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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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Philadelphia Home: The New Modern Family Home in Chestnut Hill

From the outside, the house looked lovely—a grand stone facade, a carriage house with ivy snaking up its walls, a spacious back terrace featuring a […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: the Deliciously Eclectic Cheu Noodle Bar

Some restaurants are just what they seem, no more and no less. They send out fajitas and margarita pitchers with mariachi bands, or 24-ounce porterhouses […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: Fickle Fare at Fitler Dining Room

Some food corners are cursed. A property will pass from owner to owner, concept to concept, and nobody can make it work. Part of succeeding […]

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Men’s Fashion is Back in Philadelphia

It was one of those long-awaited evenings in April when it finally felt like spring had come, the type of night when the whole city […]

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The Inimitable Michael Solomonov

On any given night, a customer who walks through the verdant, manicured grounds of I.M. Pei’s Society Hill Towers and into the restaurant called Zahav […]

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Can Adderall Save the Boomers?

It’s been 25 years since I last ingested an illegal substance. In all that time, I haven’t gotten so much as a parking ticket. I […]


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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Brewster: The Quintessential Cape Cod Weekend Getaway

How to Get to Brewster from Phiadelphia: You can drive (seven hours) to Brewster, or Amtrak (six hours) or fly (an hour and change) to […]

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War in the Supreme Court: Ron Castille and Seamus McCaffery Just Can’t Get Along

Late last year, Ron Castille, chief justice of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, decided he couldn’t take it any longer. Seamus McCaffery—one of seven justices on the […]

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Millville, N.J., Loves Mike Trout

Who cares if he now plays for the Los Angeles Angels? In this working-class town near the Jersey shore, the blue-collar Mike Trout is not only the best young athlete in baseball—he’s a hometown hero.

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The Best Ice Cream in Philadelphia

The ice cream of your youth was of indiscriminate variety—a carton pulled from a supermarket freezer belching frosty smoke, a cone you reached up on […]

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Off the Cuff: July 2013

I was on the elevator in our office building at 19th and Market a few weeks ago with three well-dressed men I didn’t know. One […]

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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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DJ Jazzy Jeff Says Parents Still Just Don’t Understand

My name is … Jeff Townes, a.k.a. DJ Jazzy Jeff. Friends just call me Jeff. I grew up in … West Philly, at 57th and […]

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Senate Passes Immigration Reform

The Senate passed a sweeping immigration overhaul today, 68-32, a large enough margin to overcome a Republican filibuster. The Senate bill provides a 13-year path […]

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BREAKING: Brian Sims to Introduce Pennsylvania Marriage Equality Bill in House

That’s how you get the ball rolling.

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Your SEPTA Pass No Longer Has a Gender

SEPTA, in addition to hiking fares next week, is eliminating gender designations that have long adorned their SEPTA passes. (The decision was made last year, […]

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