Public Spaces

After drawing national headlines for the way Camden police have built trust with residents, recent incidents show residents standing up to officers.

"A Sunday Afternoon at Clark Park" will be built from sketches of different West Philadelphians spending time at the beloved neighborhood green.

There are no current plans to fill in the natural water well, but that isn’t stopping nearby residents from calling for action.

Philadelphia musicians discovered a narrow rowhouse block offers excellent acoustics for an outdoor chamber orchestra. They plan to pop up again.

The Art Commission’s vote marks the final regulatory hurdle for Mayor Kenney’s proposal to remove the Christopher Columbus statue from Marconi Plaza in South Philadelphia.

Not all Italian Americans want statues of Christopher Columbus to represent their familial history.

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has posted an “overcrowding alert" saying some parks have been turning people away and closing overflow parking.

When the river floods, the water deposits debris plus a lot of mud — and often, sewage — on its banks. Volunteers helped clear the post-Isaias mess.

The Mural Arts Institute will bring the organization’s Philly model of public engagement to three more cities, the second round to be selected.

Hip-hop’s roots trace back to a currently unnamed Philadelphia park near the home of Darryl McCray, the graffiti legend known as Cornbread.

The pandemic has made working out in public parks an appealing option for many Philadelphians. But are fitness studios playing by the rules?

A new study has found that parks in low-income and majority nonwhite communities are smaller and serve a larger number of people per park acre.

The vote marks the second-to-last procedural hurdle for Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposal to remove the Marconi Plaza icon.

Philadelphia Housing Authority mistakenly raided buildings being cleaned by a North Philadelphia community farm. This time, things ended with a positive resolution.

Cultural divides took center stage at the first public hearing on Mayor Jim Kenney’s plan to uproot Marconi Plaza’s Christopher Columbus statue.