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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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The Best Seats in Philadelphia

Opinion

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

Latest Stories

Best Thing This Week: The Great State Amphibian Debate

All hail the Pennsylvania snot otter!

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Shakespeare & Co. Is Selling Copies of the Mueller Report

It’s printing copies from its espresso book machine.

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Starbucks Pauses Plans for “Hip” Frankford Avenue Location

The company says it wants to continue meeting with the Fishtown community before moving forward.

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Philly’s Most Epic Easter Egg Hunt Involves a Helicopter

It’ll dump thousands of eggs from the sky on Saturday.

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Watch a Bunch of Philly Celebs Announce the Eagles Schedule

Football season is still five months away, but you can whet your appetite with this video featuring Philly luminaries such as Brian Dawkins, The Roots, and Jimmy Rollins.

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The Atlantic City Rail Line to Resume Service Two Weeks Early

Your traffic-free beach trips can now begin on May 12th.


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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This Lower Merion High School Senior Is All About Women in Jazz

Olivia Hughart launches Philly’s first-ever Key of She Jazz conference next week.

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Here’s What Philly’s New Leaf Blower Street Sweeping Program Looks Like

Don’t worry: You still won’t have to move your car.

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Philadelphians Can Spot a NASA Rocket Launch on Wednesday

Here’s when to look to the sky.

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SEPTA Key to Expand to All Regional Rail Zones Next Month

It’ll be available for weekly and monthly TrailPass holders.

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You Pay Lots of Philly Taxes. But Do You Know Why?

Philly residents pay more city taxes per capita than all but four other U.S. municipalities. The culprit? State law.

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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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The L.A.-Based Street Artist Bringing a 19-Story Mural to University City

We chatted with Faith XLVII about her plans for the project.

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Love These New Sixers-Themed Nikes? Sorry, You Can’t Have Them.

There are only 10 pairs, and they’re reserved for Philly celebs.

News

Tornado Warning Freaks Out (and Ticks Off) Philly

Here’s what you need to know about the 3:30 a.m. wakeup call.

Good Lord: The Ronnie James Dio Hologram is Coming to Town for a Concert

There was a time when a rock star would die, we’d mourn their loss, and then their legacy would be carried on in perpetuity by […]

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