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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

Q&A

The Man at the Forefront of the Battle Over Philly’s Slavery Memorial Tells All

Longform

Inside the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Epic Meltdown

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Philly Watch Parties for the 2020 Democratic Debates

What better way to kick off campaign season than yelling at a screen with a bunch of strangers?

Opinion

If You Think Helen Gym Is “Philly’s AOC,” You’d Better Look Up “Progressive” Again

It’s laughable to compare a national Democratic-Socialist standard-bearer to an establishment-backed Democrat in a city that has yet to truly embrace radical policies.

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Kenney: PES Refinery “Intends to Shut Down” as Blast Investigation Begins

The South Philadelphia facility, the largest oil refinery on the eastern seaboard, employs more than 1,000 workers — and has a 150-year history of environmental impacts.

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“Hamilton” Tickets Are About to Go On Sale in Philly

Don’t throw away your shot to snag tix to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-and-Grammy-and-Pulitzer-winning musical.

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Philadelphians Waste a Millennium Sitting in Traffic Every Year

This new report quantifies just how ghastly (and costly) congestion can be.

News

100 Years of Pa. Women’s Suffrage: The Justice Bell and More

Nearly a century after Pa. ratified the 19th Amendment, it’s time you read up on your history.


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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The Paradox of Narcan: It Saves Lives, but Masks the Extent of the Opioid Epidemic

As more of the life-saving overdose reversal drug ends up in the hands of civilians, it becomes harder to tell how often it’s being used — concealing the city’s true overdose rate.

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More Philly Hospitals Are Becoming “Baby-Friendly.” Maybe That’s Not a Good Thing.

The rigid, confounding, densely bureaucratic Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative has morphed into a system that diminishes a mother’s ability to make the best choices for her child.

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Phillies Announcer Dan Baker on Bryce Harper, Gritty and People Who Say Baseball Games Are Too Long

The public-address announcer has been behind the mic in South Philly since way back in 1972.

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Philly Politics Is a Mess. Here’s Why That’s Encouraging.

For too long we’ve been kept down by the rote predictability of our politics.

Best Thing: Stormy Weather in D.C.

Could rain delays be what tips the boat on climate change?

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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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Sansom Street Finally Reopens After Last Year’s Business-Drenching Deluge

Now the Water Department can turn its attention to the other huge hole in the ground, along Baltimore Avenue in West Philly.

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What to Know About the Oil Refinery Explosion

The blast rocked the city early this morning and caused a three-alarm fire. Here’s everything we know.

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Philly Police Refuse to Identify 72 Cops Placed on Desk Duty Amid Facebook Probe

The department rejected a Philly Mag request for the list of officers, saying that “they have not been charged with a crime or a departmental violation.”

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City Unveils Details of Its Dockless Bike Pilot Program

But some dockless operators have already moved on. The future, they say, is with electric scooters — which remain illegal across Pennsylvania.

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