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Last Updated: Feb. 20, 2016 · 9:50 p.m.

This trolley will ride Baltimore and Lancaster avenues on Saturday to give passengers a tour of small businesses

In the 1920s there were plans to build a giant divinity school with a 20-building campus in West Philly

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A West Philly business owner was stunned to learn the man who shot him with an AK-47 received a minimum of 3.5 years in prison

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Eastern State Penitentiary from above

One tenth of a mile: What Philly looks like from above

Fairmount Park = broccoli.

The price structure for wings at this West Philly restaurant has broken the internet’s mind

Vandals smashed storefront windows at a string of West Philly businesses on Thursday night

For the next 6 months, Chestnut Street between 30th and Schuylkill Avenue will be down to two lanes, thanks to construction

State Sen. Tony Williams took LCB officials on a tour of West Philly Stop-n-Gos he says are still selling booze illegally

A Starbucks community store in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

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Starbucks is opening a ‘community store’ in West Philly

The local-focused cafe is part of the coffee giant's effort to be a positive force in American cities.

The same day Scott Wagner opened a Philly campaign office on South Street, Gov. Wolf opened one in West Philadelphia

Tweet from @WolfForPA

‘I was responsible. I’m going to man up for what happened.’ — Former Mayor Wilson Goode to protesters upset about the MOVE bombing

An Arab arts and culture nonprofit is turning a vacant West Philly lot into a public park for talks about diversity and inclusion

West Philly residents are upset over plans to name a street after former Mayor Goode because of his role in the MOVE bombing

Want to coach youth soccer? A league in Clark Park is looking for volunteers

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This torched van got a parking ticket because the PPA is ridiculous

A fire-ravaged van in West Philly still managed to rack up a violation.

Philly is about to be known for… squash? Developers are building a state-of-the-art, 40,000-square-foot squash facility near 32nd and Market

The third Trolley Car location at 40th and Baltimore hosted a soft opening for friends and family last week. It’s set to open to the public Sept. 27

American Airlines customers get an introduction to West Philly’s culinary and cultural diversity, thanks to this in-flight magazine story

UPenn and Fresh Grocer are tied up in a longstanding legal battle

51 new affordable housing units opened in West Parkside yesterday, financed by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority