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How Paul Levy Created Center City
The smell. what could he do about the smell? It was 1989, and Ron Rubin, the developer and quintessential Philadelphia power player, was lobbying Tiffany […]
Feature: College Admissions: The New Rules of Getting In
Eric J. Furda, dean of admissions at the University of Pennsylvania—a.k.a. the gatekeeper at Philly’s most prestigious college—is talking about the wait-list. The wait-list, for […]
Green Genes
AT AN EVENING meet-the-candidates session for State Senate, Bill Green proves he is his father’s son. The first-term City Councilman has come to the Ethical […]
Thacher Longstreth: The Icon in Winter
He’s left his wife of 62 years. His kids aren’t speaking to him. He’s estranged from old friends. He’s engaged to marry his chief of […]
How Luis Cortés Is Quietly Building a New Notre Dame in the Heart of North Philly
When the governor called the Reverend Luis Cortés Jr. in the summer of 2000, the conversation was quick. “Reverend Cortés,” said Governor Tom Ridge. “I […]
Debt and Despair: Pennsylvania Students and Our Broken College Loan System
My eldest daughter and her friends are frantic about college. They talk about it ad infinitum: how to bulk up their curricula vitae to improve […]
Feature: They Have No Choice
South Jersey’s most powerful political boss, Commerce Bank executive George Norcross, has a certain style: You’re either part of his machine, or you get crushed […]
Who is the Boy in the Box?
An old man sits on an aqua couch in a pink room. Soon he will visit a little boy’s grave. But first he leafs through […]
“They Have No Choice”
Turn south and you'll see the Tweeter Center, which has stolen summer concerts from the Mann across the river, so now everyone from Coldplay to […]
Can This Man Be Straight
Tim Coralto starts to undress. He takes off his shoes and his socks. He takes off his shirt, revealing a raft of chest hair so […]
The (Very Gentle) Fight to Save a Downingtown “Food Forest”
Dale Hendricks picks up a honey locust pod, snaps it open, and prods with his thumb at the glutinous lining. “Pigs will sell their souls […]
For Years, People Said There Were No Lenape Left in Pennsylvania. This Group Begs to Differ.
It’s a muggy mid-September Sunday, and kayakers and vacationing families are taking in the calm waters of Mauch Chunk Lake, a small reservoir in the […]
Martina White: The It Girl of Red Philadelphia
Martina White knew this was coming. Less than two weeks before the most shocking presidential election in modern history, the Republican lawmaker was sitting at […]
When Did Our Lives on Social Media Become More Time-Consuming Than Our Social Lives?
Do you know the most embarrassing possession of yours that someone will find if you die? I do. It’s a folder on my computer that […]
The Sorry Lives and Confusing Times of Today’s Young Men
THE WOMEN ARE IRATE. The women are talking about men, young men, the men they’d like to date and marry, and are they ever […]