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Ben Kirshner’s Plan to Transform How Pennsylvania Does Business

Pennsylvania is a notoriously tough place to start or run a business. Can the first guy to sell coffee on the internet fix that? The governor sure thinks so.


Sylvester Stallone, Tom Hanks and Grace Kelly all made memorable moments in Philadelphia Oscars history (photos via Getty Images)
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Great (and Not So Great) Moments in Philly Oscars History

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Inside Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Wild Ride From Mount Airy to the Oscars

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Jason Kelce Retires After 13 Seasons

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I’m buying a house. Do I need to get a home inspection? Whether it’s a new McMansion or an old fixer-upper, a home inspection is crucial to protecting your investment. CBS 3 On Your Side consumer reporter Jim Donovan offers key tips for choosing the right inspector—and getting a thorough home inspection.

1. WHO: When hiring an inspector, get recommendations from family and friends. Ask to see sample inspections, and avoid referrals from your realtor, since he […]

Get a workout on your own terms — outside, in the grass, no gym membership. Mohawks optional

Get a workout on your own terms — outside, in the grass, no gym membership. Mohawks optional Punk Rock Boot Camp isn’t so much about […]

Features: How to Speak Philadelphian: Lose Your Philadelphia Accent in Seven Weeks

I always thought I sounded like the anchors on the news. Then I heard myself on tape. It was bee-ad. Vurry bee-ad. I needed professional […]

Features: How to Speak Philadelphian: Wooder, Wooder Everywhere

You say “potato.” we say “wooder.” How stupid is that? It’s the most infamous phonetic glitch in the Philadelphia lexicon: “Wooder.” And we wondered, “Why? […]

Features: How to Speak Philadelphian: Do You Hear What He Hears?

One man’s key to deciphering us When “Fitzy from the Northeast” or“Tommy D. from South Jersey” calls in to the Howard Eskin Show, they first […]

Features: How to Speak Philadelphian: The Best Philadelphia Accent

Wip Host Anthony Gargano! “Yo, Cuz. How ya doin’?” He’s got it down — that South Philly jab of locution, with a lot of last […]


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?


Features: How to Speak Philadelphian

More than you ever wanted to know about the Philly accent, a’ight? The Best Philadelphia Accent Do You Hear What He Hears? Wooder, Wooder, Everywhere […]

A hotel that’s a garden of tranquility (and golf, and spa) less than two hours from Philly

Before we left Philadelphia, heading west to Harrisburg to Felicita Resort, with its 810 acres of water lilies and weeping willows, dogwood and daffodils, I […]

College? What college? The real attractions here are the quiet streets and a great school system

The scoop: Swarthmore is a college town in denial. The biggest draw in the small borough is the eponymous liberal arts college, but there’s none […]

Pulse: Quick Takes

Philly & the Big Screen A short story from Fitler Square novelist Ken Kalfus’s well-reviewed 1998 collection Thirst is on its way to the big […]

Can our ornery Contrarian columnist lead the way for sensibly priced parking in Center City? An update.

Once again this year, some downtown parking providers pigged out on Flower Show traffic. As the streets around the Convention Center filled with fresh sheep […]

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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.


Did Wilt Chamberlain really sleep with 20,000 women? A new book cuts the big man down to size

Wilt Chamberlain, raised in Overbrook and later an NBA star in this city, was the biggest athlete, metaphorically and otherwise, that Philadelphia has misunderstood (which […]

Will a smoking ban mess with Martinizing?

When City Council took up a ban on smoking in public places, we heard plenty from tavern owners as they showed their lobbying clout at […]

On the Main Line, a retro habit is keeping teens in stitches

As senior Sveta McShane strides the corridors of Radnor High School in typical teen gear — layered necklaces, skirt over jeans — she isn’t worrying […]

What’s small and fluffy and has a 50/50 chance of plummeting to its death this month?

When he climbs into the towers of the Girard Point Bridge later this month, Art McMorris will be hoping their most notorious resident is having […]

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