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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

Q&A

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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Out to the Ballgame — Installment V

Wednesday, August 26, 2010, 10:00 AM I’m posting this entry a little late due to our being on the move so much. We learned some […]

Picks From Our Style Squad: August 27, 2010

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Anybody Out There Afraid of Bridges?

My newfound phobia

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Ban Buffets!

Americans: Back away from the trough

Daily Scoop

Second cupcake truck was confiscated

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Philly’s Blogger Tax

You know you’re desperate when …


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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I Hate Umpires

Mike Miss: Let’s replace them with machines

New Jersey Superior Court judge and author of Boardwalk Empire Nelson Johnson talks about the new HBO drama.

This month, Boardwalk Empire, HBO’s new dramatic series about politically corrupt Prohibition-era Atlantic City, debuts. The show – produced by Martin Scorsese, scripted by Sopranos […]

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Cupcake truck is seized

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Signs You’re a Main Line Social Climber

Staggering debt, a half-empty McMansion

When was the last time you brought along a box of wine to a BYOB? Never? You’re not alone, but with winemakers putting better wines in boxes, that may soon change

It used to be that showing up with a screw-top bottle of wine was a major dinner-party faux pas; now, everyone — except incurable wine […]

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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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Could School Choice Prevent Cop Killings?

On a recent weekday at Annunciation B.V.M. Church in Havertown, a Mass was celebrated to pray for and honor police officers — both those on […]

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Out to the Ballgame — Installment IV

Katz: Hanging in DC

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High School Rebel

Coming out in your teens

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Daily Scoop

McNabb swears he didn’t puke

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