Public Spaces

Users of city parks cite the lack of restrooms as a major source of frustration, along with the poor conditions and the limited hours of the facilities that do exist.

Adrian Fields doesn’t like to go out.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Kathryn Ott Lovell, Philadelphia's commissioner of parks and recreation about the city's Rebuild program.

Growing up, Wright-El said, he had experienced numerous instances of being profiled and harassed by police officers.

Owners of small coffeeshops gather to talk about building up businesses in black community rather than boycotting Starbucks and other chains.

Being a black, Muslim woman who wears a hijab, this isn’t the first time Nekia Pressley has faced discrimination

First up in a series about Philly's changing public spaces, Ashley Hahn heads to LOVE Park looking for love and finds plenty.

“It was an empty lot; concrete,” said Irene McKallop. “There wasn’t anything there. It was nothing, it was all cement.”

The fast-growing Lower Merion School District will enroll as many as 700 new students over the next decade.

Philadelphia's hotly anticipated, High Line-esque Rail Park will open to the public on June 14 with a new leader and freshly installed benches for summertime people watching.