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Yes, Philadelphia Is Safer Than They Say on TV

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 Roots prove once again that their unique and original style can never be duplicated

Only the Roots could drop the n-bomb 37 times, reference both Sean Connery and Arsenio Hall, and recruit a dude named Tuba Gooding Jr. to […]

Brooke dishes on the Flower Show opening

Spring has sprung, dumplings, but if you were at the Flower Show opening a while back, you’d know it came early for Philadelphia’s bon ton. […]

How does Jimmy Rollins roll to spring training?

Spring training often nets good stories, but how players get there usually isn’t one of them. While Pat Burrell showed up in a tricked-out Hummer, […]

Take a first look at Theresa Benincasa new Parisian-playroom-evoking children’s boutique, Peanut Butter & Jane

When Theresa Benincasa gives you a tour of her new Parisian-playroom-evoking children’s boutique, Peanut Butter & Jane, she laughs at the store’s small size and […]

Is the new mayor’s first budget giving away the store?

Michael Nutter promised to bring Philadelphia back to fiscal responsibility while tackling a crippling wage tax and debilitating pension costs. But with Hizzoner’s first budget, […]

Technology is making it harder than ever to delete the past

MY DAUGHTER MARCY and her boyfriend Mario are sitting on my living room sofa, aiming her cell-phone camera at themselves. They kiss, shoot, check the […]


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?


In honor of our centennial, we look back at some of the stories that shaped Philly Mag

Philly Mag has long chronicled the city’s obsession with its sports heroes (who else would give Rocky his own statue?), and with his family-guy, dignified […]

Sometimes, it’s easier to close than clean

Panic from the February closing of the 17-year-old Wawa at 20th and Locust went beyond the expected outrage from Dorchester party girls. (Where else to […]

When it comes to TV’s most popular show, how come Philly hits all the wrong notes?

While American Idol fans across the country count down the weeks to the coronation of the newest pop-star pinup this month, Philadelphians watch with broken […]

Is that pregnant-woman glow or just a good aesthetician? These days, it’s anybody’s guess

Recently, a friend of mine, fresh from yoga at the Bellevue, overheard a conversation between two fellow gym-goers — one of whom was out-to-there pregnant. […]

The oldest and largest outdoor, multi-breed horse competition in the country serves up its own unique mix of equestrian glamour

It’s not like ours is the only horse-and-carriage show out there. We get that. And you won’t find cascades of mint juleps, nor quite the […]

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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: Ideas: Too Comfortable

The March “How America Eats” issue of Bon Appetit spotted a new trend for 2005: Comfort food is in. Most of the magazine’s picks are […]

Taste: Sweeter Lucy’s

Sweeter Lucy’sThere’s little reason to venture to the vicinity of State and Rhawn in the Great Northeast unless you’re looking for the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, or […]

Taste: Spirits: Out of Africa

When we picture Africa, baking-hot climates come to mind. But South Africa’s coast is temperate, cooled by Antarctic currents. The region’s long wine history and […]

Taste: Scene: Goodbye, Buffets

Atlantic City casino dining, long limited to all-you-can-eat buffets and high-roller steakhouses, is no longer a gamble. The Borgata evened the odds in 2003 with […]

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