Philly can’t agree on whether Dickinson Narrows is a real neighborhood name. The results of our neighborhood poll are in.
Despite having the nickname “The City of Neighborhoods,” Philadelphia doesn’t officially define neighborhoods and their names. So we found names – as defined by residents, real estate developers, ...
A dozen South Philly gang members will be charged for shooting at least 26 people, DAO announces as part of major takedown
Members of the "Senders" and "Klapperz" have been linked to multiple shootings. One teen, Eli Simmons, has been charged with ...
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Philly’s newest eatery battles neighborhood tensions
In a story that highlights ongoing tensions in Philadelphia's gentrifying neighborhoods, a recently opened restaurant finds ...
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This Philly cemetery sits on a residential Roxborough street. It’s now poised for historic designation
The burial ground helps tell the story of Manayunk and Roxborough before and after they became part of the city.
Plane crash in Philadelphia neighborhood kills 7; several homes catch fire
Six Mexican citizens aboard a medical jet and one person on the ground were killed after the plane crashed in.
Philly’s Chinatown has a rich tradition of activism – the Sixers arena fight was just one of many to preserve the neighborhood
Like other American Chinatowns, Philadelphia’s formed during an era of virulent anti-Chinese racism. The neighborhood was established in the 1870s as a refuge for immigrants fleeing the American West, ...
Shooting in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood leaves man dead, another wounded, police say
A shooting in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood has left one man dead and another wounded on Sunday night, police ...