News

Philly Mag’s Favorite Long Reads of 2024

Mob-associated loan sharks, peonies, crock-pot cookbooks, and investigations into Philadelphia’s biggest institutions. It’s our roundup of our favorite stories from 2024!


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Longform

How a Vicious Legal Battle Over a Wildflower Farm Tore This Bucolic Philly Suburb Apart

Opinion

I Love My Kid, But How Long, Exactly, Am I Supposed to Keep His Baby Teeth?

Longform

Can John Fry Revive Temple?

Latest Stories

The SS United States in South Philadelphia has been evicted
Opinion

Philly Today: It’s Time to Sink the SS United States

Plus, loathsome Dave Portnoy bets $200,000 on the Phillies.

News

50 Years of Best of Philly: Suburban Life

In honor of the upcoming 50th anniversary of Best of Philly this August, we’re taking a monthly look back. This month: the Suburbs!

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Guides

Everything You Need to Know to Thwart Porch Pirates

Here’s how to make sure that package you ordered gets to you.

Jennifer Weiner, who just wrote a piece for the New York Times about the Justin Timberlake arrest
News

Philly Today: Jennifer Weiner Puts Justin Timberlake On Blast

Plus, some people want neither Wawa nor Sheetz. Go figure.

Q&A

Lizzy McAlpine Is Done Playing the TikTok Game

TikTok brought the Lower Merion grad lots of success. But now, she says she’s over it.

Longform

Philadelphia Lost More Than 50,000 Residents During the Pandemic

After two consecutive census cycles of celebrated population increases, Philadelphia has lost most of that gain since the onset of the pandemic.


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?


Q&A

Megan Boni a.k.a. Girl On Couch Explains Her TikTok Success

The Main Line native tells all.

Q&A

Philly Celebs Tell Us Their Favorite Seats in Town

From a park bench to a sky-high restaurant table to a simple seat on a SEPTA bus, here’s where notable Philadelphians prefer sitting.

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Guides

The Best Seats in Citizens Bank Park

From where to catch a fly ball to where to come face-to-snout with the Phanatic to where to see into the Phillies dugout, our cheat sheet to CBP

Guides

The Best Seats in Philadelphia

120 ways to really experience Philly, from the people who know its secrets. 

Guides

Where to Sit When You’re Out & About & Around Philadelphia

Where to settle in for a lunch, a movie, a great ride or a good cry

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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.


Guides

The Best Seats in Fairmount Park

Consider this your bucket list for bumming around East and West Fairmount Park.

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News

Philly Today: Check Out SEPTA’s Sexy New Trolley Design

Plus, prepare to pay more to cross Philly bridges.

Philadelphia Eagles fans who managed to score tickets to a 2023 game. Single-game Philadelphia Eagles tickets go on sale on Tuesday at 10 a.m.
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Philly Today: Eagles Single-Game Tickets Go On Sale Tomorrow

Here’s what you need to know. Plus, Philly pools open just in time for this dastardly heatwave.

News

SEPTA Bus Revolution Winners and Losers

One big winner, but mixed results everywhere else.

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