Public Spaces

Pennsylvania’s parks need more investment for conservation and to address wear and tear on the 121 parks used by more than 42 million people last year.

After four years of planning and fundraising, the Add B. Anderson school is getting a green space and play equipment to bring nature into the city.

As artist Ursula Rucker says, “energy is real” in the presence of public art.

From FDR Park to Graffiti Pier, and the Floating Water Workshop to Cobbs Creek Golf Course, an update on big projects in the works.

Biden's new Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships aims to stop radicalization before it starts. But critics say it's a repackaging of failed strategies.

Two organizations shared a treasure chest of literary work from the shuttered Camden Free Public Library.

The ‘City Invincible’ mural was refurbished with the work of five local artists to become ’Camden Invincible.’

Some residents are suing the borough in Orphans Court, saying a plan to develop the park as apartments and business 40 violates state law.

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources plans more than 40 free, guided hikes at dozens of state parks on Jan. 1.

In Pennsylvania, the new markers getting approved are increasingly telling the stories of previously underrepresented people and groups.

Shoppers lined up outside South Jersey shops Friday, despite the recent spike in omicron cases.

Councilmember At-Large Allan Domb talks making "streeteries" permanent. And, DHS can collect Social Security payments to fund foster care - it's legal, but controversial.

Officials suspect a few things are behind the tree’s decline: its age, compaction around its roots where people walked around and had picnics, and climate change.

As part of the agreement with Pa. environmental regulators, Sunoco will be allowed to restart construction near Marsh Creek Lake State Park in Chester County.

The Philly Tree Plan aims to nearly eliminate the difference in temperature between the hottest Philadelphia neighborhoods and the citywide average.