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

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

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Can John Fry Revive Temple?

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Philly Today: Thank Goodness More Speed Cameras Are Coming

Plus, a reminder to check the back seat of a car before you steal it.

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The Eagles Advanced to the Super Bowl and Broad Street Erupted

From tailgating to partying on Broad Street, Sunday was the best day ever.

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Philly Today: We Officially Have Our First Biggest Loser of 2025

Plus, a $59,000 private Super Bowl party on Broad Street.

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Could Rail Transit Return to the Delaware River Waterfront?

It could, as soon as this spring. And the DRWC wants to know if you’d ride it.

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Enter Gritty’s Chaos Factory, the Flyers’ New Unhinged Retail Space

The brand-new shop at Wells Fargo Center allows you to build a custom Gritty doll.

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Philly Mag’s Top Senior Living Communities for 2025

Our annual list of the Philadelphia region’s leading communities for active seniors.


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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A Very Different Inauguration Day Party Happened In South Philly On Monday

It’s fair to say that the new president was not the object of celebration.

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Philly Today: South Philly Man Accused of Selling Fake Jason Kelce Memorabilia

Sixty felony counts! Ouch. Plus, Fadó responds to the big mess surrounding it.

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Philly Today: Cecily Tynan Doesn’t Care If You Don’t Like Her Gorgeous New Hairdo

Plus, major drama at Center City’s Fadó Irish Pub.

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A Delco Dispatch From the Trump Inauguration in D.C.

Sharpshooting Ridley Park resident Michelle Mattus went to the inaugural events so we didn’t have to.

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Philly Today: ICE Raid Rumors Swirl in Philly’s Migrant Community

Plus: Fetterman the Republican? And Reader Mail, a.k.a. Hate Mail.

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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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CBS News Correspondent Robert Costa Talks “Zen Trump” and the Eagles

From editing Pennsbury High’s newspaper to interviewing presidents, Robert Costa has traveled a long road to success.

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Philly Today: Bradley Cooper’s Eagles Game Appearance Sparks Controversy

Plus, how to get tickets to this Sunday’s NFC Championship game at the Linc.

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Justice Department: Trump Wanted to Throw Out 300,000 Philly Votes in 2020

The report states that “the admissible evidence would be sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction” against Trump, but it’s all moot.

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Internet Sleuths Hunt Down Eagles Fan Who Went Viral for Calling Packers Fan the C-Word

And now his employer is investigating the situation.

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