Neighborhoods
Billy Penn
What’s the deal with the shrieking steam leak in Grays Ferry?
Vicinity Energy is working on a repair.
4 years ago
Billy Penn
Broken heater shuts down Kingsessing Rec Center after a month of repair delays
Programming has been temporarily relocated. The community hub in Southwest Philly is on the Rebuild list for an HVAC overhaul.
4 years ago
Clay Studio nearing its $14.5 million move to Kensington
The ceramics center will vacate its Old City home of 41 years for a $14.5 million custom-designed building for artists and community members.
4 years ago
A basketball phenom and Fairmount’s ‘mayor’: Philly grieves children lost to fire
Basketball coach Andre Wright remembers Destiny McDonald and Quintien Tate-McDonald as team players with talents that will be missed in the community.
4 years ago
Eyes on the Street
If you don’t trust the air you breathe, keep reading
A new city advisory group needs the input of people who know what it's like to smell a tire fire outside or breathe in highway fumes day in and day out.
4 years ago
Billy Penn
Càphê Roasters highlights both Vietnamese and Philadelphia culture in Harrowgate
“We want people to spend time here,” said co-owner Thu Pham of the Kensington Avenue space. “We want them to talk to us and get to know our stories.”
4 years ago
Philadelphia wants you to recycle your (clean) Amazon boxes
The city of Philadelphia is urging people to get back into recycling and learn the tips and tricks to make the effort worthwhile.
4 years ago
How an activist family got a new park built in Logan Square
Logan Square activists succeeded in their efforts to build the newly opened $1 million Winter Street Greenway and Rob Stuart Memorial Dog Park. Here’s how they got it done.
4 years ago
Black clergy group promises to put pressure on for recreation center redevelopment
The Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity is not happy with the state of disrepair throughout the city's parks and recreational centers.
4 years ago
How Buy Nothing takes giving and receiving to a different, more neighborly level
Online Buy Nothing groups grow more popular by the day. Members say the gift-economy has brought them closer than ever before.
4 years ago
Listen 4:36
Planning for a $15 million rec center begins with board game in Fairhill
A board game is helping Philadelphia officials determine the future of a public works project in a community often left out of public decision-making.
4 years ago
Listen 3:52
What Germantown can learn from Lauryn Hill
David Rose moved to Germantown in 2016 to take care of the Black Writers Museum. As he prepares to leave Philly, he reflects on the lessons he learned.
4 years ago
The Black Doctors Consortium’s primary care clinic in North Philly is now open
The clinic will offer primary care and behavioral health in North Philadelphia, with an emphasis on preventative medicine.
4 years ago
‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to news that city is hyper-segregated
P.O.C, a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, hit the streets to talk with residents about the lack of desegregation in Philadelphia.
4 years ago
Listen 5.19
Philly Council advances bill to stop demolition of University City Townhomes
A contested bill designed to preserve an affordable rental housing complex in West Philadelphia moved one step closer to becoming law on Tuesday.
4 years ago