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50 Years of Best of Philly: City Life

In honor of the upcoming 50th anniversary of Best of Philly this August, we’re taking a monthly look back. This month: City Life!


Guides

The Philadelphian’s Guide to Adopting, Pampering and Traveling With Your Pet

Opinion

I Don’t Know Who Anybody Is Anymore. And I Don’t Care

Longform

The Great Name Awakening: Inside the Audacious, Lucrative World of Baby Naming

Latest Stories

LGBTQ Event of the Week

Our pick: Queer Performances of Color.

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11 Things You Might Not Know About Nylon

Happy birthday to the fabric that revolutionized fashion.

Opinion

Crowded District Attorney Race Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Owens: Candidates who don’t add anything dynamic should just exit.

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Report: 1 in 5 Pa. Bridges Are Structurally Deficient

Only one state has more of them.

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Villanova Plans $60 Million Makeover of Pavilion

It will be called the Finneran Pavilion.

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This Pa. Wawa Started Selling Beer Today

Plus, it offers restaurant-style seating.


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?


Buses, subways and trolleys will roll again starting this morning
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SEPTA Reveals Plans For New Bus Routes

The routes affect University City and Roosevelt Boulevard.

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Temple Now Offers Gender-Inclusive Housing

The option will become available this fall.

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Asplundh Tree Execs Charged With Running Undocumented Workers Scheme

Pretty interesting dilemma for a company that donates so much to Republicans.

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Cheri Honkala Raises $30K Campaigning for State Rep.

The only problem? Her name isn’t on the ballot.

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Cops to South Philly Drivers: Um, Don’t Leave Your Car Running

There’s been an uptick in auto thefts.

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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.


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Burlington Coat Factory Drops Ivanka Trump Merchandise

Trump merch was removed from the discounter’s online shop.

Limerick Generating Station
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Limerick Residents Told to Re-Up on Potassium Iodide

In case of a nuclear emergency.

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Activists Protest ICE After Philly Immigration Arrest

More than 60 people gathered yesterday.

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Biden Chosen to Chair National Constitution Center

The former vice president will begin serving immediately.

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