How Toni Morrison inspired a Philly woman’s black bookstore on Instagram

Run out of a house in Germantown, Black Soul Vintage is a passion project.

Philadelphia historic landmark index: A guide to what’s worth your time

Just because Philly has great history doesn’t mean you should visit every site.

Germantown High reimagined as $30 million housing development — with lots of question marks

After two years, neighbors finally heard some details about the hulking vacant property.

Philadelphia’s new version of street sweeping is…dusty

Watch a demo of the backpack leaf blowers that will scatter debris — so drivers don't have to move their cars.

Why did a shuttered Germantown school sell for a fraction of its value?

Neighbors haven't heard a peep from the developer since he bought the building.

Fernhill Park is apparently littered with tires

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A vintage 1927 Packard Six was discovered sitting in an abandoned Germantown factory

Germantown neighbors give up on city street cleaning and buy a trash truck

Two Northwest Philly nonprofits joined forces to start a litter pickup program.

Broke in Philly

This Germantown army veteran spends his days picking up litter around the neighborhood

Carmela Apolonio Hernandez and her four children moved into a Germantown church for sanctuary from immigration officials. This is the family’s second sanctuary — they lived in North Philly’s Church of the Advocate for an entire year

These Philly coffee shops do the opposite of gentrification

"We can create a lot of positive change."

Neighborhoods

On the radio in Germantown: A ‘twisted love letter’ to the neighborhood

The 8-episode season will cover the ongoing "struggle for equality" in the Northwest Philly community.

Germantown’s Maplewood Mall is getting a $3 million revamp

A teacher at the Mural Arts Kensington Storefront ventures to Germantown once a week to connect the two neighborhoods — and collect donations

The Germantown Boys and Girls Club drama just ended in a compromise: The club can’t demolish the old, historic building, but they can build a new one nearby

INBOX: DA Krasner’s office found SWAT officers were justified in fatal shooting of a Germantown man

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Councilwoman wants to put the brakes on shady daycares in Northwest Philly

And some people on Philly Twitter are mad about it.

Philly’s opioid crisis

How a Germantown reverend overcame Philly’s recovery house NIMBYism

The house hosts neighborhood giveaways and meetings, and also turns into a polling place.

Developer Emanuel Freeman let this Germantown property fall so far into disrepair that L&I shut it down — leaving residents with nowhere to go

The PPD officer shot in the face serving a warrant in Germantown is expected to survive

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