Helpful maps are posted along street corners across the city – watch for the "Walk! Philadelphia" signs to get around the different neighborhoods. Downtown Philadelphia, called Center City ...

Philadelphia has often been described as a city of neighborhoods, with more than 150 of them throughout the city. These communities’ history, landscape, and vibrancy—as well as their residents—are as ...

Center City and its surrounding neighborhoods are the beating heart of Philadelphia’s residential boom, which appears to have reached its peak. Last year, the area covered by the Center City ...

Students sit during a program at Heights Philadelphia filling out a survey on their computers. (Photo by Colette Kearney- 11/20/24) At their building in Center City students have programs after school ...

There were 3,811 new housing units built in 2024 in Greater Center City, according to the Center City District’s housing report, which cited Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections.

Broad Street Love is an organization that serves the impoverished people in Philadelphia. The organization is in an old church in Philadelphia and provides many services such as mailing, mending, food ...

Jefferson, which continues to expand across the region and into the Lehigh Valley, has about 2,000 employees at its headquarters in Center City Philadelphia ... and a 10-bed "neighborhood ...

which focuses on a section of Philadelphia the nonprofit refers to as “Greater Center City.” The area — home to nearly 190,000 residents across eight ZIP codes — covers a group of desirable ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The lights of Hollywood shined in Center City Sunday night as Philadelphia hosted its own celebration of the Oscars. The Philadelphia Film Society held its Oscars Watch ...

and the University of the Sciences teamed up to raze the Black Bottom — a working-class Black neighborhood that stretched from 32nd to 40th Streets along Lancaster and University Avenues — to build ...

Sign up for our Daily Email newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest local news throughout Philadelphia. Chinatown’s rich tradition of activism was on full ...