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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 Brief: Jim Kenney is the Mayoral Race’s New Frontrunner

Two polls show him with a statistically significant lead.

Kane Back in Court Today

This time, she’s challenging judge’s right to investigate a firing in her office.

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Drexel Prof “Mortified” She Sent Porn to Students

Lisa McElroy discusses “public shaming” in Washington Post.

Comcast Knows How Much You Hate Them

And they really want to fix it.

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9 Unbelievably True Tales of Philadelphia Mayors

Philadelphia has a long, storied history. It also has a long, storied history of weird mayor stories.

Your Eagles Draft Cheat Sheet

How to talk like an expert about this week’s Eagles draft.


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?


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Is Jim Kenney a True Progressive?

Judging by his recent record, yes. But he wasn’t always.

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12 Pop-Up Beer Garden Ideas for Summer 2015

Chip Chantry: It’s time to take outdoor social drinking to the next level.

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week

Gov. Wolf ended the food stamps asset test.

Community Leaders Read Names of 5,000 Local AIDS Victims

Photos from the ceremony at LOVE Park.

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Airport Expansion is Big for Philly Economy

More international visitors and better logistics can have a wide-ranging economic impact.

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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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The Phillymag Pop Quiz for the Week

Quacks, hacks, mad attacks—springtime in Philly, friends!

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Want to Live Longer? Move to Lancaster.

Prospects are poorer in West Philly.

Gay Things to Do This Weekend

Kaleia Brown sings at L’Etage, Project Prom 2015 at Boxers PHL, a Kill Bill party at Venture Inn and more.

Wolf Says He’ll Veto State Sick Leave Bill

Legislators want to block new Philly’s new worker-friendly law.

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