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Banning “Shiesty” Ski Masks on SEPTA Won’t Reduce Crime

The transit agency’s recent policy banning the “shiesty,” a type of ski mask worn largely by Black teens, is just another performative anti-crime stunt that won’t change a damn thing.


Copabanana on South Street in Philadelphia
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Copabanana South Street Declares Bankruptcy Yet Again

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South Philly Artist Sells Anti-PPA Gritty Paintings to Pay Her Parking Tickets

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Q&A: Friday Saturday Sunday Owners on Marriage, QR Code Menus, Pineapple Pizza

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How the residents of Northern Liberties learned to stop worrying and (almost) love developer Bart Blatstein

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Best of Philly 2022: City Life

Best of Philly 2022: City Life

A gaming whiz kid, good sports, and how Questlove always keeps his cool.

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?


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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.