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

As Navy Yard's first apartments open, planners see a new neighborhood coming to life

Navy Yard Main

South Street seeks artists to design new lamppost banners for beautification project

South Street Banners

Kada Scott's family invites public to her funeral 'to join in celebrating her life'

kada scott service

Open Streets will return to Center City, closing blocks near Rittenhouse Square to cars on Dec. 7

Open Streets Center City

Every Philly neighborhood to receive another deep clean by February

Philly cleanup schedule

Your guide to Philadelphia's $91 million streetlight replacement project

philly streetlights

Richmond Library reopens after finishing eight-month, $2.5 million renovation

Richmond Library inside

Cleaning program comes to West Philly to tidy up 275 blocks through January

Safe Steps trash collection

Philly's 2026 plans include walking tours, block parties and Liberty Bell replicas

Parker 2026 beautification

Bronze cast of former St. Laurentius Church may be included in Fishtown townhouse project

St Laurentius Fishtown

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Spring Garden's Sunflower Festival returns to the neighborhood in September

spring garden sunflower festival

Open Streets to return to Rittenhouse for six Sundays in September and October

Rittenhouse Open Streets

Philadelphia named the most walkable city in America by USA Today readers

Philly Walkable City

Grays Ferry residents create virtual archive to preserve neighborhood's history

grays ferry archive

'Footpath highway': 1,304 steps in Roxborough and Manayunk have linked communities and generations

Manayunk 100 steps

Sanitation crews to clear litter, graffiti and abandoned cars from every Philly neighborhood by August

Philly summer cleaning

Midtown Village is going car-free on 4 Sundays in June as part of Center City's 'open streets' initiative

Open Streets Center City

Recycling company to pay Camden neighborhood $6.7 million after fire forced 100 families to evacuate

Camden fire $6.7million

Car-free streets return to Center City on Sundays in April

april open streets

Have an innovative idea to make Philly's neighborhoods more equitable? The Economy League wants to hear it

Philly Property Wealth Gap

Hartranft Community Center, a hub in North Philly before it closed in 2009, reopens after $11.5 million renovation

Hartranft reopening

One year into Mayor Parker's Kensington intervention, city officials tout lower crime, better community services

Kensington Crime Parker

Car-free streets return near Rittenhouse Square on Dec. 8 and 15

open streets december

Spreading vandalism or joy? Shamcow graffiti evokes a range of emotions in Roxborough

Shamcow artist Roxborough

RoxYunk Porchfest returns Saturday with 100 musical performances at dozens of properties

RoxYunk Porchfest 2024

76ers arena community impact study says half of Chinatown's small businesses would suffer

76ers impact study

Streets near Rittenhouse Square to be car-free on last 4 Sundays in September

Open Streets Rittenhouse

Marriott hotel project at North Philly's 'Boner 4ever' building 'on pause' as lender withdraws financing

Boner 4ever Hotel

Fishtown to string lights over several segments of Frankford Avenue

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East Passyunk's Singing Fountain is back on display after being restored

Singing Fountain Passyunk

Mural in Washington Square West will stay despite one disgruntled neighbor's complaints

Mural Arts Philadelphia

Philly police to enter enforcement phase of city's plan targeting drugs, violence in Kensington

Bethel Kensington Police

More than 90 splash pads and sprinklers open across the city

Philly spraygrounds memorial day

A Brewerytown block will be renamed after Welcome America festival creator

Lana Felton-Ghee Way street renaming

New initiative will clean 335 blocks each week in Mount Airy and Germantown

Weekly cleaning program Mt. Airy

Philly homeowners claim bad actors are abusing the blighted property act

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Chinatown Stitch project to cap Vine Street Expressway gains $158 million in funding

Chinatown Stitch Funding

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Volunteers needed for Philly's citywide cleanup event in April

Philly Spring Cleanup 2024

Kensington residents receive $3.5 million for home repairs, eviction prevention

Guillermo Garcia

Chinatown celebration intended to showcase neighborhood and push back against 76ers arena plans

Chinatown celebration

Philly writer's new book 'Disillusioned' explores changes in America's suburbs

Disillusioned Benjamin Herold

Spruce Hill residents seek to add pedestrian plaza to slow traffic near Penn Alexander School

43rd and Spruce streets

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Mayor Parker proposes increase to rideshare tax to fund schools

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Spring Blooms returns to Longwood Gardens

Flower Garden Walk at Longwood Gardens

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Lead Clothing Dye

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Mahershala Ali Task

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Villanova men slip to 8-seed in NCAA Tournament, women a 10-seed

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