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50 Years of Best of Philly: City Life

In honor of the upcoming 50th anniversary of Best of Philly this August, we’re taking a monthly look back. This month: City Life!


Guides

The Philadelphian’s Guide to Adopting, Pampering and Traveling With Your Pet

Opinion

I Don’t Know Who Anybody Is Anymore. And I Don’t Care

Longform

The Great Name Awakening: Inside the Audacious, Lucrative World of Baby Naming

Latest Stories

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Pete Rose Gets His Own Reality Show

Former Phillie and baseball’s all-time hit king Pete Rose is reportedly set to star in his own reality show. Rose was banished from Major League […]

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VIDEO: Philly’s Rosenbach Museum Featured on The Colbert Report

Philly’s Rosenbach Museum and Library recently added Stephen Colbert’s manuscript of the “35-page novel” I Am a Pole (And So Can You!) to its collection. […]

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It’s Not Surprising That Olympians Are Having Orgies

The hardest training and most skilled athletes in the world are coming together for more than two weeks of intense competition featuring rigorous tests of […]

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PA Has 35 Athletes Competing in London

Kobe Bryant, more than half of the national field hockey team, an equestrian in his fifth Olympic Games, and another two dozen American athletes competing […]

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VIDEO: Gay Marriage is Bad?

A ridiculous video – and a dangerous message

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Boy Scouts to Gays: Get Lost

The org maintains its longtime policy


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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Chick-Fil-A: Against Gay Marriage

Think twice before ordering that sandwich?

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Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Arrive in Philly

Miley Cyrus and her fiancé Liam Hemsworth arrived in Philly late Tuesday afternoon. Hemsworth is starring alongside Harrison Ford in the upcoming movie Paranoia, which […]

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How the Media Makes Men Look Stupid

In my view, the most irritating commercial on TV right now is about socks. I can’t remember the details well enough to tell you what […]

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What Your Boardwalk T-Shirt Says About You

I stayed on 26th Street for senior week, right on the Wildwood-North Wildwood border. Five of us crammed into a two-bedroom flat; I had a […]

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Why Jersey Shore Beachgoers, Why?

I’m lucky enough to spend some time at the Jersey Shore during the summer, and I’ve made some observations. Here goes. 1. Why do boys […]

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

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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Morning Scoop: Temple Appoints Task Force in Wake of PSU Scandal

Temple to Use PSU Scandal as a Learning Experience. Acting Temple president Richard Englert has announced that the university has appointed a task force to […]

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Why Would a Wealthy Person Vote Democrat?

One of the more unseemly arguments in American political discourse has begun to pop up all the time in the current election campaign. It’s the […]

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Someday You’ll Be Able to Make Your Own Viagra, Xanax at Home

Often, technology is a wonderful thing, bringing us information, making us safer, and providing endless amusement. The inventions we create serve as our most lasting […]

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Mayor Nutter’s Policy Gives City Hall to the People

When he wasn’t busy founding Philadelphia, William Penn said some pretty smart things, such as, “governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them.” […]

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