Public Spaces

The $48 million project, a decade in the making, will ultimately connect Center City with the Grays Ferry neighborhood in South Philadelphia.

The empty visitor center shaped like a flying saucer comes to life with nightly film projections about Philly immigrants.

The Welcome America celebration is Philadelphia’s 16-day festival from Juneteenth until Independence Day.

The annual Walk of Fame ceremony returned after a pause in 2024.

Queen Elizabeth II gifted the bell to the United States from Great Britain during her July 1976 visit.

SEPTA says drastic cuts to services are coming soon without new revenue. 50 bus routes and 5 regional rail lines eliminated, fare hikes of 20% and 9 PM curfews on some lines.

The five “ZOOtopiaries” drive home the connections between plants and animals.

The Philadelphia rec center for people with disabilities will reopen in 2028, according to the city.

Riders are all aboard for the station’s open feel and time-saving location. Plus, it “doesn’t smell like pee.”

We rounded up the coolest spots in Delaware, New Jersey, Philadelphia and the suburbs for food and drink, outdoor activities, attractions worth the cost and free things to do.

The city and school district offer hundreds of summer programs meant to keep Philly students out of trouble and entertained during the summer months.

For 260 consecutive weeks since the pandemic, a group of Lansdowne neighbors have gathered to bond over drinks in a suburban spin on Philadelphia stoop culture.

SEPTA scrapped plans for a $48 million park and ride garage near its regional rail station and instead approved a mixed-use development project lease.

The growing movement targeting Musk’s company comes amid a rise in vandalism of Tesla vehicles.

The “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” actor was given a hero’s welcome and the first key to the city issued by Mayor Cherelle Parker.