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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

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

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Inside the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Epic Meltdown

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Skate On the Winter Classic Rink

You can buy tickets to skate on the outdoor rink at Citizens Bank Park. Tickets are available for four time slots on January 7th. Kids […]

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Philly Live! Opens April 5th

Actually, it’s going to be called “XFINITY Live!” because it’s 2011 nothing is safe from corporate sponsorship/shameless self-promotion. Many of the details released today had […]

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Sandusky Taught Boys Basic Hygiene

First, Jerry Sandusky explained that he was just horsing around with boys in the shower. Now, his lawyer says he was teaching them “basic life […]

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Bear Scares Cable Guy

A cable guy in Jersey made a house call to a customer in Sussex County. When he went into the basement to work on the […]

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Arrests Made in Random Attack

Police have two juveniles in custody for their suspected roles in the attack of a 65-year-old man yesterday in the city’s Olney section. The suspects—caught […]

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PA Pols: Keep Your Schmoozing at Home

Don’t you just love when a politician begins a sentence with “My good friend”? It’s the kiss of death. It means he or she is […]


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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TV Recap: 24/7

Holy hockey porn, Batman! Last night marked the much ballyhooed premiere of HBO’s 24/7—an in-depth, docu-style look at the Flyers and Rangers as they prepare […]

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Christmas Isn’t Sexist At All

The fact that women have to spend more of our less-than-a-man’s wages on disposable items is part of the conspiracy to keep us down. There […]

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Stuff Gay Guys Say

It’s all true. All of it.

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The Financial Aid Debate

LGBT-friendly reforms a reality?

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The Gallery Is The Best Mall

Two weeks is an acceptable mourning period for the Occupy Philly encampment. Time to embrace rampant capitalism again! To me, there’s no better way to […]

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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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Who Says Congress Doesn’t Work?

There are more than 5,600 bills winding their way through the legislative maze that is the 112th U.S. Congress. And in between the latest efforts to […]

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Big Changes for Stimulus

A new venue in 2012

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Morning Scoop: Flash Mob Flashback

Two Teens Randomly Attack Germantown Man. Two teenagers randomly attacked an Asian man in Germantown yesterday afternoon. They followed him for a couple of blocks […]

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Dexter Trumps Joan Didion

It used to be, back when we all read books, that right about now, with the Three Wise Men lumbering into our line of vision, […]

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