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Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

The 3rd Congressional District has a highly competitive primary for the first time in 35 years. From the son of a former mayor to a famous doctor to a high-profile state representative, here’s what you need to know before you head to the polls.


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Pulse: Style: Lowdown: A Family Affair

Johnson’s Corner Farm133 Church Road, Medford, 609-654-8643; johnsonsfarm.com Run by three Johnson family generations, this South Jersey spread is known for delicious pick-your-own produce. In […]

We rank the 50 most powerful Philadelphians for the first time in five years: who’s up, who’s down, who’s new to the list — and who we’re challenging to do more

In thinking about power in Philadelphia, we came up with a simple definition: In this city, power is marked by the ability to get things […]

Pulse Style: Personal Best: Pam Ferber

Back when she was Pam Seigle from Pittsburgh dating Ken Ferber from Philadelphia, books, not pelts, were her thing. But there were signs, even then, […]

Pulse Style: Ragas Report: Trendspotting: Midtown

Philadelphia has long been called a city of neighborhoods, so when Stephen Starr decided to dub his new lounge at 18th and Chestnut streets the […]

Pulse: Getaway: Lounging in Lambertville

The Inn at Lambertville Station accomplished the damn near impossible: It kept my husband happy while I shopped in the antiques and home stores on […]


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

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

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.


Pulse: Power: Closed Palm?

Sometime this summer, if the jittery rumormongering in the city’s legal-­political establishment is to believed, the Palm will shut down temporarily, for renovations. Although the […]

Pulse: Affairs: Bubble Trouble

Has the bubble burst? A new report written by Kevin Gillen, a Wharton researcher who studies the Philadelphia real estate market, says Center City house […]

Pulse: Quick Takes

Guarino vs. the Weather Weenies The criticism for FOX 29 meteorologist Rob Guarino rains down like cats and dogs on ­­wright-weather.com, a website for the […]

Pulse: Real Estate: Upper South Philly

The Scoop: One realtor calls it “Lower Italian Market”; another, “Bella Vista South.” A third presents it as “Center City South” to the New York […]

Pulse: Trends: The Campus Cocoon

Back in the day, when we went to college, you were lucky to have two electrical outlets per dorm room, not to mention a good […]

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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.


From the Editor

As we were putting together this issue, I broke bread with three people who — I realize now — all had a hand in the […]

Off the Cuff

If we have learned anything over the past 40 years of trying to improve the lives of the underclass, it is that coddling hasn’t worked. […]

Taste: Milking It

Trent Hendricks should not be a fromager. He’s never been on French soil, he’s a staunch Republican, and he’s never had any culinary training. But […]

Pulse: Affairs: Is Santorum the Top Target?

Will Republican Senator Rick Santorum head the Democrats’ Most Wanted List in 2006? The first evidence that his defeat will be a national priority is […]

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