Neighborhoods

The city made a few adjustments this year to how it handles the massive festival founded by Jay-Z. The changes are intended to resolve tensions in the area about its impact.

South Philadelphia has one of the nation’s highest rates of bike commuters. That fact alone can’t solve the neighborhood’s street design divide.

We asked a few members of the Nicetown-Tioga community to tell us about their experience of their neighborhood, and the event that shut it down it on Wednesday.

There were board games, beach chairs and a *lot* of different wheels.

For some African-American cultural institutions based on North Broad Street, programs like Philly Free Streets give them a chance to elevate their work.

We’re partnering with Thirsty Dice for the car-free party on North Broad.

Residents want the city to deal with the issue of human feces, which transmits the disease.

After a shooting at Baker Playground in Overbrook injured 7 people, the community organized a rally against gun violence exactly one week later.

Newt’s swim spot was a community hub.

The sound is like “a paper cut in your ear.”

Neighbors say that, even before the fire, the refinery’s foul smells and smog made the air impossible to breathe on hot summer days.

Two Philly leaders got some extra funding for cool public space ideas.

The future of the Germantown Special Services District is in doubt after commercial property owners voted to block its re-authorization.

Council President Darrell Clarke is moving forward with legislation aimed at limiting the development of apartment buildings in his North Philly district.

Philadelphia residents disagree on the best way to control the hundreds of thousands of cats freely roaming the city. The quandary involves