaign finance forms show he’s outspending everybody else — put together.

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WATCH: The Phils Go Marching In

They look kinda pumped for today’s home opener.

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.
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.


Divine’s 5 Best Movie Moments

Can you handle the filthiest person alive?!

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When Joy Behar Called Chris Christie “Toast”

An uncomfortable moment at a roast.

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Vape No More: Nutter to Sign E-Cigarette Regulations

Wednesday ceremony planned at City Hall.

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Union: No Talks With SEPTA Until Financial Disclosures

No strike yet. But union warns: “We can do so on short notice.”

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