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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

The Boyle Blueprint

Do two Northeast Philly brothers hold the key to returning the Democrats to relevance?

One of Us: Dwight Evans

The congressman talks bad TV, Wawa hoagies, and the time he lied to get a job.

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Best Thing Week: SI Named Penn QB a Top 10 Prospect

Alek Torgersen is going to the pros!

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Sixers 93, Blazers 92

Despite Joel Embiid missing the end of the game with a hyperextended left knee, the Sixers clawed their way back for a 93-92 victory over Portland.

Raise the Cat — sixers photos
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Sixers Fans Raising Cats to Celebrate the Team’s Success

Like, up in the air. Meow!

Donald Trump sworn into office
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Trump Is President. Philly Social Media Reacts.

We scanned Twitter.


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?


Black Trans Demonstration Planned for Creating Change

The conference has been called out for a lack of inclusion and sensitivity.

Donald Trump at Geno's
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Multiple Anti-Trump Protests Planned in Philly

Downtown traffic will be snarled today, police say.

LGBTQ&A: Naiymah Sanchez

The trans-Latina advocate on service and creating change.

10 Things You Might Not Know About Inaugurations

Trump’s big day may look pomp-and-circumstantial, but it’s really all about chicken dances.

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Tucker Carlson, Dwight Evans Discuss Inauguration Boycott

The result is one awkward and aimless interview.

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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.