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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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Comcast Improves Customer Service By Not Doing It

Comcast has heard the customer service complaints for years, if not decades. There’s nothing people on Twitter like to do more than gripe about (or […]

Philly’s Hairiest Drag Queen Shines In New Portrait Series

Martha Graham Cracker watercolored.

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Legal Settlement Orders Children Never To Talk About Marcellus Shale In Their Lives. Really.

From the “What the Holy Hell?” files: Two young children are forbidden from speaking about Marcellus Shale or fracking for the rest of their lives. […]

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Philly Catholics Hope For a Papal Visit

CBS Philly reports that Philly Catholics hope Pope Francis will come to town for the World Family Conference in 2015. Ken Gavin, a spokesman for […]

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SugarHouse Sues to Stop Second Philly Casino

CBS Philly reports that SugarHouse Casino is suing the Pennsylvania Gaming Conrol Board to prevent the licensing of a second Philadelphia casino. The board isn’t […]

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6 Reasons I’d Hire Anthony Weiner Today

So Anthony Weiner is doing a little sexting. So what? He didn’t really cheat on his wife. And it’s not as if cheating on your […]


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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Where Did Mayor Nutter Spend Two Weeks in July?

The Daily News says Mayor Nutter won’t disclose where he spent two weeks in July, saying only that he spent time with family. “I was […]

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Vince Fumo Is Leaving Prison

The Inquirer reports that former All-Powerful State Sen. Vince Fumo, imprisoned these past four years on 139 corruption charges, is leaving prison and coming to […]

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10 Reasons We Love Aubrey Plaza

When we first saw her in Parks & Recreation, Funny People and Safety Not Guaranteed, Aubrey Plaza seemed to be budding into one of the most ubiquitous young […]

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Other Things Riley Cooper Will Fight (List Does Not Include Marcus Vick)

As you can imagine, news of Eagles receiver Riley Cooper’s threat to “fight every (n-word) here” at this summer’s Kenny Chesney concert in Philadelphia resulted […]

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Gilberton’s Libtard-Hating, Video-Making Police Chief Is Suspended

AP reports that Gilberton Police Chief Mark Kessler has been suspended over those crazy profane shoot-em-up anti-liberal videos he made—not because of the sentiments expressed […]

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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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Eagles’ Riley Cooper: “I Will Fight Every Nig**r Here”

Meet your new #2 receiver, Philadelphia! This, from last month’s Kenny Chesney concert at the Linc. Context very unclear. For what it’s worth, Cooper’s threat […]

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4 Burning Questions About Montgomery County’s Gay Marriages

Since July 24, Montgomery County has issued more than 35 marriage licenses to gay couples, in open defiance of a state law that forbids same-sex […]

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On Slutbags: 8 Great Off-the-Record Political Moments

Yesterday, Anthony Weiner’s chief spokesperson Barbara Morgan had herself a moment (in what has surely been a trying week for her) when she — in […]

Poster For Dancer Gunnar Montana’s Fringe Show is Totally Scary, but Hot, Hot, Hot

Blood and power saw is the new black.

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