Public Spaces

An employee with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office shot and killed an armed man who tried to rob him at gunpoint, officials confirmed with NBC10.

Willingboro Lakes Park is the first Burlington County park to open in the township.

Where to peep gorgeous autumn leaves without a big trip.

A sound installation along 5th Street evokes the nighttime chorus of coquí frogs.

The Navy Yard installation by Group X is up till the day before Election Day.

If as many people with disabilities turned out to vote as those without, then the 2018 midterm election would’ve recorded a whopping 2.35 million more votes.

As we face the isolating forces of an online school year, is Philadelphia doing everything it can do to help families tap into our collective civic assets?

An exhibition of artwork by recent MFA graduates experiments with sound, video, performance, and sculpture to engage the public during a pandemic.

A touring exhibit is bringing the Afro pick to cities across the U.S. ahead of the November election, to continue conversations about racial injustice.

The South Philadelphia park located near Lincoln Financial Field is closed to cars on Sunday because of the ban on tailgating. Nature lovers aren’t mad about it.

NPR spoke with five experts on workplace design to hear what they think small offices as well as high-rises will look like in five years.

With its theaters closed for six months and counting, the avenue will ring out with music again as performers perch high up in a half-finished building.

At a time when more people are walking for exercise or fun, a series of stories tries to get more of Philly out on trails.

The new entrance to Fairmount Park’s Boxers' Trail honors boxers Matthew Saad Muhammad, Bennie Briscoe, and former champion Joe Frazier.

The incident has outraged Sgt. Robert Wilson III’s fellow officers and community members — even those who are distrustful of law enforcement.