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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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AC Now: Gucci + Sale =

Happy, happy shopper, especially if the Gucci at the Pier at Caesars has just one pair of these amazing wedges with an embroidered floral heel […]

That’s okay, so do some of Philadelphia’s top sommeliers

You Like Sweet Wines?

He’s been the voice of the Phillies for almost four decades. But should Harry Kalas say he’s outta here?

The Trouble With Harry

Exit Interview: Tom Sizemore

Exit Interview: You grew up in Detroit. Why Temple? Tom Sizemore: I didn’t have the money or the wherewithal to live in New York. I’d […]

Sunoco Welcome America! prepares Philly for its week-long July 4th celebration

One Heck of a Birthday Party

The best beers of the East

Asian cuisine is a refreshing change of pace, delivering exotic flavors that conjure distant lands. Asian beers, on the other hand, are brisk lagers with […]


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.


Creative Buzz: May 2006

We’re so proud. Philadelphia writer-at-large Jason Fagone weighs in on the world of competitive eating — a topic he’s written about for this magazine — […]

Love Walked In By Marisa de los Santos (Dutton; $23.95)

Thirty-something Cornelia Brown dreams of life as Tracy Lord, romanced by Dexter Haven in The Philadelphia Story. Eleven-year-old Clare Hobbes imagines that she’s Anne Shirley, […]

Pulse: Real Estate: Titles & Deeds

That HGTV crew trailing petite realtor-ista Joanne Davidow of Prudential Fox & Roach across Rittenhouse Square recently was following her up to the Sidney and […]

Now that A.C. is attracting younger visitors, how will casinos treat the folks who helped them ride out of the lean years?

Of the six heart attacks John has endured in his lifetime, two have happened at Trump Marina. That’s not the reason he and his wife […]

How to get your mitts o the city's restaurant reports

If you run a dirty restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina, everyone knows it: A prominent notice is affixed to the door, and the information is […]

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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.


Off the Cuff: May 2006

My favorite solution to the immigration mess in this country is to build a fence along the Mexican border, as a House of Representatives bill […]

“Four degenerates who own a bar in South Philadelphia” — that’s how St. Joe’s Prep grad Rob McElhenney, the creator and star of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, describes his sitcom, which launches its second season o

Exit Interview: Is there any truth to the theory that you are, in fact, a post-­pubescent Haley Joel Osment? And that this “Rob McElhenney” backstory […]

What to Drink: Henri Abelé Vintage Champagne 1996, France

Champagne’s duality, both rich and refreshing, has catapulted the wine to international stardom. Now everyone can afford to find out why, with this reserve-level wine […]

Taste: Thai Iced Espresso

Thai Iced Espresso Barista David George of Mullica Hill’s Crescent Moon Coffee & Tea won first place in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Barista Competition with his […]

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