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Jeffrey Lurie’s Long, Strange Trip
One warm, crystalline July day outside Boston, Jeffrey Lurie stands before his father’s gravestone in order to share his thoughts, to commune with him. Morris […]
Birdie Africa: The Lost Boy
HE WENT TO THE FIRE The city was burning, and he went to the fire and got as close as he could. Something strange had […]
After Last Year’s Labor Battle, Will the Art Museum Come Back Stronger?
It was time to say goodbye to another departing Philadelphia Museum of Art colleague. A small group had gathered for happy-hour drinks at the Bishop’s […]
The Opioid Crisis Is Worsening Homelessness in Philly. Solving the Problem Is a Matter of Survival
It’s another perfectly shitty day to be homeless in Philadelphia. Cold, wet and pitiless. T.S. Eliot famously said that April is the cruelest month, but […]
Your No-B.S. Guide to Philly’s 2019 General Election
At the polls on Tuesday, you’ll have the opportunity to vote for mayor, City Council seats, city commissioner and more. Mayor Jim Kenney is up for reelection, facing […]
Welcome to the City of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Norris Square is both lovely and out of place—a park interrupting trash-strewn streets and dirty concrete with a sudden surprising burst of green. Elegant decaying […]
The Senator Says He’s Not a Rapist
This is the kind of thing that set it off. Five years ago, Daylin Leach, a state senator from Wayne, was gearing up for a […]
Jim Fregosi Profile: Chewing the Fat
(Originally published in the March 1996 issue of Philadelphia magazine.) The first game is still months away, and the chain-link fence that separates the Philadelphia […]
The Last Mouthpiece
YOUR EYE LEAPS to it the instant you enter the room. You’re tempted to blink hard, just to be sure it’s really there. But it […]
The Joy of Burning It All Down: Alexandra Holt’s Insurgent Experiment in Fine Dining
Retirement Planning (2 days after dinner service) On the phone, chef Alexandra Holt and I are talking about the future. For the 24-seat BYO named […]
Over the Edge
East Rockhill Township, Upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania November 18th, 1983 They won’t do it. There’s no path through the woods to their spot. It’s pitch […]
How to Find the Best Philadelphia School for Your Child
The move to the ’burbs used to be almost automatic for Philadelphians with means — families of all races picked up and left the city […]
How Do We Teach History in America Today?
On a Tuesday in late June, we gathered six distinguished local educators (meet the panel) in our offices in the Curtis building, just off Independence […]
The Lost Accord
IT WAS LIKE no other labor dispute Philadelphia had ever seen. World-renowned cellists and harpists with placards picketing in front of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association […]
50 Best Shops in Philadelphia
This is a golden age for shopping in Philly. Hear us out. We know it’s also the age of Amazon, of big-box behemoths and, soon, […]