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Philadelphia’s Next Great Era Begins Now

Why this chapter of our city’s story might be our best since, well, 1776


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Philly’s Driverless Future Is Here, Whether We’re Ready or Not

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She Transformed Bok Into a Creative Force. Now Lindsey Scannapieco Is Taking on Broad Street

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Pat Croce: Doing Chemo on Everest

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Paging Bon Jovi: Philadelphia Soul On The Block

Depressed by Joel Mathis’s claim that Philadelphia’s only good sports story was its Lacrosse team (whose name I can’t remember), the owners of the Philadelphia […]

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Video: Homophobes Who Were Really Gay

Tsk, tsk, tsk, hypocrites.

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For Your Gawking Pleasure: Mapping the Homes of Philly’s Rich and Famous

You know those Hollywood tours that bring you outside the homes of stars? Here’s a Philly version, in which nobody drives you around and you’ve […]

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Switching Back to Kelly Green Eagles Unis Might Not Be So Easy

Rooting for sports is rooting for laundry. Players change, coaches change, owners change, as we keep on rooting for the guys wearing the right jerseys. […]

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Obama Sues Budweiser to Keep Your Beer Cheap

The Department of Justice is suing Budweiser’s parent company to prevent it from buying the Modelo Group, which makes Corona, in order to control more […]

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Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch Dies

Ed Koch, the outspoken, sly-witted “mayor for life” (or three terms) of New York City, died this morning at the age of 88 in New […]


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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Here’s One Cheap Way to Guarantee a Broad Street Run Bib

If you deferred your spot in last year’s Broad Street Run, you can guarantee your spot this time around for free. Practically. And bypass the […]

First FriGAY

Butch Cordora’s three-year retrospective.

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Images of Chris Christie Set to Ludacris: A Match Made in Tumblr

This “news” broke a couple days ago. Still, there’s an unwritten rule that bloggers must blog about politically relevant and semi-humorous Tumblrs. (Remember Chris Christie […]

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PHOTOS: The Absolutely Debaucherous Wing Bowl 2013

Wing Bowl Parade Wing Bowl Women Wing Bowl Crowd Wing Bowl Eating [PHOTOS: Jeff Fusco]

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Drexel to Start Entrepreneurship School; Unclear What Will Actually Go On There

Using $12.5 million in donations from the Charles and Barbara Close Foundation (Charles is class of ’36), Drexel is founding a School of Entrepreneurship. Called, […]

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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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Overly Sensitive, Judgeless Traffic Court Now Kicking People Out for Laughing

300 people showed up to traffic court yesterday to find basically nobody available to hear their cases. (You’ll remember that 9 judges were indicted yesterday […]

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Guy Wearing Tom Brady Jersey Wins Wing Bowl

It was a sad day for the local crowd at today’s Wing Bowl. On the very day that El Wingador fell to cocaine charges, his […]

Zachary Quinto Debuts Puppy Flick

Way too much cute in one short film.

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It’s Curtains for the Union Rat: Stagehands Strike Is Almost Over

Last night at 9 p.m., IATSE Local 8 business manager Mike Barnes told me that negotiations between his stagehands union and Philadelphia Theatre Company — […]

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