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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

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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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Lowdown: Picture Perfect

Ursula Hobson Fine Art Framing, Inc.1600 Spruce Street, 215-546-7889; ursulahobson.com For almost two decades, Center City’s cognoscenti have headed to Ursula Hobson to frame everything […]

Personal Best: Lewis Wexler

When I first heard “Lewis Wexler, owner of the Wexler Gallery in Old City, former assistant vice president at Christie’s, ­expert on 20th-century decorative arts,” […]

Ragas Report: Shop Talk: Stich

Eric Fisher could be the boy next door — were it not for his $250 Terra Plana slip-ons and his black polo with the collar […]

Ragas Report: Trendspotting

Gauchos do not call their gauchos “gauchos.” That might be reason enough to avoid these pants — that they reduce an entire proud-if-impoverished people to […]

Pulse : Getaway: Where the du Ponts Sleep

Wilmington is a weekday town. That’s when business types fill its hotel rooms and happy hours, and the fluorescent lights of its bank-building skyline burn […]

Pulse: Health: A Coronary Close-Up

Perry Weinstock wasn’t sure why his patient, a 55-year-old Cherry Hill resident, was suffering chest pains severe enough to send her to the ER. She’d […]


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.


Pulse: City Life: Feel Free to Squeeze the Melons

Thump that watermelon all you want; you’ll never know whether it’s ripe until you bring it home. Unless you buy from Mark Levin, a vendor […]

Pulse: Controversies: More, Michael?

Outside City Hall, Michael Marcavage stands behind a tarp that reads “SODOMY SEPARATES FROM HOLY GOD,” singing “Victory in Jesus” along with a crowd of […]

Best of Philly 2005: Cheesesteak Nation

It wasn’t a very tough job, and nobody had to do it. It’s the evening of Thursday, June 16th, and I’m sitting in the last […]

A Wallpaper Whiz.

If you’re a local designer with a pricey grasscloth or handpainted roll that needs to go up, Bowen is the pro on your speed dial. […]

Fast opinions on recent bursts of creativity

TV: Quite Frankly; ESPN2, Monday — Friday, 6:30 p.m.; B- Spend a few minutes watching Quite Frankly, the new sports talk show hosted by the […]

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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.


Pulse: Quick Takes

Buy This Book Last April 8th, 50 of the world’s best female photographers spent 24 hours shooting women across the country. More than 200 of […]

Being the Eagles’ partner isn’t always fun and games

In their contract battle with Terrell Owens, the Eagles have held to a pretty consistent line: They wouldn’t renegotiate T.O.’s deal because, well, an agreement […]

The New York Times loves us. Why aren’t we okay with that?

In August, the New York Times ran a story on the front page of the Sunday Styles section about how cool Philadelphia is. Headlined “The […]

If her husband runs for mayor, what does that mean for Renee Chenault-Fattah?

During Congressman Chaka Fattah’s year-long public dalliance with a mayoral candidacy, political insiders have mused about where his wife, NBC 10 anchor Renee Chenault-Fattah, fits […]

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