Center City

Wanamaker Room

Openings & Closings: The Wanamaker Building has a new event space and an airport lounge undergoes renovations

Center City sections of I-76 and Schuylkill Avenue to be closed this weekend

I-76 closures

Police fatally shoot armed man in standoff on Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Philly Police Shooting

Center City hotels boast a record-setting summer, capitalizing on Philly's busy events schedule

PHLCVB Revenue tourism

Suspicious backpack at City Hall cleared after prompting evacuation during City Council's first day of fall session

City Hall evacuation

PPA starts enforcing its newest smart loading zones in Center City

PPA Loading Zones

Openings & Closings: Center City is getting a bathhouse while Manayunk is losing a beer garden

Bathhouse Philadelphia

Openings & Closings: Poe teases a new sandwich joint and a consignment store is coming to Manayunk

Poe's Dev. Roundup

Jose Pistola's abruptly closes after 19 years of serving craft beers and Mexican food in Center City

Jose Pistola's Closed

Four men, including one with AR-15-style rifle, involved in string of robberies in Center City, police say

Robbery Suspects

PPA expands Center City's curbside loading zones, citing improved traffic flow

PPA Loading Zone

Recipe Philly to open restaurant weeks after its menu was finalized through a reality TV competition

Recipe Philly 1

Walnut Street will go car-free for seven Sundays this fall

Center City District - Open Streets

SEPTA's 11th Street Station to close for a year for accessibility upgrades

SEPTA 11th Street

Sports bar Toll Man Joe's, which closed during the pandemic, to return to Philly at new location in Center City

Toll Man Joe's

Street artist 'irregular' installs LeBron James-shaped mirror on Center City wall

LeBron James Irregular

Starting this weekend, $5 shuttle bus rides to the shore are available

Jitney Shore Shuttle

Explore Reading Terminal Market one bite at a time during a food scavenger hunt

Reading Terminal Market Food Scavenger Hunt

Free outdoor Opera Philadelphia concert will bring live music to Dilworth Park on July 23

Opera Philadelphia - Center Stage

Salute to Independence Parade in Center City canceled due to extreme heat

salute to independence parade

Why an owner who got special permits to keep six of his bars open until 4 a.m. isn't using all of them

Lucy's bar

LOVE Park's 'flying saucer' to host beer garden before permanently housing coffee shop next year

LOVE Park Flying Saucer

Phanatic-themed apartment can be rented for $19.78 a night as MLB All-Star Game promo

Phillie Phanatic pad 1

SEPTA rider shot on Market-Frankford Line train in Center City

SEPTA subway shooting

Family of CHOP doctor killed by drunk driver while biking in Center City files wrongful death lawsuit

Barbara Friedes Lawsuit

Suspected gang members charged with armed robberies in Center City, North Philly

Center City robberies arrests

Former Tabu Lounge bouncer convicted of involuntary manslaughter for punch that killed patron in 2022

Tabu Lounge Bouncer

It's peak season for bee swarms, as a Center City wine bar learned

Bee swarm Tria

Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show returns to Center City this June

Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Show

Siddiq's Water Ice, Two Persons Coffee to expand to vacant spaces on Market Street for a limited time

Market East pop-ups

Developer buying McGlinchey's bar in Center City uses Zach Bryan-inspired LLC

McGlincheys Sale Alterra

Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival will fill Walnut Street with food, cocktails and shopping on May 2

Rittenhouse Row Spring Fest

At redesigned Thomas Paine Plaza, skateboarders' new space keeps their last domino from falling

Paine Plaza Skateboarding

Philly real estate agent sentenced to prison for $3.1 million fraud scheme

Jonathan Barach Sentencing

World Cup play area brings lawn games to City Hall

Dilworth Park Soccer

This new, free concert series aims to spice up Philly's nightlife on weeknights

Weeknights Live

The Love Run takes place Sunday in Center City. Here are the road closures and SEPTA detours

Love Run 2026

People leaving prison face unique health challenges. This new Center City clinic seeks to help them

Philadelphia FIGHT clinic

Construction on Market Street bridges to close lanes near 30th Street Station

30th Street Road Closures

76ers, Comcast pause demolition of Market East buildings, allowing for summer pop-up shops

Market Street Summer

Fergie's Pub billboard spoofs glut of ads on I-95 for personal injury lawyers

Fergies Pub Billboard

Center City expands Open Streets program to 20 car-free days this year

Open Streets

Robots to invade Center City sidewalks as Uber Eats debuts new delivery service

Uber Eats robot

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