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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


Longform

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

Longform

The Inside Story of UArts’s Stunning Collapse

How the 148-year-old Philadelphia institution fell spectacularly apart.

Tim Walz, Kamala Harris, and some Crabfries at the Kamala Harris rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday
News

Philly Today: Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and … Crabfries

Oh, and JD Vance in a wrestling arena. Just another Tuesday in Philadelphia.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (L) speak to the press while making a stop at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (Photo by RYAN COLLERD / AFP)
News

Philly Today: So What’s Next for Josh Shapiro?

Plus, a woman with a 3.5 hour commute. That’s one way!

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who is said to be a top contender for Vice President Kamala Harris to choose as her running mate
News

Philly Today: Josh Shapiro Facing Lots of Criticism As VP Search Narrows

Plus, a wet week ahead?

Longform

Anthony Roth Costanzo Is Here to Save Opera in Philly

Can one of the world’s best countertenors and the new head of Opera Philadelphia leverage his A-list global connections to make opera here not just viable but … exciting?

Josh Shapiro and Kamala Harris in Philadelphia at the Reading Terminal Market, before Harris was running for president and considering Shapiro as her running mate for vice president
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Philly Today: What Josh Shapiro Told Us About Running for President One Day

Plus, yet another bar that doesn’t serve alcohol.


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?


Kamala Harris at a Kamala Harris rally in Philadelphia in July before Joe Biden dropped out of the race
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Philly Today: Here Comes Kamala Harris … With Her VP Pick!

The pair will hit Philadelphia for a big rally next week.

Pennsylvania Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, who is one of the people on the Donald Trump assassination attempt investigation committee, with Joe Biden on July 7th.
News

Philly Today: Meet the Main Line Woman Investigating the Trump Assassination Attempt

Plus, could one Montco guy tank Shapiro’s veep chances?

Howard Eskin, who was banned from Phillies games after allegedly kissing an Aramark employee at Citizens Bank Park, has issued an apology
News

Philly Today: Howard Eskin Is “Truly Sorry,” Everybody

Plus, does Philadelphia need or want an ice cream museum?

Opinion

Allan Domb: Why Crime in Philadelphia Is Plummeting

Credit goes to Mayor Parker — and to our outstanding new police commissioner, Kevin Bethel, who’s proving himself to be one of the country’s best.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, who got her wish of having all city workers return to the office
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Philly Today: It Sounds Like Mayor Parker’s Back to Work Plan Isn’t Going So Well

“It’s been pure chaos,” one city worker tells Philly Mag.

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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.


Q&A

Preston and Steve from WMMR’s Morning Show Tell All

From sex toy races to secret musical pleasures. (The Spice Girls?!)

Vice President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (L) speak to the press while making a stop at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (Photo by RYAN COLLERD / AFP)
News

Philly Today: Hype Builds Around Josh Shapiro as Kamala Harris Ponders Running Mate

Plus, city workers are “pissed” about returning to the office. Shocker.

Guides

The Philadelphian’s Guide to the Paris Olympics

Experience the Summer Games — vicariously — here in Philly.

News

50 Years of Best of Philly: Covers

This month’s BOP50: the covers.

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