Neighborhoods

Cecil B. Moore Library has been struggling since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its community has rallied to get it the budget necessary for much-needed renovations through the Rebuild program.

Despite being right across the street from a high school and in the heart of a neighborhood filled with generations of families, the Amos Playground Pool has not been filled in three years. The city says it is not on the ‘rebuild list’, and there are no plans to fill the pool in the future.

The Mummers Parade has been a New Year’s Day staple in Philadelphia since 1901 and has five divisions: the Comics, the Wenches, the String Bands, the Fancies, and the Fancy Brigades.

After Being Underfunded Since the Start of the Program, Vaux May Have a Community Backing Them.

Freedom Thinkers Academy Story

The Ballroom scene, aka the Ballroom community, Ballroom culture, or Ballroom began as an African-American and Latino underground LGBTQ+ subculture. The ballroom scene has been around for over thirty years.

A section of one of the busiest highways on the East Coast is getting a new look along a stretch of roadway in Philadelphia. Construction of a new pedestrian park above Interstate I-95 near Penn’s Landing is underway.

Those seeking gender-affirming care in Philadelphia use a patchwork of options, as a primary method has yet to be established.