Neighborhoods
Billionaire planning contemporary art museum in Fishtown warehouse
A series of Frankford Avenue warehouses are slated to become a permanent home for the West Collection, a 3,100-piece cache of contemporary art.
7 years ago
South Philly’s Theatre Exile finds bargain-basement home right where it started
The South Philadelphia theater company lost its home of 10 years. Now, it’s moving back to a bigger, better — albeit underground — stage.
7 years ago
Listen 3:18Buddhist monks cash out with ‘secret’ sale of historic South Philly church
A 150-year-old Queen Village church turned Buddhist temple is on a path toward residential reincarnation.
7 years ago
Taking on gentrification with a community land trust in Point Breeze
The WCRP is building five new houses that’ll be affordable for the foreseeable future.
7 years ago
Philly welcomes Year of the Pig with lions, fireworks
Philadelphia's Chinatown celebration welcoming the Year of the Pig featured the Lion Dance performed by the Philadelphia Suns and members of Cheung's Hung Gar Kung Fu Academy.
7 years ago
Come together: Super Bowl Sunday, the last stand of live TV
Despite today's rapidly fragmenting modern-day viewing audience, most people want to watch their sports live. The Super Bowl is the biggest event of the year.
7 years ago
Seeing what really matters at Christmas
In Philadelphia, there's a very special song that reminds us of what Christmas is really all about.
7 years ago
Fishtown developer proposes fence; gives neighbors the ‘middle finger’
A 95-unit apartment building is coming to a blighted Fishtown lot near the Berks elevated train stop.
7 years ago
BalletX builds dance on Philly’s Washington Avenue
Ballet X, a contemporary ballet company, has put down roots in Philadelphia's industrial Washington Avenue corridor.
7 years ago
It was the early ’70s when I sat with Grandma to watch “I Love Lucy.” We’d sit on the couch in her wood-paneled den, ...
7 years ago
U.S. court ruling opens door to more suits over contaminated water supplies
After two years of legal setbacks, a federal court ruled this week that two families from Bucks and Montgomery counties can proceed with ...
7 years ago
Wilmington’s woes are legion but mayor says ‘It’s Time’ to share the love
Wilmington has been through some tough years. Shootings have raged in the poorest neighborhoods, leading to national media coverage about ...
7 years ago
Listen 1:31Planning Commission votes down bill that would help Philly community groups pay for insurance
The city will not be paying your local community organization’s insurance bill anytime soon.
7 years ago
In Strawberry Mansion, anxiety over taxes, neighborhood changes haunts an annual tradition
This story originally appeared on ...
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