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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

Modern Streets Require a Modern City Government

Complete streets are huge assets to communities, but they’re not easy for a strapped city Streets department to manage.

There Will Be No Equality Forum This Year

It’s suspended to focus on the 50th Anniversary of the Annual Reminders.

News

The Empty-Nester’s Guide To Center City

Marks: 12 essential tips for adjusting to life downtown from someone who’s just done it.

Opinion

Why I Won’t Watch Floyd Mayweather Fight

Francis: How much should we expect of our athletes?

News

A.C. Police Say They May Have Caught Philly Bank Bandit

They think James Ney has had a busy week.

Philanthropy Friday: Anti-Defamation League

Working to end bigotry and hatred in our community.


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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Remembering Philly’s Champion of African Consciousness

Coard: Edward Wesley Robinson Jr. would have turned 97 today.

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Paper or Plastic? Either Way, It Could Cost 5 Cents a Bag

This time, City Council is weighing a bag tax that could pass.

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Comcast Makes It Official: Merger Over

Brian Roberts: “Today, we move on.”

WATCH: SEPTA Bus Caught Fire Overnight

Incident happened in South Philly; no injuries reported.

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The Comcast Merger: What They’re Saying

Does Brian Roberts have a black eye?

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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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League, Williams Want Ramsey Gone

Questions about the police commissioner’s commitment to diversity.

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Police Officer Shot in West Philadelphia

Hit in the arm, he’s reportedly in stable condition.

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Hard Jabs — But No Knockouts — at Mayoral Debate

Solid performances from a lot of the candidates, no big change in the contest’s dynamic.

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Meet Sprinkles, the 33-Pound Cat in Sea Isle City

That’s about 23 pounds overweight.

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