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For the Sixers, Adam Aron is the New Pat Croce
What happens if you throw a party and no one shows up? That’s the question some Sixers insiders worried about last summer when the team’s […]
The Smartest People in Philadelphia
The Smartest People in Philadelphia Technology Vijay Kumar Robot Designer Just when you thought Apple had cornered the market on cool gadgets, along comes […]
Why I Obsess About Where My High School Ranks on Philly Mag’s List
As soon as I saw the Philadelphia magazine issue with area high-school rankings on its cover, I got an urgent feeling inside, like I had […]
Philadelphia’s Best High Schools: 2012 Guide
>> The Top 100 Philadelphia-Area Public Schools 2012 The best one is right in the heart of Philadelphia. (Take that, ‘burbs!) Research by Victoria Wolk […]
How We Ranked the Top 100 Philadelphia-Area Public Schools 2012
>> Click here to see the top 100 Philadelphia-area public schools. >> Looking for data on private schools in the Philadelphia area? Click here. Ranking […]
The Top 100 Philadelphia-Area Public Schools 2012
>> Looking for data on private schools in the Philadelphia area? Click here. >> How’d we do it? Click here to view our methodology. Number […]
Where All the Children Are Above Average
I’m really hoping Charissa Stone will turn out to be crazy. It’s been a week now since Stone sent me an email out of the […]
Eric Blumenfeld Is Crazy Enough to Revitalize North Broad Street
Wandering through the rusty, funky skeleton of the Divine Lorraine Hotel is a hallucinatory experience, as if someone had unsunk the Titanic, dragged it through […]
Jane Golden’s Favorite Philadelphian Is Ed Bacon
My name is … Jane Golden. When I was young, I didn’t really like the name, because of that book about Dick and Jane. And […]
The Charges Against District Attorney Seth Williams
“You’ve got me fucking all the women in the office.” Those are close to the first words out of Seth Williams’s mouth when I meet […]
Is Harrah’s “Pool After Dark” The Most Ingenious Nightclub Concept Ever or the End of Civilization As We Know It?
“Kennnnnddddraaaaaaaaa!!!” Out over the air it goes, like a mating call sponsored by Absolut, this primal scream of adoration for a woman whose celebrity was […]
James Timberlake and Meg Rodgers’s Eclectic Shelter in the Sky
The city, stretching out below Marguerite (Meg) Rodgers and James Timberlake’s 31st-floor condo in the Society Hill Towers, seems to glow, especially as night falls. […]
What Will It Take for New Philadelphians to Clean Up City Hall?
The new Philadelphians just keep coming. From too-big exurb mini-mansions and too-small Manhattan studios; from San Francisco and Shanghai; from the beat-up ’burbs of Delaware […]
Slutty Halloween Costumes for Kids
A piece of bubble gum and a starlight mint candy. That was what my two daughters told me they wanted to be for Halloween last […]
Philadelphia Restaurant Review: NoBL
It was Saturday night in Lansdowne, and Sam Jacobson was fighting fire with fire. The chef’s wide-open kitchen at NoBL had been blistering burrata-and-guanciale flatbreads […]