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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?

Guides

The Best Seats in Philadelphia

Opinion

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

Latest Stories

Philly’s Biggest Winners and Heroes in 2014

Here’s who left the year better than they found it.

News

The Biggest Losers of 2014

From Cosby to Kathryn Knott.

PLAYLIST: 10 Anthems to Kick Off 2015

A New Year’s soundtrack by DJ Carl Michaels.

News

Poll: Christie Trails Bush by 10 Points

Jersey governor will fight an uphill battle if he runs for president in 2016.

News

Saylor to Head Pa. Supreme Court

Takes over for Ronald Castille, who has hit retirement age.

News

Police Kill Man Who Made Threats

Joseph Pacini had made video threats against officers, FBI.


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?


News

31 Best Philadelphia Tweets of 2014

Terrific Twitter tweets!

News

2014: The Most Important Philly Journalism

Making our list and checking it twice.

NMAJH Kicks Off LGBT Storytelling Project

And other reasons it’s a good time to be gay and Jewish in Philly.

News

Gas Tax, Turnpike Tolls Will Rise

Part of funding for Pennsylvania transportation bill.

News

Mo’ne Davis: AP Female Athlete of the Year

Edges out Serena Williams for the honor.

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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.


Prison

Philly Finally Seeks Refugees

Before, leaving Pennsylvania amounted to a get-out-of-jail card for Philadelphia criminals.

News

45 Best Philadelphia Local News Screenshots of 2014

From the Phanatic to drinkable sunscreen.

Gay Guide to New Year’s Eve in Philadelphia

A bar-by-bar itinerary.

News

David Cohen: Not Quite on the Hot Seat

But NYT’s David Carr says he might be “rowing upstream.”

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