Neighborhoods

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.

Food trucks would have to move under a bill requested by Drexel that would ban vendors from the block of Market Street between 33rd and 34th streets.

Callowhill neighbors want a developer to address a persistent neighborhood problem: no place to pee.

Philly is in the middle of a construction boom, and neighbors are stepping up to prevent accidents. Why does the city need their help?

The new modifications to the Central Delaware zoning overlay indicate the city’s been learning from its developers’ mistakes. Here’s what the bill changed and why it matters.

Three months after a police standoff left homes riddled with bullet holes in Philly, the city fixed them for free — an unprecedented move in a city wracked by gun violence.

The new community center at the Crane comes after years of fighting for recreational space in Chinatown.

After being rocked by the August police shootout, this Nicetown community is stronger than ever.

After learning the results of the Chemical Safety Board investigation into the June 21 fire, many blame the refinery for putting their lives in jeopardy.

Business owners in Fishtown and South Philadelphia could soon be paying an assessment for new services.

Things are so bad at the Church of the Advocate that the ceiling is literally falling down.

The Philadelphia Historical Commission is expected to rule on a historic district in Overbrook Farms, limiting development in the turn-of-the-century community.

Officials say New Jersey's flood zone buyout program has closed on its 700th property. 

U.S. Census director Steven Dillingham got an update on Delaware's progress reaching "hard-to-count" groups ahead of the 2020 Census.