Neighborhoods

This Valentine’s Day, it’ll open as the newest addition to Philadelphia’s lately growing collection of independent bookstores.

A Philadelphia Water Department main ruptured Thursday on the South Philadelphia block recently shaken by an explosion caused by a crack in a 92-year-old gas main.

When Ryan Kellermeyer looks out on the junkyard spanning five blocks in Hunting Park, he doesn’t just see a pile of old cars and scrap metal.

John Longacre’s ill-fated 2015 beer garden attracted anti-gentrification protesters to the lot. Now Ori Feibush plans to build an apartment complex.

I see garbage every day in Elmwood where I live. There are things we can do to help.

After a lengthy court battle with a shadowy slumlord, the city is now the rightful owner of dozens of blighted Germantown housing developments.

Philadelphia residents want to know if they are safe after learning that a cracked gas main caused the explosion that killed two of their neighbors.

Chinatown residents oppose the plan to reopen the train station, which closed decades ago, because it will require paving over community green space.

Think of the holiday as “a day on, not a day off.”

Winchester Rec is now buzzing with activity after being closed for five years.

Former City Councilmember Frank DiCicco led Philadelphia’s last major effort to restore neighborhood street sweeping back in the 2000s.

Philadelphians have a number of neighborhood-specific suggestions how Mayor Kenney can make the streets cleaner.

24 hours after taking the oath for a second term, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney visited WHYY’s Radio Times for a spicy interview with Marty Moss-Coane.

With a new director, the multimillion-dollar initiative is revving up.

From injured Eagles to corrupt politicians, there’s plenty of reasons to look forward to a fresh start in the new year.