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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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Why good food and good buzz don’t always equal good business

One Wednesday night in June, every seat in Washington Square West’s M Restaurant was filled. The epicurean crowd, including restaurateurs Alison Barshak and Mark Bee […]

Did Michael and Sheryl Pouls use their muscle to get Baldwin School teacher Patsy Tollin fired? Or are Tollin’s old-school ways out of date? For the first time, both sides in the Battle of Baldwin tell their stories. A Main Line tale of power, wealth, scandal, and what happens when New Money collides with old traditions

Did Michael and Sheryl Pouls use their muscle to get Baldwin School teacher Patsy Tollin fired? Or are Tollin’s old-school ways out of date? ON […]

Pulse: 60-Second Critic: Dog Dyeing

An interesting way suburbanites are spending their disposable income Styles Dog Grooming, 3049 West Chester Pike, Broomall, 610-355-0805 That suburbanites are now putting their disposable […]

What do you do when “helpful” friends start designing your yard and booking Botox appointments for you?

You need Botox,” said a friend — more of an acquaintance, really, a woman I’d met twice before — some months ago, eyeing my forehead […]

Pulse: Chatter: Is Entourage Killing Pablo?

This season, HBO’s hit comedy Entourage played up Vincent Chase (above) struggling to make Medellin, a film bio of cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. As episodes […]

Could the unthinkable—Democrats coming to power in the ’burbs—really happen? David Landau thinks so

When a U.S. president is unpopular, the American people have a pretty tried-and-true way of letting him know it: They throw out all his buddies […]


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.


A renewed push to allow lawsuits for long-ago child sex abuse could force the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to its knees

In this heavily Catholic state, there’s little political appetite to take on the Church. So it didn’t shock anyone that attempts last year by Pennsylvania […]

Pulse: Philadelphicon: Walnut Street Theatre

You would think the Walnut Street Theatre would rest on its laurels. After all, the country’s oldest continuously operating theater has, in its 198-year history, […]

From the Editor: Substance Works

The trend in magazines these days, as in the culture at large, leans toward fluff. The conventional wisdom holds that we look to media to […]

Hanover, PA

Hanover, PA The lemon verbena in my salad dressing had been picked an hour before we sat down to dinner. The cheese on our cheese […]

Pulse: 60 Second Critic: CD: The Three Tenors of Soul

The Three Tenors of Soul, All the Way from Philadelphia Shanachie Entertainment; $18.98 The soulful “Sound of Philadelphia” once defined the city musically around 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: 60-Second Critic: Diversion: Fright Night

If you’re thinking of skipping the 12 millionth Henri David Halloween ball this year and staying home to scare the bejesus out of yourself by […]

Pulse: 60 Second Critic: Nonfiction: Amish Grace

How Forgiveness Transcended Traged Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy By Donald B. Kraybill, ­Steven M. Nolt and David L. Weaver-­Zercher (Jossey-Bass; $24.95) In the […]

Good Life: The 411: Shopping Trip: Suburban Outfitters

Which one of Philly’s mainstay stores has up and moved from its Narberth location Bryn Mawr? Bryn Mawr is bursting with style these days. (Note […]

Good Life: The 411: Party: Fashion Frenzy

The fall fashion show/cocktail party/street fair complete with street vendors and restaurant specials. WHO: The team behind 3000 B.C. spas and ever-in-fashion ­Matthew Izzo. WHAT: […]

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