Neighborhoods
A year after shootout, North Philly neighborhood says it’s stronger, more resilient than ever
Residents near 15th and Erie hope for more even coverage of their community.
4 years ago
Fishtown fought to save St. Laurentius church’s twin spires for 6 years. The neighborhood just lost.
Citing imminent danger of collapse, the Philadelphia Historical Commission recommended the demolition of St. Laurentius church’s twin spires.
4 years ago
The coronavirus won’t stop these South Street business owners
Meet five local proprietors who aren’t willing to let the pandemic derail their dreams.
4 years ago
Sharswood residents and #OccupyPHA clash over protest encampment
Sharswood residents say the encampment of people experiencing homelessness is slowing down progress in the neighborhood.
4 years ago
West Philly neighbors gather for emergency meeting after 7-year-old’s fatal shooting
"Stop putting Band-Aids on something that needs surgery,” cried longtime anti-violence activist Colwin Williams.
4 years ago
Hip-hop’s roots trace back to a currently unnamed Philadelphia park near the home of Darryl McCray, the graffiti legend known as Cornbread.
4 years ago
Uncle Bobbie’s opened to build community. Now that community is helping it reopen
Marc Lamont Hill’s Germantown coffee shop and bookstore, which was designed to build community in the largely Black neighborhood, is set to reopen after multiple break-ins.
4 years ago
Listen 2:12Getting undercounted Philly neighborhoods to fill out the census relies on unconventional techniques
Northwest Philadelphia is traditionally undercounted in the census. Organizers took to the streets with a different approach to ask people to fill out the form.
4 years ago
The tear gassing of West Philly — a history told in police dispatches
A UPenn historian uses police records to write a new chronology of the violence that overtook West Philly’s 52nd Street on May 31, 2020.
4 years ago
Most people are filling out the census, just not those N.J. says most need to be counted
Low response rates in communities of color could mean the loss of federal funds.
4 years ago
Uncle Bobbie’s window smashed in apparent robbery at beloved Germantown cafe
The coffee shop and bookstore from author Marc Lamont Hill is focused on uplifting Philly’s Black community.
4 years ago
Trump plays on fears in play for the suburbs
Trump is trying to win over suburbanites by promising to protect their “beautiful" neighborhoods from the racial unrest that has gripped some U.S. cities this summer.
4 years ago
Philly sanitation workers blame filthy streets on ‘poor management’; apologize for rotting trash
Philadelphia sanitation workers say Mayor Jim Kenney’s management is to blame for the mounds of stinky trash proliferating across the city.
4 years ago
Only half of Philly has filled out the census. Help is heading to low-response neighborhoods
Philly neighborhoods with the lowest self-response rates can expect to see socially distant, pop-up census booths this summer.
4 years ago
Developers spar over competing visions for a changing Washington Avenue
Critics of Washington Avenue development say parking and curb cuts would harm efforts to make the corridor more walkable for decades to come.
4 years ago