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

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LISTEN: Philly’s Aiden James Releases Holiday Track

Hear the dreamy “Winter in Los Angeles.”

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The Sixers Are Finally As Bad As We Thought They’d Be

Let two opponents set team records for threes.

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Cardinal Rigali Out of Top Vatican Committee

No longer on the Congregation of Bishops.

Hall and Oates album cover for Private Eyes, the Very Best of Hall and Oates
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Hall & Oates Will Be Inducted Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Philly duo finally gets much-deserved recognition.

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Yes, It’s Another Cold, Snowy Morning

And yes, it will mess with your commute.

The University of Texas Wants Chip Kelly to Coach Them

Chip responds to report.


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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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.