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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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PennDOT’s List of Rejected Vanity Plates Is Awesome

And occasionally crude. But also awesome.

Beauty shots of the Ben Franklin Bridge from Morgan's Pier, with or without a clutched can of craft beer (usually Hell or High Watermelon) in the corner to taunt your friends who are still at work.
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The Philly Instagram Hall of Fame

Lazor: These are the 15 shots everybody takes.

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Salvation Army Collapse Site to Become Memorial Park

Organization donates the land to the city.

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This Sex Offender Magician Will Do Your Kid’s Party for $250

Jeff Carson is on the Megan’s Law registry.

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Fred Phelps, Anti-Gay Crusader, Is Dead

Will the response be celebration? Or quiet?

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Sixers Not Even Pretending to Care About This Season Anymore

Tanktastic team is tanking like a tanker.


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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Gen Y to Boomers: You Taught Us to Be “Flaky Dreamers”

Weaver: We’re chasing our passions — just like you told us.

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Can Mayor Nutter Save the ZooBalloon?

A city turns its hopeful eyes skyward.

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Three Ways to Thank Philly’s Principals

Marks: They just took a big pay cut. Now let them do their jobs.

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How Clinical Trials Can Help Breast Cancer Patients

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Cockroach-Filled Philly Home Featured on TLC Show

This is why hoarding is a bad thing.

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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.


Johnny Weir and Husband Getting Divorced

The pair offer conflicting tweets about what’s happening.

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This Penn Baseball Video Will Make You Want to Accomplish Something Great Today

“Never has Ivy League baseball looked so awesome.”

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State Police Ordered to Stop Photographing Public at Christie Town Halls

Critics said tactic violated civil liberties.

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Sting Probe Has PA House Support

Plus: The politician who didn’t take the money.

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