Neighborhoods

Phil’s Appliances, which opened in the late 1960s, was recently boarded up, and people are thought to have been living inside.

For newcomers, Saturday’s podcast listening party was a history lesson. But for Swarthmore’s historically Black neighborhood, storytelling is a way of resisting erasure.

The Charles Santore branch has been transformed with paintings that celebrate sisterhood and fun.

对于费城的一些小企业主来说，公共安全问题已经以最糟糕的方式改变了商业走廊。

The new Center City spot is a venture by Glu Hospitality, with a chef who trained in Japan and previously had his own restaurants.

A developer walked away from the project after spending nearly a decade trying to breathe new life into the site.

The venture is an offshoot of catering company Chef’s Table. It serves breakfast sandwiches, BBQ, burritos, pizza, and more.

Puppets speak truth to power in this annual tradition organized by art-as-activism group Spiral Q.

The study comes as the Sixers push to build a new arena in Center City Philadelphia.

Over $4 million in federal grant money will flow to nonprofits and local governments to support environmental justice in the Philly region.

As Philly gears up for its mayoral election next month, WHYY’s Bridging Blocks team raised the question: Will this next election season have low voter turnout? If so, why?

The city selected KBK Enterprises to redevelop the historic property in 2016. But the building remains vacant and blighted.

The tribute runs October through February, with imagery, walking tours, interactive games, and discussion salons.

A timeline of everything that’s happened so far regarding 76 Place.

Opponents argue the city’s analysis will be biased towards building a downtown basketball arena for the Philadelphia 76ers.