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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.


Guides

An Optimist’s Guide to Philadelphia

Opinion

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

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News

Believe It Or Not, Philadelphia Is Getting Cleaner

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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?


The Good Life: Pocket Vac

Pocket Vac

The Good Life: Get Waisted

Get Waisted

The funk-rock-pop masters come to Philly for a two-night stand at the Wachovia Center

The Peppers Retain Their Heat

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

One morning in late June, real estate developer Bart Blatstein drove his black Cadillac to a mammoth vacant lot on 2nd Street just south of […]

New restaurants from John Mims, Keith Taylor and Legal Seafood

The Dish: Where You'll Be Eating Next

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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.


A.C. Now: Phillips’ Seafood

What Bookbinder’s is to Philly, Phillips’ Seafood is to Maryland. It’s got the lobster tanks, the crab au gratin, the rolling cart of raw oysters, […]

A hungry bride's guide to the best in local catering

Chef's Special

As the snow came down over Philadelphia, this happy couple kept their New Year’s Eve wedding party white-hot

Real Wedding:
Niccole and Stephen

60-Second Critic: Pirate Soul

Nonfiction: Pirate Soul

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