Neighborhoods

Jonathan Altshul most recently served as the town manager of Newington, Connecticut.

Community is the foundation for businesses in Mt. Airy, as seen at a popular coffee shop and co-op grocery store.

Philly is full of food and dessert joints – and Old City is no exception. We spoke with some of the neighborhood’s iconic spots.

The history of Fox Chase traces back to European settlers who arrived here decades before William Penn arrived.

Passyunk’s not easy for newcomers to say, but this Philly neighborhood is much easier to explore.

“Africatown is not a town for just Africans – it’s a diasporic community…it’s a cool community.’”

A view of the neighborhood reveals a uniquely Philly character steeped in civic and community anchors.

Just two blocks off the grand neoclassical sweep of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the scale of the city completely changes.

There’s much more to Society Hill than just the nation’s largest concentration of original 18th- and early 19th-century residential architecture.

The porches and sidewalks of Cobbs Creek function like living rooms, fostering a distinct “porch culture” that moves at a block-level pace.

The Dog Bowl is a favorite meet-up for neighbors with dogs and even for people without pets looking for the oxytocin hit that comes from petting and cooing over a pup.

This West Philly neighborhood is steeped in history that locals are eager to keep alive.

The Philadelphia region has a higher than average cat population compared to other metro areas. Many of those felines reside in West Philly’s Cedar Park.

With Latinos being the fastest-growing demographic in Philadelphia, the Fairhill neighborhood has become the center of the city’s Latino community.

The street festival with live music, vendors and food trucks begins after the commemoration of a new historical marker for the Kensington Riots of 1844.