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Yes, Philadelphia Is Safer Than They Say on TV

The city has made the national news far too often recently for incidents involving crime and public safety. A new administration has big plans to change — and correct — the narrative.


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An Optimist’s Guide to Philadelphia

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Allan Domb Is Upbeat About Philly’s Economy (And You Should Be, Too)

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Believe It Or Not, Philadelphia Is Getting Cleaner

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Goods: Summer Stock

Warm-weather essentials

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Men in Black III
Grade: B

It has been almost 15 years since Men in Black opened on July 2, 1997. (And 10 years since Men in Black II was released—but […]

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On Our Gaydar: Wistaria Vintage

Inside the vintage outpost

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Guess Who’s Coming Out at Dinner?

Growing up gay in A.C.

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Morning Scoop: Cops Say Mother Killed Infant Twins Over Husband’s Alleged Affair

Mother Accused of Murdering Infant Twins. A 41-year-old woman in Tacony allegedly suffocated one of her 18-month-old twins and drowned the other before trying to […]

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The Perfect Bicycle to Ride to Work

Last week while riding to work from my South Philly hovel, my trouser leg wound itself around my bike’s chain ring, tearing my pants and […]


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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How Music Festivals Became Monsters

My first festival concert was Lollapalooza in 1993 at the old JFK Stadium site. I still have the ticket stub—it reads “Wherever you go … […]

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Best Picks: Memorial Day Weekend in Philly

Something like four billion people will be strapping themselves into their cars this weekend and getting on one of our various interstates, expressways and parkways, […]

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Jessie Hemmons’ 8 Favorite Things

She knit a sweater for the Rocky statue and seat covers for the Market-Frankford line, and has “yarn-bombed” (think graffiti with knitting needles) everything from […]

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Philly’s Best Barbershops

Francis the Duke Northern Liberties: 1050 North Hancock street, #77 Bart Blatstein’s trendy Piazza wouldn’t be complete without a vintage-flavored barbershop with an edgy twist. Enter […]

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This $10 Million Montco Manor Is a Fixer-Upper

The Wall Street Journal‘s “House of the Day” is an 8,960-square-foot manor house in Springfield Township, Montgomery County. It was built in 1928 and sits […]

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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.


Mayor Nutter Mocks Romney for Coming to West Philly

This morning, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney participated in a roundtable discussion at the Universal Bluford Charter School in West Philly. While Romney and […]

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Girl Crushes Empty Cans With Her Shoulder Blades

Do we really need to expand on that headline? Probably not, but just in case, a Deadspin reader sent in a video taken on his […]

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The Wildwoods Are the Best Shore Town, Again

For the third time in four years Wildwood, North Wildwood and Wildwood Crest, collectively, were named the best Shore town. Ocean City earned a second-place […]

Donald Trump Thinks That Donald Trump Should Be Romney’s VP Candidate

Donald Trump has recently come out in support of Donald Trump to be on the Mitt Romney ticket as the vice presidential candidate. Donald Trump […]

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