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Philadelphia’s Next Great Era Begins Now

Why this chapter of our city’s story might be our best since, well, 1776


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Philly’s Driverless Future Is Here, Whether We’re Ready or Not

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She Transformed Bok Into a Creative Force. Now Lindsey Scannapieco Is Taking on Broad Street

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Pat Croce: Doing Chemo on Everest

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BOP Spotlight: Ice Cream

Ice Cream: Franklin Fountain

An inn built when the Commonwealth was still a colony reinvents itself as a steak-and-seafood house

American Evolution

Chances are, your single status isn’t the only thing you’ll be shedding on your Big Day. Most likely, a few tears will threaten to mess your perfectly painted lashes. We asked local experts for their top mascara picks and put them to the tears

Who? Marla Malcolm Beck, CEO and founder of Bluemercury, with several locations including Philadelphia What? Trish McEvoy High Volume Waterproof Mascara in Jet Black, $26 […]

Home: Homefront: Season in the Sun

Season in the Sun

Taste: Shopping at: Pinot

Gourmet stores, like petite, Spanish-influenced Quince on Girard Avenue (try the Matiz Andaluz sugared crisps) and pretty Old City Cheese (pick up some Ardrahan, pungent […]

Taste: Where We’re Eating: February 2007

Striped Bass During his stint at New York’s gilded Gilt, chef Paul Liebrandt polished his reputation as a renegade — a “bad-boy chef” full of […]


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

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


The bright side of being Republican

Local Republicans doing some soul-­searching after last month’s election can take solace: There are at least two reasons to be ­optimistic — Chris Mottola and […]

From the Editor: December 2006

Last month, we broke from our standard fare and put a gun on our cover, in an effort to jar all of us awake in […]

Off the Cuff: December 2006

From the air, as my plane came in low over the barren wasteland, it looked like the Emerald City from The Wizard of Oz — […]

BOP Spotlight: TV Store

TV Store: HiFi House

BOP Spotlight: Lighting

Lighting: Artemide

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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.


Though University of the Arts grad Ana Ortiz stars as Hilda, the big sister on this year’s breakout TV hit Ugly Betty, she’s best known around these parts as the daughter of ex-city councilman Angel Ortiz (who, in 2001, was busted for driving

Exit Interview: Where are you right now, and do you have a driver? Ana Ortiz: Oh, no, I drive myself. I’m headed to the Santa […]

What you need to know about the amrket, plus buying tips from the pros

Oh, you wild-and-crazy baby boomers, you. Here you go again, sending marketers (and everyone else who’s Anyone With Something to Sell) hot on your trail […]

Why are kids in such a rush to be disillusioned about love?

LAST SUMMER, IN PREPARATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL, my son Jake began growing his hair. At first he just looked shaggy, but as the months went […]

Homefront: Organic Hardware

Organic Hardware

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