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Guides

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 Redevelopment of the Old Family Court Building Is Dead

Q&A

From Fairmount to the Today Show: The Journey of Sheinelle Jones

Q&A

The Zombies in This Philly Horror Flick Only Eat White People

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The Frank Rizzo Statue Is Staying Right Where It Is (Until at Least 2021)

The city first said in 2017 that it would move the contentious 2,000-pound monument from Thomas Paine Plaza.

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New Phillies Manager Joe Girardi Is the King of Managerial Meltdowns

If these videos are any indication, Girardi seems to intuitively understand the Philly tradition of losing your shit at sports games.

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United Way Aims to Boost Philly’s Census Efforts With $1 Million Fundraising Challenge

About $3 billion in federal funding is allocated to Philadelphia annually based on census results

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It’s 2039. Philadelphia Is America’s Greatest City. How Did We Get Here?

Join Philly’s most influential people at ThinkFest 2019 and find out.

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The Best Spots Around Philly to Photograph Fall Foliage

A list of leaf-peeping destinations located within an hour of Center City.

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A Delco Couple Hopes You’ll Say Yes to Funding Their Sexual Consent Card Game

The game exhorts players to “Explore your boundaries. Touch your friends. Change the world.” But its Kickstarter campaign is foundering.


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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Mayor Kenney Endorses Elizabeth Warren for President

He’s the first major-city mayor to throw support behind the Massachusetts senator.

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Frank Stallone Really Wants You to See the New Frank Stallone Documentary in Philly This Weekend

Think Sylvester Stallone’s younger brother is just an interloper who rides the coattails of his famous sib? He says “Stallone: Frank, That Is” tells his real story.

Opinion

No Matter How Many Games It Wins, Temple Shouldn’t Build a Football Stadium

If Temple wants to build something that will help attract more students, Temple can begin by building a more understanding and respectful relationship with its neighbors.

News

Meet the Candidates Trying to Shake Up the City Council At-Large Race

Among those who will attend Monday’s candidates forum at the Free Library’s Marrero branch: Kendra Brooks and Nicolas O’Rourke, who are hoping to be the first ever third-party at-large councilmembers.

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SEPTA’s 15th Street Station Just Got a $28 Million Upgrade

Here are changes you’ll notice at the city’s busiest subway stop.

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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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There Goes the Gayborhood

Rapid social change and Midtown Village development are encroaching on Philadelphia’s LGBTQ mecca.

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News

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Not Just Fishtown Anymore

It’s Turkeytown and Turtletown, too.

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Longform

Sneak Peek: Inside Philadelphia Magazine’s November Issue

Our latest issue drops this week. In it, learn the steps Philly must take to address climate change.

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The Northeast State Rep Who Thinks Democrats and Republicans Can Actually Get Along

Jared Solomon has a radical notion.

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