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76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.


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How Do You Host the World Cup? This Philly Soccer Exec Has Been Preparing for Years

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The Afterlife Is Getting a Makeover

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West Philly’s Colman Domingo Is Ready for His Close-Up

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Don’t Watch Game of Thrones Without This

Winter is almost here. This Sunday at 9 p.m., the third season of Game of Thrones begins on HBO. Anyone familiar with the show—or the […]

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The Couple That Works Together

Meet the gay lovebirds behind Much Ado.

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Man Jumps onto SEPTA Tracks to Save Another Guy’s Life

At 12:40 p.m. yesterday at the Cecil B. Moore station on the Broad Street line, a man walked off the subway platform (deliberately or not, […]

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Lisa Scottoline Shovels Horse Poop

My name is … Lisa Scottoline. It’s extremely Italian. And rhymes with “scallopini.” I am a … mom. I live in … the suburbs, on […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: The Old-School Excellence of Fork

Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason anybody opens a restaurant nowadays is to work it for a year, or maybe six […]

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Bad Neighbors, Nasty Notes and the Death of Idyllic Suburban Life

One of our neighbors put a nasty note on the car of someone who was visiting our house. I could not believe it. So 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

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


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The Hamptons: A Perfectly Luxurious Weekend Getaway

How to Get to the Hamptons from Philadelphia: It’s at least a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Philly, and there’s no getting around the often congested (but […]

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City Commissioners Al Schmidt and Stephanie Singer Just Can’t Get Along

Stephanie Singer is warming to her point. For 45 minutes she has been explaining the arcane workings of elections in Philadelphia to a few dozen […]

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George Norcross: The Man Who Destroyed Democracy

In a story this profane, a story about power and legacy, fathers and sons, a story in which F-bombs rain down in a kind of […]

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Philadelphia Restaurant Review: The Infamous Pizza Brain

First, a confession. I don’t watch the Today show or CBS This Morning—nor do I read Qantas in-flight magazine or Jeopardy’s Twitter feed—so by the […]

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Philadelphia Home: Inside Nancy Levie’s Modern Bucks County Dream Home

Even though it’s getting dark outside—in the farm-dotted, wooden-bridged pocket of Buckingham Township, just outside New Hope, there are no streetlights—I can see the house […]

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76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.


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The Real Chase Utley

There is much we don’t know about him. Take, for instance, an incident from the fall of 2009. Chase Utley came off the field after […]

News

Video Footage May Have Captured Missing Brown Student, Bryn Mawr Native

Since the mysterious disappearance of Bryn Mawr native and Brown University student Sunil Tripathi two week ago, search efforts from Boston to Philadelphia has been […]

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Chinks Steaks Changing Name, Because, You Know

Chink’s Steaks, which opened in 1949, was so named because its first owner Samuel Sherman had “almond-shaped” eyes. Now, with the help of a branding […]

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Will Philly Become “Core Capital” of the World?

No sports fan began 2013 having a better time than Bill Meyers. On January 5th, he watched the Packers whip the Vikings in an NFL […]

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