Philly’s the city of neighborhoods, right? So consider this story your resource for news about and in Philly’s many neighborhoods. That could mean a development story from a specific neighborhood, or Billy Penn’s postcard series about neighborhoods you might not know much about. And now you can buy neighborhood swag — everything from hoodies to phone covers, magnets and more to rep your favorite spot in the city.
A collection of stories about Philly’s many and diverse neighborhoods
How Rebuild can catch Philly’s parks up to those of other major US cities
By the budgetary numbers, our city lags its peers; half a billion dollars should help.
Siddiq’s Water Ice brightens West Philly’s troubled 60th Street corridor
Community leaders came out to toast the launch of the flagship frozen treat shop.
From Happy Hollow to the NBA: Philly’s oldest rec center is a basketball hotbed
Several kids who played there have gone on to the big leagues.
Philly’s white-hot spring real estate market by the numbers: The best in 5 years
Point Breeze had the most sales, followed by Bella Vista and Queen Village and Fishtown.
Philly 2017 homicide map: Where, why and who
About halfway through the year, the rate is up 20 percent compared to 2016.
Philly neighborhood associations are on the front lines of the opioid epidemic
Community-based groups are taking it upon themselves to train residents to use Narcan.
Philly solar map: Neighborhoods with the most solar energy and how to add more
Less than a third of the city’s roofs can even handle solar.
5 ideas from City Council to fix Philly’s middle neighborhoods
Congressman Dwight Evans wants Philly to be “the laboratory” for showing how these areas can improve.
How $175,000 will bring Southeast Asian food vendors back to Mifflin Square
A Knight Foundation grant is another step in SEAMAAC’s effort to connect one of Philly’s most diverse neighborhoods.
Philly’s getting a ‘Water Ice Way’ thanks to this West Philly entrepreneur
Siddiq Moore is making good on a promise to revitalize the troubled 60th Street corridor.
Why Fishtown’s Swimmo is closed for the summer
The neighborhood public pool needs an overhaul
To have and to hoagie: The story of the most Fishtown wedding ever
They met at El Bar, had a Port Richmond Shops cake and took photos at Primo Hoagies.
This lavish North Philly prom send-off featured a live camel and a Lambo
Saudia Shuler went all out for her son with $25,000 worth of Dubai-themed sets.
David Oh’s stabbing and his ‘God-blessed neighborhood’ in Southwest Philly
Oh once told the Daily News he was ‘the only order’ on his street.
Kingsessing Rec: The massive one-time cricket club where world-class boxers train
We’re featuring rec centers across the city as part of a new series.