Neighborhoods
Philadelphia Parking Authority holding town hall to keep people out of trouble
The Philadelphia Parking Authority is offering some online education to help people avoid breaking parking rules and regulations.
3 years ago
Mutual aid: Philly’s 30 community fridges still need your donations
“In the beginning of the pandemic, it was a lot of people coming together,” said one organizer. “Now I feel like we’re back to pre-pandemic days.”
3 years ago
‘We have nothing’: In Coatesville, residents brace to battle insurers, hope for government aid
Now that the waters have receded, the real work begins for many Chester County residents hit by historic flooding: dealing with insurers.
3 years ago
Germantown rezoning highlights neighborhood tensions over parking, density
The rezoning would change the rules for building in a historic neighborhood experiencing a boom as demand for housing swells in the city.
3 years ago
2 dead after car hits home in Chester, Pa. and bursts into flames
Both the driver and the passenger of a car were killed. The driver was the father of three children.
3 years ago
Why Philly keeps a billion-dollar open-air drug market contained in Kensington
The containment of Kensington’s drug market demonstrates the systematic racism that plagues Philadelphia, Eduardo Esquivel writes.
3 years ago
They saw ESL classes as a key to the American dream. Here’s how they adapted through COVID
Adults learning English as a second language take classes in libraries, schools, and churches, but when the pandemic hit, all those places closed.
3 years ago
A North Philadelphia grower is planting an orchard on a vacant lot
The fledgling farm is growing quietly on a piece of city-owned land, part of a grassroots movement that seeks to turn vacant lots into green spaces.
3 years ago
Listen 4:04‘My mind’s made up’: Trusted vaccine messengers in Camden have their work cut out for them
An effort to get Camden barbers to act as trusted messengers for the COVID-19 vaccine shows how hard fighting misinformation really is.
3 years ago
Listen 4:51West Philadelphia residents continue to fight to keep the legacy of the Black Bottom alive. The latest push: for historical markers.
3 years ago
Listen 6:04North Philly playground remodeled, renamed to honor family killed in hit-and-run
Williams Reed Moore Memorial Park in North Philly has been remodeled in memory of the mother and three children who died in a 2014 crash.
3 years ago
Listen 1:33Paradigm Gallery is hoping to buy Queen Village home before someone else scoops it up
Support has been pouring in for the community mainstay, which has been in the neighborhood for a decade.
4 years ago
‘Like an asteroid struck’: Bella Vista residents survey damage after massive water main break
City officials say they’re still sorting through the damage and setting a recovery timeline after a water main busted Sunday morning near South Street.
4 years ago
Mapping Philly’s Latino communities: People and places to know along SEPTA’s 47 bus line
Visit the people and places that shape their neighborhoods and communities as told through PlanPhilly’s The 47: Historias along a bus route series.
4 years ago
Promised jobs, North Philly community backs Beury redevelopment on N. Broad
The community benefits agreement marks a first for Shift Capital.
4 years ago