Changing Communities

Local officials say Princeton is not replacing Columbus Day since it did not observe the holiday to begin with.

They hunt with bows and arrows, fish for piranhas and gather wild plants, while some watch soap operas on TV or check the internet on phones inside thatch-roof huts.

The Painted Bride Art Center can’t sell its Old City home because of the building’s “priceless” mural facade, designed by mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar.

Officials say New Jersey's flood zone buyout program has closed on its 700th property. 

Center City District’s latest report shows a booming real estate market. For Parkway Corp., the demand for land means a move away from operating parking.

The storied enclave of some 300,000 residents has seen poverty become a burgeoning and unwanted feature over the last generation

A volunteer firefighter's interest in the extremist group the Proud Boys has Haverford Township residents fighting over whether it should vet the views of public servants.

We all have ideas about why people leave Philadelphia. A new study from the Pew Charitable Trusts puts numbers behind the anecdotes.

The $420 million remake of The Gallery aims to reinvent the shopping mall’s relationship to Center City.

Recipients of the letters included parents of extremely sick children born in the U.S. and children receiving treatment for cancer, some of whom live in Pa.

The former clinic is listed for sheriff’s sale. Anti-abortion activists, some of whom will gather Saturday at the grave of Gosnell’s victims, want to buy it.

We asked city leaders to tell us their priorities for the fall session. Here’s what Darrell Clarke, Cherelle Parker, Allan Domb and others are planning.

The Wilmington arts center has been fostering creativity and soothing minds for nine years, but the character of the neighborhood around it is changing.

Neighborhood groups across the Northeast are on a campaign to shut down hookah bars they see as disruptive to their community.

Councilman Bobby Henon wants to effectively ban hookah bars outside Center City. As Philly continues to grow and change, why we can expect more fights like this.