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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: It’s All Greek

Center City’s Estia, opening this month, is debunking the myth that Greek cuisine is nothing but ouzo and baklava. Here, classic flavors like mint, lemon, […]

Her Philly Car Share has given the city a new kind of wheels

When Philly Car Share launched in 2002, we thought it very West Coast—this idea that you ditch your car and join a car rental co-op, […]

Philly’s share of the foreign travel market is up—and Boston is in a panic

“People in Boston are worried about Philadelphia.” So said a recent Boston Globe editorial detailing Beantowners’ growing anxiety about tourism — specifically, that Philadelphia is […]

Taste: Eat This Now: Cold-Stone Ice Cream

A new crop of chains — Cold Stone Creamery, Marble Slab Creamery, Maggie Moo’s — and Newtown’s own Zebra-Striped Whale are redefining classic ice-cream texture […]

Taste: Reviews: On Fire

 Barbecue is one part smoke, one part patience, and five parts bragging. Competition cooks throw down immodest adjectives to describe their methods, their rubs, their […]

Best of Philly 2005: Pets

Pet accessories: Two Dog Studio This pawsitively chic new Old City store and designer makes the cutest dog beds, in funky fabrics from dots to […]


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.


Best of Philly 2005: Home

Place to get your Kid Coiffed: Cookie Cutters Haircuts for Kids This new Chestnut Hill hair cuttery is more than any kid could hope for. […]

Real Estate 2005: Selling Savvy

Last spring proved a seller’s dream. “We saw more multiple offers than anyone could remember,” says Marjie Frankel, a Gladwyne-based realtor for Prudential Fox & […]

Best of Philly 2005: Home

Discount Appliances: ABC Discount AppliancesFrom $269 stoves to $6,900 four-oven ranges, ABC promises one sure thing—all prices are below the MSRP. Known for a huge […]

Real Estate 2005: Where to Buy Now

As the frenzy abates (a bit) and the interest rates stay low (for now), buyers are facing friendly conditions indeed. But while the end of […]

Pulse: Power: They’re Building It. Will Anybody Come?

It was, to say the least, a sweet deal: The state would designate the plot of land at 17th and JFK Boulevard as a Keystone […]

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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.


Best of Philly 2005: Style

Women’s Style Bathing suits: Cameo Water Wear Forget the long lines and sloppy inventory of the department store. Single-focus Cameo simplifies this dreaded search with […]

Features: Best of Philly 2005: Beauty & Spa

Spa brand: Bluemercury                                                                           With its recent opening at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, Bluemercury is expanding its specialty apothecary-plus-spa approach. But it hasn’t lost its […]

The Best Philadelphians 2005

Liz and Jay Scott needed to raise $5 million. They didn’t have to do it. And no one would have blamed them if they decided […]

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