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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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Top Hospitals: Wound Care

Not all that long ago, there weren’t many options for patients with chronic wounds that wouldn’t heal, whether because of diabetes, blood or circulation disorders, […]

Top Hospitals: Voice

It’s not just singers and actors who abuse their voices. Any of us can wake up one day and have difficulty speaking. Penn Center for […]

Top Hospitals: Spinal Cord Injury

Dedicated to proving that life doesn’t end when a fall from a horse or a dive into a shallow pool causes paralysis, the Regional Spinal […]

Top Hospitals: Trauma

When the SUV carrying New Jersey Governor Corzine smashed into a guardrail a year ago crushing 15 bones and pushing his femur through his pant […]

Top Hospitals: Smell and Taste

For a graphic example of the relationship between smell and taste, put a slice of apple in your mouth and a slice of pear under […]

Top Hospitals: Stroke

Strokes are the third leading cause of death in the United States and a major cause of serious, long-term disability. In an instant, a stroke […]


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?


Top Hospitals: Sleep Disorders

Nodding off while you read this? You’re not alone if the last time you can remember sleeping like a baby was when you were a […]

Pulse: Style: New and Now

A Doggie Day Spa Just off bustling Lancaster Avenue in Wayne sits a new sanctuary for sore muscles, tense minds and weary … paws? Ah, […]

Top Hospitals: Sickle-Cell Anemia

This debilitating, hereditary red blood cell disorder strikes primarily African-American children. There are thousands of cases in the Delaware Valley that require chronic transfusions along […]

Pulse: Style: Buy This Now: Riding Boots

This season, the riding boot goes glam: Take this NOW knee-high nubuck stretch version with rhinestone-detailed buckles—inspired by days at the stables, but meant for […]

Top Hospitals: Scleroderma

Not long ago, Sergio Jimenez received a thank-you note from a patient whose son was graduating from college. What made the card so special was […]

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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.


Philadelphia Hospitals: Pelvic Health

Most of the problems treated here are ones your grandmother never would have talked about: leaky bladder, pain during intercourse, interstitial cystitis, vaginal discomfort, difficulty […]

Features: How to Speak Philadelphian: Top 10: Lyrics Heard at Philly Karaoke Bars

10. “I wanna fly like an Iggle.” 9. “Comin’ to Uhmurica.”8. “Yer only you-men.”7. “I dunno why youse say gabye, I say s’up.”6. “Pleased ta […]

Pulse: Player: Douglas Barry

Normally, when a 19-year-old tells you he’s working on a book, it’s a safe bet he means reading one. Of course, most 19-year-olds don’t have […]

A Philadelphia magazine exclusive investigation

Lynn Doyle has a Philly accent. Ed Rendell knows this. Ramona Africa and Mikhail Gorbachev know. Johnnie Cochran knows, too, bless his soul. They’ve all […]

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