Neighborhoods

Items eligible for pickup include refrigerators, large furniture, hot water heaters and even tires.

The four analyses are expected to help stakeholders weigh the value of building a privately funded basketball arena in Center City.

The photography in “The Group for Mutual Improvement” shows a group of misfit Kensington neighbors building unlikely bonds.

The city is still pushing for Graffiti Pier to join its public park network, but Conrail is considering “all viable options” after the pier’s partial collapse.

Potter Roberto Lugo installed the first of three totems to neighborhood creativity in the Mural Arts Philadelphia project.

Units at the Arlene Thorpe Townhomes are permanently affordable thanks to a public-private partnership led by the Women’s Community Revitalization Project.

Since launching in 2015, Jumpstart Germantown has issued more than $50 million in loans to help new developers renovate vacant single-family homes.

The Montco Anti-Hunger Network reported a 60% increase in food pantry visits in 2023.

Delco’s previous decision to assess the possibility of placing long-term structured residences at the county’s largest park garnered widespread criticism.

New academy graduates will be immediately dispatched to walk the beat in Philly’s “Kensington pocket.” The police commissioner says arrests will be made.

The neighborhood’s annual DIY festival didn’t disappoint, with dozens of performances dotting the neighborhood Saturday.

A real estate firm is proposing a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Univers ...

The cleanup started this week in the River Wards neighborhoods. North Philly is next, followed by West, Southwest and South Philly.

Changing the portrayal of Kensington, some residents say, starts with amplifying the positive work being done to uplift communities — "something we can all be proud of.”

The hearing centered on a bill that would prevent the city from entering into a lease on a Fairmount building that residents don’t want being used as a treatment facility.