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Yes, Philadelphia Is Safer Than They Say on TV

The city has made the national news far too often recently for incidents involving crime and public safety. A new administration has big plans to change — and correct — the narrative.


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Allan Domb Is Upbeat About Philly’s Economy (And You Should Be, Too)

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Believe It Or Not, Philadelphia Is Getting Cleaner

Latest Stories

Off the Cuff: March 2007

When the New York Times uses the word “dysfunction” in a front-page headline about the horrendous state of an American inner city, there is hope. […]

31 Ideas to Get You Started

You don’t have to spend millions, or tear down your house, or pack up your Energy Star fridge and move to San Fran. Greening up […]

If you’re among the 20-million-plus who watch CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, chances are you already know this 40-year-old Philly native as … the hot black dude on CSI.

Exit Interview: How old were you when you moved to Willingboro from West Philly? Gary Dourdan: Ten or something. There was nothing in the suburbs […]

Press Lord 2.0

THEY HAD LET the place go to hell. Tierney could see it the first day he walked in the door. In the lobby alone, the […]

Dan Grimes and Mary Ann Ferrie, owners of Old City BYOB Chlöe, can’t remove this fig/blue cheese grilled pizza from their menu, thanks to its obsessed following.

Owners of Chlöe, can’t remove this fig/blue cheese grilled pizza from their menu, thanks to its obsessed following. Pizza dough Makes six to eight pizza […]

Taste: In Season Ramps

What it is: A relative of the onion, ramps (also known as wild leeks) have a bold, lingering garlicky-onion taste. When to find it: Ramps […]


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


Why getting a table in this town is harder than ever

IT USED TO BE THAT RESTAURANTS either took reservations, or they didn’t. There was either a table available, or there wasn’t — unless you were […]

Taste: In Search of … Paella

We’ve found some good Spanish food around the city — and not just tapas. Though the city has seen an explosion of delicious ethnic food […]

Taste: What We’re Eating

Talula’s Table Bryan Sikora and Aimee Olexy seem very happy here, in their welcoming new prepared-food market in downtown Kennett Square. Hopefully, the couple that […]

An ode to — and defense of — Philly’s most ubiquitous retail export

Confession: I love Urban Outfitters. And, for that matter, its sister stores, Anthropologie and Free People. I realize it’s Style Blasphemy to admit this. Everyone […]

Make a day in Doylestown a family shopping affair

Head Over Heels Have fun with HOH’s full lines of Brighton jewelry, Tribal and Lynn Ritchie tailored pants, Curio and Willow season-specific sweaters, and casual […]

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

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.


Black cherry's in, rasberry's out, but flavored vodka is forever

Vodka is the country’s number one spirit, and shows no sign of slipping. But it’s the surging popularity of flavored vodka that keeps this supposedly […]

Meet the risk-takers and ground-breakers who laid the (fashionable) foundations on which Philly’s style scene is built, and keep pushing it forward

THE FASHION PLATE Joan Shepp, Joan Shepp What she’s done: She was the first to bring Dries Van Noten, Yohji Yamamoto, Miu Miu, et al., […]

But this handful of independently owned upscale boutiques is a welcome afternoon escape

Peter Kate Shoes With a carefully edited collection including flats by Tory Burch, stacked heels by Marc Jacobs and wedges by BCBG, plus dangly earrings, […]

Move over, Cheesesteak. Goodbye, soft pretzel. Philly’s hungry for a new generation of ethnic foods

Move over, Cheesesteak. Goodbye, soft pretzel.  Philly’s hungry for a new generation of ethnic foods PHILADELPHIA’S MENU OF iconic street foods is outdated. While we’re […]

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