Overbrook Elementary students are set to be transferred to four neighboring schools, a move that district representatives say ...

Members of OnePA Renters United will testify in City Hall today in favor of the passage of the Safe and Healthy Homes, a legislative package introduced by Councilman Nicolas ...

The proposed closure of Overbrook Elementary School is creating uncertainty for students, teachers, and support staff who rely on the West Philadelphia school’s resources and autism support programs.

Kids played basketball outside of the empty Childs Elementary School. A group of young boys shoot a basketball into an aging hoop at the end of a large asphalt school yard. Behind them is the shell of ...

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A man surrounded by dogs in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. Taken by Katie Leis. Philadelphia is an extremely diverse city. It’s filled with many Philly natives, as well as many people who move here ...

memorabilia and fairy lights. There are also two bars on the opposite ends, lined with ruby red padding and old-school cash registers. It’s a small and colorful place with something always going on, ...

Brandon Pousley, is an award winning educator and CEO of Glitter, an organization geared towards affordable cleaning for neighborhoods in Philadelphia. He shared the significance of keeping Philly ...

From Churches to Delis, Prayers to Pierogis, Port Richmond is the Polish Community’s Home in the city of Philadelphia. For years the little neighborhood on the banks of the Delaware River have served ...

Glen Fern is the former property of wealthy and influential miller Thomas Livezey that dates back to 1747. In its day, the sprawling farmstead at the edge of the Wissahickon Creek featured one of the ...

Kensington as part of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s initiative to transform Kensington. Between the closure of several homeless shelters and the shuttering of one of the city’s largest food bank programs, ...