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Environment

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

Philly Community Health Act

Neighborhoods

Cold weather prompts numerous water main breaks in Philly

Kensington Water Main Break

Neighborhoods

Fairmount fire victims remembered during public funeral service

Fairmount Fire Memorial

Crime

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

Philly Carjacking Surge

Investigations

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

Philadelphia Fairmount row home fire

Neighborhoods

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

Cone Rangers

Neighborhoods

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

Kensington Project HOME

Neighborhoods

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

Neighborhood Preservation Initiative

Development

Kensington warehouse to be turned into apartments, artist industrial space

Kensington warehouse development

Development

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

Broad Street Washington Avenue South Philly

Crime

Philly's gun violence epidemic and the power of fixing up neighborhoods block by block

Penn Gun Violence

Government

Street cleaning to resume in Philly with plans to expand to new neighborhoods in coming months

Philly street cleaning program

Neighborhoods

30-inch water main break floods South Philadelphia streets

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Donations

Philadelphia groups addressing impact of opioid crisis receive $10,000 grants

71521 Kensington organization grants

Sponsored

5 Philly neighborhoods to watch as a first-time homebuyer

Limited - Philadelphia neighborhood aerial shot looking towards Center City

Arts & Culture

City seeks public input on artwork proposals for North Philly Rebuild site

Mann Rivera Center artwork

Neighborhoods

John Coltrane House project in Strawberry Mansion gets state blight remediation funds

Coltrane House Preservation

Neighborhoods

East Passyunk commits to 'overdue' change of Native American logo

East Passyunk logo

Addiction

South Philly building owner pulls plug on Safehouse opioid overdose prevention site

Safehouse canceled

Gun Violence

'Mass shootings' are underreported in Philadelphia, Temple researchers say

Temple mass shootings

Neighborhoods

Politicians, residents talk gun violence – and a lack of hope – in Southwest Philly

Scanlon and the rest of the panel

Wellness

First-ever ranking of the health of Philadelphia's 46 neighborhoods

Carroll - City Hall, Broad Street and the Philadelphia Skyline

Development

Drexel Square officially opens at Schuylkill Yards in West Philly

Carroll - Drexel Square and 30th Street Station

Opioids

Drexel survey shows support in Kensington for overdose prevention site

Carroll - Kensington

Furnace Party

Meet the man who wrote the ABBA Furnace Party letter

Furnace Party ABBA Arrives 04272019

Neighborhoods

Temple University launches special services district in North Philadelphia

Temple University North Philadelphia _ Carroll

Odd News

Everything you wanted to know about the 'steel furnace letter' but were afraid to ask

27th and Girard Furnace Party

Neighborhoods

West Philly's hobbit-door creator fell ill — and then her neighbors stepped in to help

225PeterStathisWestPhillyDoors

Odd News

Fairmount's 'steel furnace letter' has a soundtrack

Furnace letter philly

Investigations

Former Phillies star Lenny Dykstra reportedly frightening neighbors in New Jersey

Lenny Dykstra Mugshot

Historic Philadelphia

PHOTOS: Then and now, Chinatown Philadelphia

02 Carroll - Chinatown Then / Now Lead

Neighborhoods

Philly tows hundreds of abandoned cars from Kensington in cleanup effort

Carroll - Kensington

Documentaries

'Kensington Blues' photographer releases 'Embedded in the Badlands' documentary series

Stockbridge Kensington

Infrastructure

Philadelphia announces second round of Rebuild sites

Lawncrest Rec

Center City's Opa to reopen three months after water main break

Opa

Policy

Philly finalizes streamlined block party application process

kenzo block party 2

Sponsored

Attend a free festival in NoLibs this Saturday

Northern Liberties 2nd Street Walk

Business

Here's a look inside Sprouts Farmers Market at Lincoln Square

Carroll - Sprouts Farmers Market

Volunteering

After 30 years, it's the finish line for La Finquita

La Finquita

Odd News

Han Dynasty takes Eagles spirit to new heights

The modified Han Dynasty sign

Lifestyle

First-year teachers get schooled on Philly slang in new student-authored handbook

Stock_Carroll - The School District of Philadelphia

Fishtown

Fishtown named one of the 'coolest hipster' neighborhoods in the country

Fishtown Photo for IBX Article

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