Public Spaces

Philadelphia officials promise to install more fences and signs after demands from community leaders.

There’s no single blueprint for making these public spaces public again, no agreed-on best practices for sanitizing materials. Libraries learn as they go.

This week: NJ's plans to reopen, the tenure and resignation of PA House Speaker Mike Turzai, and the role of murals in social movements.

Some argue Christopher Columbus should not be revered due to his brutality against indigenous people in the Americas.

More than $1 million in state grants are on the way to Jersey Shore municipalities and counties to fund litter cleaning efforts, state officials said.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney used a legal loophole in the statue’s maintenance agreement.

“We know that the removal of this mural does not erase painful memories and are deeply apologetic for the amount of grief it has caused,” Mural Arts said.

As violence encroached, City Council pivoted to de-escalation, firefighting, and cleanups in neighborhoods scarred by recent events and deeper wounds.

Mayor Kenney’s choice to spend city money protecting a statue honoring an opponent of desegregation known for brutal policing disturbs some at City Hall.

From the Civil War to Beirut, a virtual tribute to those who've served.

Philly during Memorial Day weekend is usually a good time for street parties and people-watching. This year, try art watching instead.

N.J. beaches will be open just in time for Memorial Day weekend. But how could a socially-distanced Jersey Shore change the close culture beach-goers love?

Philly’s Mural Arts Program is finding ways to get artists work and to get them paid, despite concerns over looming budget cuts to arts funding and the city’s arts office.

Modular systems, flexible spaces and ‘human ingenuity’ on the rise as architects solve new social distancing puzzles.

Gov. John Carney had hoped to coordinate the opening of their bordering beaches with Maryland’s governor. But Ocean City’s mayor upended that strategy.