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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

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Police Still Searching for Rogue Gator in South Jersey Woods

Cellphone footage shows the creature waddling around a backyard.

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The Era of the Hologram Concert Has Finally Arrived

The country’s first hologram concert tour is coming to Philly. Aren’t we lucky?

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Philly’s Largest Wawa (So Far) to Open With Free Coffee

The store will offer free joe not just on opening day, but all weekend.

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Krasner Announces Big Shakeup in Homicide Unit of DA’s Office

The move by the DA represents real revolution — and maybe some risk.

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Prepare for Traffic Headaches in Philly This Weekend

Fall festival season is in full swing, and that means road closures.

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How You Can Help Us Tell the Story of #OneDayInPhilly

What does your Philadelphia look like? We want to know.


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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Here’s How to Get Tickets to See Obama on Friday

You’ll have to act fast on Tuesday.

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Free Pop-Up Philadelphia Orchestra Concerts on Monday

The orchestra’s annual audience appreciation series is back.

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Remnants of Florence Will Bring Rain to Philly

The area could see localized flash flooding on Tuesday.

Best Thing This Week: A Very Wet Vacation

We’d like to say nothing could dampen our spirits, but …

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The Looming DROP Apocalypse

As other cities around the country dump their DROP plans, can Philly muster the will to get rid of ours — before our pension woes swallow us whole?

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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.


Longform

Sneak Peek: Inside Philly Mag’s October Issue

Our October issue drops this week. Are you ready to reconsider the cheesesteak?

News

Barack Obama to Visit Philadelphia Next Week

The former president will stump for Gov. Tom Wolf and Sen. Bob Casey.

LGBTQ: Juan Franco Murillo

We talk to the emerging community leader about his journey from front-line staffer to running a Gayborhood nonprofit.

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$6 Million Settlement Reached in Death of Bicyclist

The family of Emily Fredricks, who was struck by a truck in November, started a foundation in her name.

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