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Best of Philly 2024: City Life

A squad of teenage robotics champs, a 100-year-old jazz trailblazer, a deeply laughable mascot, and a Flyer to be truly proud of


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Meet the Man Who’s Making Philly’s Waterfront … Cool?

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Jailing Johnny Doc Won’t Solve Philly Corruption. Here’s What Will

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Philly Officially the Worst Place in the Country to be Poor

Among major U.S. cities, has the highest percentage of its residents–12.9%, or 200,000 people–living in deep poverty. For a single person, that’s an annual salary […]

iWant It

Five nifty new toys for your iPhone.

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Where Philly’s “Creative Class” Lives

The mighty urban theorist and Atlantic Cities honcho Richard Florida has descended upon Philly to judge its creativeclassishness. The results: Philly has two substantial but […]

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TV Recap: The Following

This episode is titled “Love Hurts,” but I’d recommend a longer, more accurate version: “Love Hurts (But Not as Much as Spear Guns, Nail Guns, […]

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Coming Soon to Montgomery County: Drone Warfare!

Drones might make everyone a little uncomfortable, but who cares if they bring jobs, right? Well, about 200 of them (jobs, not drones) are coming […]

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Pro-Life Grandma Gets Attacked Outside Planned Parenthood

NBC Philadelphia reports: “Rae Stabosz, of Newark, who is pro-life, prays every week outside the Planned Parenthood. She was in the middle of a prayer […]


Best of Philly 2024: City Life

Best of Philly 2024: City Life

A squad of teenage robotics champs, a 100-year-old jazz trailblazer, a deeply laughable mascot, and a Flyer to be truly proud of

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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Delicious: Top 10 Frankenfoods of the Future!

  I have a friend who used to play this amazing prank: When we were in college, he would surreptitiously slip dining hall silverware into […]

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Bob Casey to Harrisburg: Knock Off the Vote-Rigging

Senator Bob Casey Jr. has furrowed his bushy eyebrows over Harrisburg, condemning a Republican plan to change the allocation of the state’s electoral votes in […]

PIFA My Heart

See the Bearded Ladies Cabaret.

News

Who Will Replace Alex Trebek as Jeopardy Host?

Answer: Another middle-aged white guy. Question: Who will replace Jeopardy host Alex Trebek?

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Chesco Dad and Son Throw Debauched St. Paddy’s Day Party, Get Arrested

This is certainly not how my father and I bonded. Drunken teenagers, the smell of marijuana, a partygoer passed out and covered in vomit, and […]

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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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Andrew Bynum Done for the Season

Well, Andrew Bynum’s season is officially over, after the moody, perpetually injured center announced he would have arthroscopic surgery on both his knees. The good […]

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Recap: #PHLRaceChat

[View the story “Recap: #PHLRaceChat” on Storify] Recap: #PHLRaceChat A snapshot of last night’s discussion on race at the National Constitution Center. Storified by PhiladelphiaMagazine· […]

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Then a HERO Comes Along

DVLF honors six movers and shakers.

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Change of Heart

The RNC’s new outlook on gay rights.

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