
Posts tagged with West Philadelphia


West Philly’s Memorial Garden is 19 years old — and deemed open for development

Anxious Clark Park vendors are hoping for city solutions, like single-day permits or relaxed requirements
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As graduation rates dip, educators at West Philadelphia High School are doing all they can to keep students engaged

Philly music legend Kenn Kweder celebrates 30 years charming the crowd at Smokey Joe’s

End of an era as Dock Street Brewing closes in West Philly after 15 years

Fearing an L&I crackdown, craft vendors are fleeing the Clark Park Farmers Market area

Philly spring trail preview: 8 new, improved, and upcoming trails to explore around the city

The Enterprise Center gets $1 million in new federal funding to help revitalize West Philly’s historic 52nd Street corridor

Solutions bubble up in Philadelphia neighborhoods most impacted by gun violence

Philly’s plan to treat gun violence as a public health crisis is getting an update with ideas from the community

Philly is expanding street sweeping in April, and you can ask officials about it this week

For sale in West Philly: A refurbished home that mines cryptocurrency for you

The women powering West Philly’s thriving Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurant scene

At Urban Navigation, Philly kids can learn music production and engineering — or how to disarm a gun

7 parks and public spaces that will transform Philadelphia

A hard look at the numbers behind 2021’s record gun violence in Philly, and an overview of what’s being done

McDonald’s are closing across Philly’s downtown, but the one in University City could make a return

‘Narcan Near Me’: Philadelphia to pilot Narcan vending machines to help stop fatal overdoses
