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The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


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The Redevelopment of the Old Family Court Building Is Dead

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From Fairmount to the Today Show: The Journey of Sheinelle Jones

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The Zombies in This Philly Horror Flick Only Eat White People

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Taste: Give the World A Black Sesame Smoothie

Defeat nonalcoholic beverage boredom at Rising Tide, the new Hong Kong-style spot in Chinatown. Here, juicy aloe vera slices jazz up cocktails in flavors like […]

Taste: Trend: Are You Chicken?

Chicken liver is the poor man’s foie gras, all of the unctuous, indulgent richness of force-fattened goose liver without the steep price tag — or […]

Taste: Seoul in the Suburbs

On one recent day, Kiong Banh, the Vietnamese-born chef of Twenty Manning and an amateur homeopathologist, drove up to North Wales to visit Assi Korean […]

Taste: Sweet Story

“A good piece of chocolate is almost like a small story. It’s not about just one flavor,” says Chris Curtin, a master chocolatier who worked […]

Ormandy’s Orchestra

EVERY TIME A different conductor blends 100 musicians together and stirs them with his baton he gets a different sound. Erich Leinsdorf gets a crisp, […]

The city has become home to a new breed of self-styled entrepreneurs, artists and scientists. Here are 12

Rob McElhenney, 28This St. Joe’s Prep grad and former Temple student may now divide his time with L.A., but his often hilarious new sitcom, It’s […]


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.


Taste: Spirits: Black Beauty

If you take your coffee black or fantasize about bittersweet chocolate, chances are you’ll like the pungent flavor of black beer, too. Black beers look […]

Philadelphia’s first creative genius would fit right in with what’s happening now

Poor Richard’s Blog, December 2005:A penny saved is a penny earned, but the business privilege tax leaves us all burned. Love your neighbor, but be […]

Taste: Reviews: The Great Pumpkin

After seven years of cooking in someone else’s kitchen, Ian Moroney felt ready for a place of his own. His BYOB-to-be, inspired by the endearing […]

Taste: Reviews: Prime Time

Walk into any nationally syndicated steakhouse, and it’s clear who the target customer is. He’s wearing a dark suit that won’t wrinkle on long flights. […]

Taste: Eat This Now: The Surreal Meal at the Fountain

Food was an inspiration for surrealist Salvador Dalí. See, for instance, his Lobster Telephone, in which the boiled crustacean, ready to be cracked and dipped […]

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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

Passing BahrThese days, Philly native Walter Bahr is probably best known as the father of two former NFL kickers: Chris and Matt Bahr. That’s about […]

Pulse: Affairs: Give Larry a Chance

“I am going to give you some information today that no one else has,” says Larry Kane, and when the dean of Philly TV news […]

Pulse: Affairs: Omission Accomplished

Ever feel like something’s missing from KYW 1060 sports reporter Phil ­Neuman’s stories on the 76ers — like, say, the name of the building where […]

Pulse: Affairs: Bricklin’s Back

“Everyone calls the Yugo venture a failure,” says former Philly fixture Malcolm Bricklin, who wears a bright purple tie and orders his three-course lunch with […]

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