Neighborhoods

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.

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.