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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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The crown jewel of Maine, Kennebunkport, is exactly what you would imagine it to be

What you imagine a place will be like rarely turns out to be the reality. But that’s not the case with Kennebunkport, the crown jewel […]

Taste: Reviews: Trying to Get Comfortable

Dominique Filoni is best known for the luxurious dishes he fashioned for seven years at Savona in Gulph Mills, where creamy lobster risottos, seafood phyllo […]

Taste: Eat This Now: Scallops au Gratin at Bookbinder’s

“But this is Bookbinder’s,” owner John Taxin said when the new Old Original Bookbinder’s chef, David Cunningham, proposed adding lovage to the broiled sea scallops. […]

Get Fit Now!: All Your Fitness Questions Answered

How can I find a trainer who’ll work with my schedule and interests? Call Fitness Finders, a Main Line-based fitness consulting service that pairs up […]

Pulse: People: Meet the New Mrs. Snider

“You know, when you meet someone, it’s always when you least expect it,” says Christine Decroix Snider, the tall, elegant blonde from California who so […]

Pulse Style: Ragas Report: Shop Talk: Conception

When Michele Malin Seidman was pregnant with her son, Jared, she was constantly fielding questions: “What are you having?” “When are you due?” This sparked […]


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?


Pulse: The Arts: One Step at a Time

“Five … six … seven … eight … ” As Matt Neenan counts off, a young, lithe ballet dancer lunges perilously close to the edge […]

Pulse: Quick Takes

T.O.’s Next Act Will the locker-room dalliance with Nicolette Sheridan be remembered as the start of a great dramatic career for Terrell Owens? Owens will […]

Pulse: Society: Really Desperate Housewives

“If you’re prepared to pay for an apartment on the Main Line, and they’re used to a fabulous cottage on an estate in the Hamptons, […]

Pulse: Power: The Parking Crusade

The Philadelphia Parking Authority has made a lot of dumb moves over the years, but one of the worst was a while back when it […]

Pulse: Power: News Blues

Four years ago this month, the buzz in TV newsrooms was how NBC 10 had edged Action News in the 11 o’clock ratings — an […]

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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.


Taste: Recipe: Grace’s Blackened Green Beans

Yes, Grace Tavern on Grays Ferry (owned by James Fernandes and Monk’s Cafe owners Fergus Carey and Tom Peters) has Monk’s famous double-fried french fries […]

Taste: Got Cereal?

Cereal comes out of the kitchen cabinets at Cereality (3631 Walnut Street; 215-222-1162), a 1,500-square-foot homage to the best of the sugar-coated breakfast staple. The […]

Taste: Dish

Capogiro, the two-year-old artisanal gelateria, is expanding beyond lime-cilantro and apple-mascarpone. You’ll find savory renditions of its Venetian-style gelato at Sole Food (wasabi-­flavored, alongside an […]

Taste: Chinatown Revolution

For years, Vietnam Restaurant ably filled its role as one half of an 11th Street turf war with neighboring Vietnam Palace, a sort of Pat’s-vs.-Geno’s […]

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