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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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Edna Tuttleman Dies at 92

(The woman with her name on everything.)

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New Mummers Fancy Brigade Debuting This Year

But they’ll try to be as offensive as the rest.

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Major Portion of State Fracking Law Struck Down

No more drilling wherever you please.

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Tom Corbett: Literally Unbelievable

Mathis: Is the governor telling the truth about his gay rights conversion?

School District of Philadelphia
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Four 2014 Resolutions Philadelphia Must Make

Francis: From education and safety to media and race, Philly’s got to step it up.

WATCH: The Best Holiday Card of the Year (Again)

Ylvis, Daft Punk, and a Grown Man on a Wrecking Ball.


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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The Roots Will Play Super Bowl Weekend

With some special guests.

New Mexico Passes Marriage Equality

Seventeen down 33 to go!

MCW Leads All Rookies in NBA Jersey Sales

Also in fake injuries.

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PA Gets Big Race to the Top Grant

But will Corbett reject it?!

TONIGHT: Holiday Songs in a Dead Language

William Way’s yuletide Latin Extravaganza and more.

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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.