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Philly Mag’s Favorite Long Reads of 2025

Beef bandits, billboard wars, an epic high school prom, and profiles of the biggest names in Philly — it’s our roundup of our favorite stories of 2025.


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How Philly Fell for Krampus — and a Darker Kind of Christmas

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Youth Sports in Philadelphia Are Uneven — and the Gaps Are Growing

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The Editors’ Cut: What We’re Reading, Watching, Doing, and Liking This Week

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The Last Thing Philly’s LGBTQ Community Needs Is a Rainbow Bridge

We could solve some real problems for what it would cost to slap a coat of empty symbolism on the Walt Whitman.

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The Immigrant on My Couch

My future brother-in-law has an MBA and a master’s in electrical engineering from the University of Delaware. So why is he sleeping in my living room?

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A Philadelphia Legend on Life Without a Computer, Email, or Facebook

A Q&A with Halloween icon Henri David.

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It’s Time to Call B.S. on Innovation

Maybe technological advancement isn’t always a good thing.

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Sneak Peek: Inside Philly Mag’s February Issue

Our February issue drops this week. Who’s responsible for the epidemic of teenage anxiety?

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21 Places to Escape the Tyranny of Modern Technology in Philly

From typewriter stores to connection-free coffee shops, how to live like a Luddite.


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.


Raquel Salas Rivera on the Difference Between a Philadelphian and an American

Philly’s poet laureate has a new collection — and plenty to say about the state of America.

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These Philadelphians Want to Build a Shrine to Alexander Hamilton

Will the First Bank get its shot?

Best Thing: Giant Grocery Robots!

Let’s welcome our robot overlords in three … two … one …

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7 Philly Violence Prevention Programs to Know and Support This MLK Day

Violence has become a popular pastime, Martin Luther King Jr. once said. Here are a few Philly organizations working to carry on the leader’s message of nonviolence.

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The 2019 Women’s Marches: Road Closures and More

Here’s what to expect on Saturday.

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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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Blondell Reynolds Brown Will Not Seek a Sixth City Council Term

Renowned for her efforts to diversify city government, Reynolds Brown is expected to endorse her chief of staff as her replacement.

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Mayor Kenney Announces New Gun Violence Prevention Initiative

The announcement comes on the heels of a year that saw the city’s highest homicide rate in more than a decade.

Tony Luke’s to Invade New York City With, Count ‘Em, Seven Locations

And the first New York location is slated to open this spring.

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This Drexel Grad Helped the Boyd Theater Get Its Glass Back

It took Delco native Christina Sioutis three years to complete the project.

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