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Major Schuylkill River Trail Extension Will Be Ready By Year’s End

The first link in the chain connecting the Schuylkill River Trail to Bartram’s Garden is a cable-stayed bridge in Grays Ferry that will open around the end of spring.


Longform

“I Hope Your Team Sucks and Loses”: Inside the Head of John Kruk

Long Bright River writer Liz Moore, who sees her book become a Peacock series in March / Photograph by Stevie Chris
Q&A

Meet the South Philly Author Behind the New TV Show Long Bright River

Longform

Dan Rhoton’s Big, Audacious Plan to End Poverty

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How This Philly Woman Quickly Scored a Visa to Live in Mexico

It’s a cheap and easy process — but there are some hurdles.

News

Lawmakers Hear the Case for Public Transportation Funding

Witnesses at a hearing told state House and City Council members that funding mass transit is essential.

Longform

How Dawn Staley Went From 25th and Diamond to the Top of the Basketball World

There’s no athlete in the history of Philadelphia with a more impressive résumé than Staley, and now she’s on the brink of leading her South Carolina Gamecocks to yet another NCAA title.

News

Philly Today: Philly Police Sergeant Accuses Boss of Pervasive Sexual Harassment

Plus, memorable Philly car dealer Dave Kelleher on the Trump tariffs.

News

What Will Become of the Wanamaker Organ?

With the Center City Macy’s closing, the fate of the prestigious instrument remains in question.

News

Philly Today: How Some SEPTA Buses Will Control City Traffic Lights

Plus, is that the 70s I see in the forecast? Yes it is!


Best of Philly 2024: City Life

Best of Philly 2024: City Life

A squad of teenage robotics champs, a 100-year-old jazz trailblazer, a deeply laughable mascot, and a Flyer to be truly proud of

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?


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Philly Today: Looking for Work? These City of Philadelphia Jobs Pay Six Figures

Plus, in a sign that spring will be here before you know it, all Rita’s Water Ice locations are now open.

Long Bright River writer Liz Moore, who sees her book become a Peacock series in March / Photograph by Stevie Chris
Q&A

Meet the South Philly Author Behind the New TV Show Long Bright River

Liz Moore talks being one of Barack Obama’s faves and what it’s like to be really tall.

News

Philly Today: The Sixers Are So Bad Tickets Are Just a Buck

Plus, the IKEA boat finally lands.

News

Drag Queen Storytime Founder Deletes Facebook Page After Death Threats

People even threatened her dog. Is nothing sacred?

News

This Guy Just Scored the Best Eagles Memorabilia Ever

Mayor Parker’s E-L-G-S-E-S gaffe has been preserved thanks to PennDOT.

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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.


Opinion

Trump’s Federal Spending Cuts Will Destroy Philadelphia’s Science Community

Philadelphia scientists on the Trump administration’s crippling cuts, and how they’ll affect us all.

News

Philly Today: John Fetterman Skewered for Missing Votes in the Senate

Plus, one of Philly’s favorite Jeopardy contestants returns to the show.

News

Philly Today: Trump’s Latest Target Is Comcast CEO Brian Roberts

Plus, the NFL could ban the Brotherly Shove.

News

Philly Today: Store War! Sheetz Makes First Move on Philly Region

Across the street from a Wawa, no less. Plus, Shark Tank is coming to Philadelphia.

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