Good news: On mammograms, Philadelphia beats the national average

There's still a striking disparity between neighborhoods across the city.

‘Where’s Harrowgate?’ A Philadelphia neighborhood tries to reclaim its name

Between Kensington and Port Richmond, a River Wards enclave is fighting an existential crisis.

Sharswood neighbors are planning a tour to highlight neighborhood connections to Dox Thrash

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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.

Since its $7.2 million overhaul last year, Logan Library has ditched the quiet rule and made itself a welcoming hub for neighborhood teens

Census data show poverty has worsened in neighborhoods like Fairhill, Eastwick and Holmesburg

As Philly navigates preserving its network of historic church buildings, one neighborhood had an idea: Turn it into a grocery store

Neighborhood guide: Where to shop in Philly on Small Business Saturday

Retail corridors are booming all over the city.

West Philly’s Mantua neighborhood was declared a “Promise Zone” back in 2014. Has it made any difference?

There’s a new effort to set up a BID in the Italian Market

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NYU put together a map that grades Philly neighborhoods on a bunch of different categories

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Using open data, the city’s new ‘litter index’ allows you to compete with other neighborhoods for a better trash score

No, street sweeping is still not part of the plan.

A deep dive into the connection between poverty and crime, especially in Philly’s Nicetown neighborhood

How an illegal practice banned 50 years ago shaped Philly neighborhoods of today

"A Dream Deferred" explores redlining and the hyperlocal history of housing discrimination.

After years of neighborhood drama, a historic South Street West property makes progress

Rumor had it that 2300 South St. might be turned into an Amazon pickup center. That rumor is false.

This Wash West resident thinks dog owners can help clean up Philthadelphia

They're already picking up poop. Why not litter too?

Neighborhood tensions got so high in Kensington that one resident found a dead raccoon on her doorstep

There’s a push by Graduate Hospital residents to rename the neighborhood

It could be "Marian Anderson Village" — or ~anything~ other than G-Ho

Neighbors are suing to shut down a pop-up beer garden in Chestnut Hill

How 43 Philly neighborhoods got their names

Welcome to Manayunk, aka the "place where we go to drink."