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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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Pulse: 60-Second Critic April 2006

CD Pink I’m Not Dead (Sony BMG) Bucks County native Pink must have had a particularly sturdy soapbox when she headed into the recording studio, […]

Local Talent: James Sugg

If you were looking for James Sugg on any given day in the past year, you might have found him teaching drama to students in […]

In her Wayne home, fashion designer PAULA HIAN uses her eye for style to make bold choices

Minimalist design has a reputation for being cold and untouchable, but Paula Hian breaks every hard-edged rule in her warm and welcoming town home. She […]

When you've got a personal assistant, mind-numbing errands are suddenly a thing of the past

I once met a man who employed not one but two personal assistants, who worked in his house near Rittenhouse Square, taking care of the […]

Buzz: April 2006

When we last left Temple film-school grads Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe, they were harvesting accolades for Lost in La Mancha, their documentary chronicling the […]

Elkins Park designer Shelley Reibstein battles glitz with elegance, grace and her unmistakable eye for detail

“Welcome to Shangri-la,” says Shelley Reibstein as she turns the key and swings open the door to one of her current projects, an apartment in […]


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.


Pulse: The Philly Mag Endorsement

What: The book Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking; $24.95). Who: Gilbert is a supremely talented 36-year-old writer who relocated to Roxborough six months […]

Why Philly doesn't suck

When Fit Pregnancy magazine recently declared Philadelphia one of the country’s worst cities for breastfeeding — it finished 48th out of 50 and earned an […]

Home: Test Run: Lending a Hand

There exists a certain breed of blender whose small motor gains extra power from your strong arm. The Cuisinart Cordless Rechargeable Hand Blender ($49.95, the […]

Awards: Best anonymous, unsolicited e-mail of the month

To: Philadelphia magazine Re: the 76ers guns-for-tickets program [in which working firearms could be turned in to police in exchange for a pair of game […]

Wharton's MBA students may soon be — no! — accountable for their performance

Since 1994, MBA students at Penn’s Wharton School have been forbidden to tell fellow students, recruiters and potential employers their grades. Well, that’s not entirely […]

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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.


Should a movie be making '07 candidates nervous?

Barring any out-of-left-field scandals — a candidate’s trip to Bimini with a woman not his wife, for example — political campaigns tend not to hold […]

Three local collectors — of art glass, of folk art and of, well, everything — share what drives them

As the youngest child of seven, Gibbs Connors didn’t have a lot of clout during playtime. Whenever his brothers decided it was time for a […]

From the Editor: April 2006

I have mixed feelings about our cover package. Sure, I’m interested in who earns what — it’s only natural to be curious about whether we’re […]

For gardeners who love to putter, these spaces offer so much more than storage

I know exactly what I want. It’s a Victorian, clapboard, with window boxes and a front porch and a gambrel roof with gingerbread trim. I […]

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