Public Spaces

A group of Latino South Philadelphia residents launched the book-sharing project to give Spanish readers easy access to books in their language.

Medical experts agree that it’s wisest to keep group gatherings outside. Good news: Pennsylvania’s park programming and party permits are open.

Residential groups and local businesses are using their influence to limit one band’s outdoor music performances in Rittenhouse Park.

State officials hope to avoid parks getting “overrun” with crowds, as some did last year after reopening.

The Jan. 30 blaze sent smoke billowing across the skyline, and did extensive damage to a building housing the park’s arcade, offices, and two fast-food restaurants.

The Department of Environmental Protection is increasingly focusing on the roughly 1,800 miles of tidal marshes, estuaries and back bays of New Jersey’s coastal zone.

A study conducted using the Litterati app found 1,000 pieces of advertising litter on the ground. Pizza sellers were the main driver of stray menus documented by researchers.

Could having a Delawarean in the White House help create a long-hoped for rooftop park over I-95 through Wilmington? Some city lawmakers hope so.

The city is hiring lifeguards in anticipation of opening the neighborhood swim spots.

As the skies brighten and the air warms, MLK Drive welcomes cyclists, runners, and walkers back to a car-free place to move.

During the pandemic, options have gotten more scarce.

We’ve never been more ready to get outside.

Conrad Benner investigates a question that haunted his teenage years in Philadelphia and uncovers the history behind Billy Penn’s eyebrow-raising pose atop City Hall.

FDR Park is one of Philadelphia’s largest parks and has seen its popularity grow as the pandemic draws people to green spaces.

The projects will now go through an incubator — with the chance for another big monetary infusion.