Neighborhoods

Chinatown Stitch Funding

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

Broad Street stretch in the Navy Yard reopens after 18 months

Navy Yard reopening

Pizza Shackamaxon is opening new restaurant, Pizza Richmond, where customers can dine in

Pizza Richmond

Studies on impact of 76ers arena proposal won't be released until next year

76ers Impact Studies

Design chosen for Chinatown Stitch project would construct two caps above Vine Street Expressway

Chinatown Stitch 676

Fishtown has lured developers for years. Now, a Shake Shack is on its way – to the dismay of some residents

Fishtown Shake Shack

At town hall for 76ers arena proposal, team pressed for details about its $50 million plan to benefit the community

76ers Town Hall

Crosswalk murals have been shown to reduce traffic crashes, so Fishtown just added one to a busy intersection

Fishtown Crosswalk Mural

Luxury apartment tower to open near Yards taproom, Silk City Diner in Northern Liberties

Northern Liberties Apartments

Center City has recovered faster from the pandemic than other major cities' downtown areas, report finds

Center City Pandemic Recovery

Chestnut Hill to illuminate Germantown Avenue and explore its history during Night of Lights exhibition

Night of Lights

Children's Health

Children from poor neighborhoods are more likely to develop asthma, study finds

Asthma Neighborhoods Study

Consultants chosen for impact studies on 76ers arena plan in Center City

76ers Arena Studies

Chestnut Hill to be featured on 'Good Morning America' on Fourth of July

Chestnut Hill GMA

A new dashboard tracks quality of life in all of Philly's 372 neighborhoods

ProgressPHL dashboard

Chinatown organization takes stand against 76ers' arena plan, 'disappointing' the team's developer

76ers Arena Chinatown PCDC

Philly to explore capping Vine Street Expressway with intent of making Chinatown whole again

Chinatown Vine Street Expressway

Kensington grocery co-op reopens after members raise $200,000 to save it

Kensington Community Food Co-op Reopens

Greening vacant lots in Philly raised surrounding property values by 4.3% in first year, Wharton study finds

Philly Green Lots Property Values

With 76ers new stadium, is Philly's Chinatown destined for same fate as Washington, D.C. neighborhood?

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Eagles, Bellwether District join city's push for litter cleanups with community investment program

Eagles Litter Cleanup Program

West Philly apartment complex proposal includes 352 units, retail space

West Philly Project Rendering

Cumberland and Cape May counties named among most, least diverse in New Jersey

Cape May Diversity

City Council pushes for more funding to address quality-of-life issues in underserved communities

Just Services Campaign

A look inside the Philadelphia real estate market and steps that can be taken for the future of affordable housing

Northeast Philly For Sale

Historic Harbisons Dairy milk bottle illuminated atop Kensington apartment facility

Harbisons Dairy Kensington

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Port Richmond to celebrate 175th anniversary with block party, Monopoly tournament

Port Richmond Cake

Philly homeowners can stop unwanted property offers by joining online registry

Philly Do Not Solicit Registry

Some Philly neighborhoods bear an undue burden of environmental hazards; a new effort aims to change that

Philly Community Health Act

Cold weather prompts numerous water main breaks in Philly

Kensington Water Main Break

Fairmount fire victims remembered during public funeral service

Fairmount Fire Memorial

Carjacking surge prompts Philly police to increase mitigation efforts, share safety tips

Philly Carjacking Surge

12 people die in Fairmount rowhome fire; 8 victims were children

Philadelphia Fairmount row home fire

Philly's 'Cone Rangers' organize online to remove cones from illegally saved parking spots

Cone Rangers

Jon Bon Jovi touts new Project HOME residence as 'much needed' effort to address homelessness

Kensington Project HOME

City Council outlines funding breakdown for $400 million Neighborhood Preservation Initiative

Neighborhood Preservation Initiative

Kensington warehouse to be turned into apartments, artist industrial space

Kensington warehouse development

Building permit issued for long-planned Bart Blatstein development project in South Philly

Broad Street Washington Avenue South Philly

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