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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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It’s OK to Sneak in Snacks at the Movies

I love going to the movies because it’s so dramatic: The lights dim, the audience buzzes, and then images dance across a giant screen. Throw […]

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Horse Doping Reigns at the Preakness

This Saturday, Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another will join a field of a dozen young colts at Pimlico Race Course, in Baltimore, for a […]

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Morning Scoop: More White People Call Philly Home

More White People in Philadelphia. A new report shows that nearly 4,000 additional white people began calling Philadelphia home between April 2010 and July 2011. […]

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Fairmount Is About to Become Unbearable

When I was growing up, my neighborhood hosted an excellent display of fireworks every Fourth of July. We’d trek up to the Lawncrest Rec Center’s […]

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New Eagle Fletcher Cox Finds Southern Comfort in Philly

It took all of 20 seconds to be patched through to Yazoo City’s mayor, McArthur Straughter, when a reporter called to discuss homegrown talent Fletcher […]

8 Cute Bags Shaped Like Animals

Yes, you read that title correctly. Bags. Shaped like animals. We’re having a huge love affair with them recently, from crystal birds to leather crustacean […]


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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Mayor Nutter’s New PSA Essentially Asks Kids Not to Flash Mob

So, Mayor Nutter has a new Philadelphia Fun Safe Summer PSA out. He says that the city is offering more than 15,000 different ways to […]

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Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios Needs a Bailout

Former Phillie Curt Schilling’s post-baseball business is in some financial trouble now that his 38 Studios has defaulted on a loan payment that might put […]

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Black Madam to Stand Trial for Butt Injections

Forty-two-year-old Padge Windslowe—better known as “Black Madam”—has been ordered to stand trial on charges of aggravated assault and deceptive practices a.k.a. illegally injecting silicon into […]

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Charles Barkley Took His Shirt Off on TV Last Night

Last night, Sir Charles Barkley took his shirt off on live television. That’s not something we’d immediately consider to be below the former Sixer, but […]

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Sandusky Asks Judge to Throw Out Charges, Again

Joseph Amendola—the attorney representing Jerry Sandusky—argued in court (again) Wednesday that the charges against his client stem from accounts that are either too vague or […]

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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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Paul Pierce Played Hold ‘Em at Parx Last Night

In case anyone was wondering what Boston Celtic and favorite Philly villain Paul Pierce was up to the night before Game 3, he was at […]

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Former CBS 3 Reporter and Husband, Matchmakers, Divorcing

Tamsen Fadal—a former CBS 3 reporter—and her husband Matt Titus are getting divorced. Oh, and that news is especially notable due to the fact that […]

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Celeb Scoop: Watch the Trailer for the New Bradley Cooper Movie

Trailer Drops for Hit and Run. Dax Shepard pretty much created Hit and Run from scratch—playing all the positions like in the classic Bugs Bunny […]

Poll Shows Christie Won’t Help Romney Ticket in Jersey

A new poll released by Quinnipiac University shows that Mitt Romney would likely lose New Jersey to Barack Obama in a general election even if […]

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