Changing Communities

South Philadelphia has one of the nation’s highest rates of bike commuters. That fact alone can’t solve the neighborhood’s street design divide.

A measure allowing these “accessory dwelling units” (ADUs) on historically designated properties won approval Tuesday from the city’s Planning Commission.

Since its beginnings, Chinatown has never had a space of its own. There have never been public facilities for people to gather, celebrate and be together.

The owner of a popular Fairmount cafe and artisanal market has gotten permits to build a 55-foot-tall apartment complex on a vacant Poplar Street lot.

Kensington residents want a developer to put $1 million towards removing a wall they say divides the neighborhood.

Chester has been written off by people more times than anyone would care to count. Except for the people who call Chester home. For us, we see promise where others see peril.

Rashaad Lambert and Vinasia Miles co-founded For(bes) The Culture as a way to connect young professionals of color. The network now has more than 3,000 global members.

We might think that all suburbs are the same but a dive into the history of suburbia shows something more interesting than shopping malls and housing developments.

The Flats is in the midst of a major $100 million project to tear down and rebuild more than 400 affordable housing units over ten years.

A new analysis shows where the city has street trees, revealing a gap between well-off neighborhoods and those with higher rates of poverty.

Bay windows, curb cuts, community benefits, zoning, L&I inspectors. Lots of issues were tossed around. The session wasn’t soda-tax dramatic, but still…

Suburban Philadelphia communities are clashing with their districts over how their overcrowded schools should handle growing populations.

As local newspapers Philly suburbs continue to shrink, dozens of scrappy, new media startups have risen to fill the gaps in coverage. What that means for your community.

Belmont Charter wants to buy a building it already rents from the School District of Philadelphia. It would be an unprecedented move, if approved.

A recent investigation has revealed numerous cases of sexual abuse in Pennsylvania's Amish and Mennonite communities. Why has the abuse gone unchecked for so long?