Longform

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.


News

New Documentary Boys to Fame Tells the Most Tender Eagles Story You’ve Probably Never Heard

Q&A

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

Longform

Inside the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Epic Meltdown

Latest Stories

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News

Gritty Is Better at the Internet Than You

And here are 10 tweets that prove it.

News

Report: Philly Has Some of the Most Annoying Neighbors In the Country

We usually think these rankings are pretty stupid. But this one is actually spot on.

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Opinion

What the NJ Transit Shaver Can Teach Us About the Brett Kavanaugh Accusations

A rush to judgment rarely results in the right judgment.

News

Penn Soon Won’t Let Sophomores Live Off Campus

And some students are none too enthused about this decision.

News

LGBTQ Event of the Week

Our pick: Time To Pretend IV

News

Kenney Wants $15 Minimum Wage for City Contractors

The mayor is expected to push a bill to bump up pay on Wednesday.


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.


LGBTQ&A: Kory Aversa

We chat with the public relations maven on his activist beginnings, unexpected career switch, and being a gay bachelor in the city of brotherly love.

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Opinion

Defending Bill Cosby Does Nothing to Protect Black Men

The disgraced icon deserves to serve time for being a sexual offender, and his sentencing should not be misrepresented as a racial injustice.

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News

Gritty Is Getting a Beer Named After Him

The name, Nightmare Fuel, is dead accurate.

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News

Cosby Sentenced to 3 to 10 Years in State Prison, Denied Bail

The sentence comes months after Cosby was found guilty of molesting a Temple employee in 2004.

Opinion

Why Philly’s Marketing Gurus Will Never Give Up the Cheesesteak (or Rocky)

They are loved universally, and they are ours and ours alone, argues the chief of Visit Philadelphia.

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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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News

Tuesday Is the Last Day to Register to Vote

What are you waiting for? Register to vote! Right now!

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News

Philly Managing Director Leaving for Gig at Penn

Michael DiBerardinis has served as the city’s chief operating officer for nearly three years.

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News

Who Has the Worst Mascot: The Flyers or Please Touch Museum

Gritty is the stuff of nightmares — but not the city’s only mascot mistake lately.

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News

Sexual Assault Survivors to Rally in Support of Kavanaugh Accusers

They’ll gather with advocates in Dilworth Park on Monday afternoon.

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