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How one special sliver of the city is redefining what smart neighborhood development can look like in Philadelphia … and far beyond.
Philly’s 2-Way Protected Bike Lanes Are Getting Closer to Center City
Here’s why the latest project — along 11th Street in South Philly — looks especially promising.
Atlantic City, Cape May Could Flood More Than 100 Days a Year by 2050, Says NOAA
Even Philly is looking at a minimum of 30 days a year of “high-tide flooding,” the government’s weather experts predict.
Penn Paid Joe Biden $775,000 to Expand Its “Global Outreach” … and Give Some Speeches
The former VP’s financial disclosures reveal that his annual salary was nearly double that of the average Penn prof — and he didn’t even have to teach.
Spruce and Pine Street Bike Lane Revamp: What to Know
What’s going to change? Will construction affect your commute? Answers to those questions, and more.
Bernie Sanders Doesn’t Want Hahnemann Hospital to Close
Members of his 2020 presidential campaign team will protest outside the facility on Thursday.
The Beautiful Weirdness of Philly, One House Picture at a Time
The Twitter bot Every Lot Philly is relentlessly documenting every piece of property in the city. The results are occasionally sublime.
Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope
A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.
You Can Help Give Away $1 Million of the Philadelphia Foundation’s Money
It’s philanthropy with a twist: The organization has selected 15 grant finalists, but you get to choose the winners.
New Snow Day Law Makes It Official: Pennsylvania Hates Happiness
Gov. Wolf has signed a bill that will allow schools to force students to work from home when the weather outside is frightful.
What Philadelphia Is Losing When It Loses Hahnemann Hospital
A devastated Hahnemann doctor calls the planned closure of the 171-year-old safety-net hospital the “consequence of valuing money over the health and safety of tens of thousands of the city’s people.”
Can South Philly Hold On to What’s Always Made It Unique?
It’s our most famous neighborhood, defined by its immigrants and its characters, by intermingling (sometimes clashing) cultures — and by near-constant change.
Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.
Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.
Racial Discrimination Is the Legacy South Philly Can’t Seem to Outgrow
The land of Rocky has yet to deal with its history as a notoriously segregated place.
A Brief Timeline of South Philly Through the Ages
From roaming buffalo and Dutch settlers through the first Odunde Festival and our restaurant boom.
Should We Be Afraid of the Mariner East Pipeline?
The ongoing battle over the project is taking place in the backyards of Chester and Delaware county residents, who live in fear of a catastrophe.
Experimental Filmmaker Tiona Nekkia McClodden Doesn’t Care If You Miss the Point
The 38-year-old Philadelphian is part of the Whitney Biennial Exhibition in New York City.
