These new, historically appropriate gates control access to City Hall’s courtyard.

Activists take to Yelp to trash Le Bok Fin, a pop-up bar on the roof of a shuttered city school.

He’s going to become the next leader of the building trades council. Here’s what it means.

The murder rate is rising in many large cities, threatening the prospects for big change to urban criminal justice systems.

There were zero outdoor cafés in 1995. Now there are 412 businesses with outdoor seating.

Huge chunk of Parkway open only to ticket-holders. Visitors in the “Francis Festival” zone to enter through 16 checkpoints.

The asterisk? The survey was done by headline-hunting Alan Butkovitz, one of Nutter’s biggest critics.

A new bill would keep secret the names of most police involved in shootings.

His real beef isn’t about hirings or transparency. It’s about influence for City Council.

The paper wrote that Philly is known as a “second-rate stopover between Washington and New York City.”

After 8 years of Council-Nutter antipathy, City Hall is ready to work again.

Did the district attorney’s spokesman violate the city’s political activity ban?

City Republicans are whiffing on a golden opportunity to attack the Democratic machine.

Darrell Clarke wants to bring some polish to Council’s communications. Can the city afford it?

City Council holds the funds, and Darrell Clarke is not happy with the district.