KingsessingWest Philly affordable housing project could finally advance, almost 6 years after it was proposedA Cedar Park neighbor of a planned 104-unit affordable housing development lost a lawsuit that challenged the city's zoning change to facilitate the project. Abraham Gutman and Jake Blumgart Corporations bought 1 in 4 homes sold in Philly from 2017 to 2022, new report saysMichaelle Bond An 18-year-old was set to start his first job this week. He was shot and killed overnight in Strawberry Mansion.Ellie Rushing Juneteenth remains joyous at African American Museum’s block party in Center CityMax Marin What we know about the Fairmount Park shooting that killed 2 and wounded 9Nick Vadala AdvertisementA precinct-level breakdown of Larry Krasner’s victory — and how it stacks up to his 2021 winIncumbent Larry Krasner defeated challenger Pat Dugan by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. Joe Yerardi, Fallon Roth, and Sean Collins Walsh For an ‘unbelievable’ string of shootings, West Philly gang member ‘Pistol P’ is sentenced to 45 to 90 yearsAnthony Lacey-Woodson, 23, apologized and said he was filled with pain and a hope for revenge when he decided to shoot nine people over seven months in 2021.Ellie Rushing A former PHA resident hopes to house others like him. The developer just sold his first home in Kingsessing.Andre Johnson spent most of his life living in the Richard Allen public housing development in North Philadelphia. Now he's a developer and wants to help provide affordable housing.Michaelle Bond Many residents’ tax bills will more than double in West and Southwest Philly next year, and they want answersAn Inquirer analysis found that the census tracts hardest hit by the city's latest property assessments are mostly Black, while census tracts where values increased the least are majority white.Layla A. Jones and Lizzie Mulvey Low-income neighborhoods close to gentrified areas of West Philly see biggest spikes in property assessmentsPhiladelphia released new property assessments this week. An Inquirer analysis shows that a handful of low-income neighborhoods that are close to gentrified areas saw the biggest percentage increase.Sean Collins Walsh, Layla A. Jones, Lizzie Mulvey, and Chris A. Williams Philly brings back single-ride passes for Indego bike-share programThere is an additional fee for single passes for electric bikes.Hannah Nguyen Two brothers among those killed in West Philly mass shooting after a fight turned into a gun battle, police saidMore than 100 people were gathered in Carroll Park in West Philadelphia when a group of men got into a fight, and multiple people pulled guns.Ellie Rushing and Beatrice Forman The July 4 shooting that killed Maurice Quann may have been part of a gang feud he had nothing to do with, police sources sayMaurice Quann, a senior at John Bartram High School, was a social butterfly who loved to dance.Ellie Rushing and Max Marin The July 4th shooting was in Kenyatta Johnson’s district. Here’s what he says Philly should do to prevent the next one.Gun violence is on the decline in Philadelphia and Johnson credits ‘boots-on-the-ground’ work for reducing the bloodshed.Sean Collins Walsh The victims of the Kingsessing mass shooting, one of the deadliest in Philly history, struggle to move forwardThe July 3, 2023 shooting spree is forever seared into the minds of every victim, relative, and first responder at the scene. Here's how people are doing one year later.Ellie Rushing, Rodrigo Torrejón, and Ximena Conde West Philly gang member ‘Pistol P’ pleads guilty to shooting nine people, killing three, in 2021Anthony Lacey-Woodson is “a selfish and brutal killer” who "deserves to live in state prison," the prosecutor said.Ellie Rushing Here’s when the city plans to clean your neighborhood as part of Mayor Parker’s ‘clean and green’ initiative Lower Northeast Philadelphia neighborhoods like Frankford and Bridesburg and parts of Kensington will be the first.Sean Collins Walsh EPA targets $2M cleanup of Schuylkill riverfront property near Bartram’s GardenThe parcel is part of plans for what’s dubbed the Lower Schuylkill Biotech Campus, which would be fronted by the Bartram’s Mile trail.Frank Kummer Student loans kept her from buying a home. A pilot program in Philadelphia made it happen.Through the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency's Revitalizing Neighborhoods and Increasing Homeownership pilot program, first-time home buyers pay as little as $1,000 to purchase homes.Michaelle Bond PHA shares initial redevelopment plans for Bartram Village in Southwest Philadelphia The eventual redevelopment will total 600 housing units and potentially some commercial space for shops and eateries.Jake Blumgart See more storiesAdvertisement
West Philly affordable housing project could finally advance, almost 6 years after it was proposedA Cedar Park neighbor of a planned 104-unit affordable housing development lost a lawsuit that challenged the city's zoning change to facilitate the project. Abraham Gutman and Jake Blumgart
West Philly affordable housing project could finally advance, almost 6 years after it was proposedA Cedar Park neighbor of a planned 104-unit affordable housing development lost a lawsuit that challenged the city's zoning change to facilitate the project. Abraham Gutman and Jake Blumgart
An 18-year-old was set to start his first job this week. He was shot and killed overnight in Strawberry Mansion.Ellie Rushing
An 18-year-old was set to start his first job this week. He was shot and killed overnight in Strawberry Mansion.Ellie Rushing
A precinct-level breakdown of Larry Krasner’s victory — and how it stacks up to his 2021 winIncumbent Larry Krasner defeated challenger Pat Dugan by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. Joe Yerardi, Fallon Roth, and Sean Collins Walsh
A precinct-level breakdown of Larry Krasner’s victory — and how it stacks up to his 2021 winIncumbent Larry Krasner defeated challenger Pat Dugan by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. Joe Yerardi, Fallon Roth, and Sean Collins Walsh
For an ‘unbelievable’ string of shootings, West Philly gang member ‘Pistol P’ is sentenced to 45 to 90 yearsAnthony Lacey-Woodson, 23, apologized and said he was filled with pain and a hope for revenge when he decided to shoot nine people over seven months in 2021.Ellie Rushing
For an ‘unbelievable’ string of shootings, West Philly gang member ‘Pistol P’ is sentenced to 45 to 90 yearsAnthony Lacey-Woodson, 23, apologized and said he was filled with pain and a hope for revenge when he decided to shoot nine people over seven months in 2021.Ellie Rushing
A former PHA resident hopes to house others like him. The developer just sold his first home in Kingsessing.Andre Johnson spent most of his life living in the Richard Allen public housing development in North Philadelphia. Now he's a developer and wants to help provide affordable housing.Michaelle Bond
A former PHA resident hopes to house others like him. The developer just sold his first home in Kingsessing.Andre Johnson spent most of his life living in the Richard Allen public housing development in North Philadelphia. Now he's a developer and wants to help provide affordable housing.Michaelle Bond
Many residents’ tax bills will more than double in West and Southwest Philly next year, and they want answersAn Inquirer analysis found that the census tracts hardest hit by the city's latest property assessments are mostly Black, while census tracts where values increased the least are majority white.Layla A. Jones and Lizzie Mulvey
Many residents’ tax bills will more than double in West and Southwest Philly next year, and they want answersAn Inquirer analysis found that the census tracts hardest hit by the city's latest property assessments are mostly Black, while census tracts where values increased the least are majority white.Layla A. Jones and Lizzie Mulvey
Low-income neighborhoods close to gentrified areas of West Philly see biggest spikes in property assessmentsPhiladelphia released new property assessments this week. An Inquirer analysis shows that a handful of low-income neighborhoods that are close to gentrified areas saw the biggest percentage increase.Sean Collins Walsh, Layla A. Jones, Lizzie Mulvey, and Chris A. Williams
Low-income neighborhoods close to gentrified areas of West Philly see biggest spikes in property assessmentsPhiladelphia released new property assessments this week. An Inquirer analysis shows that a handful of low-income neighborhoods that are close to gentrified areas saw the biggest percentage increase.Sean Collins Walsh, Layla A. Jones, Lizzie Mulvey, and Chris A. Williams
Philly brings back single-ride passes for Indego bike-share programThere is an additional fee for single passes for electric bikes.Hannah Nguyen
Philly brings back single-ride passes for Indego bike-share programThere is an additional fee for single passes for electric bikes.Hannah Nguyen
Two brothers among those killed in West Philly mass shooting after a fight turned into a gun battle, police saidMore than 100 people were gathered in Carroll Park in West Philadelphia when a group of men got into a fight, and multiple people pulled guns.Ellie Rushing and Beatrice Forman
Two brothers among those killed in West Philly mass shooting after a fight turned into a gun battle, police saidMore than 100 people were gathered in Carroll Park in West Philadelphia when a group of men got into a fight, and multiple people pulled guns.Ellie Rushing and Beatrice Forman
The July 4 shooting that killed Maurice Quann may have been part of a gang feud he had nothing to do with, police sources sayMaurice Quann, a senior at John Bartram High School, was a social butterfly who loved to dance.Ellie Rushing and Max Marin
The July 4 shooting that killed Maurice Quann may have been part of a gang feud he had nothing to do with, police sources sayMaurice Quann, a senior at John Bartram High School, was a social butterfly who loved to dance.Ellie Rushing and Max Marin
The July 4th shooting was in Kenyatta Johnson’s district. Here’s what he says Philly should do to prevent the next one.Gun violence is on the decline in Philadelphia and Johnson credits ‘boots-on-the-ground’ work for reducing the bloodshed.Sean Collins Walsh
The July 4th shooting was in Kenyatta Johnson’s district. Here’s what he says Philly should do to prevent the next one.Gun violence is on the decline in Philadelphia and Johnson credits ‘boots-on-the-ground’ work for reducing the bloodshed.Sean Collins Walsh
The victims of the Kingsessing mass shooting, one of the deadliest in Philly history, struggle to move forwardThe July 3, 2023 shooting spree is forever seared into the minds of every victim, relative, and first responder at the scene. Here's how people are doing one year later.Ellie Rushing, Rodrigo Torrejón, and Ximena Conde
The victims of the Kingsessing mass shooting, one of the deadliest in Philly history, struggle to move forwardThe July 3, 2023 shooting spree is forever seared into the minds of every victim, relative, and first responder at the scene. Here's how people are doing one year later.Ellie Rushing, Rodrigo Torrejón, and Ximena Conde
West Philly gang member ‘Pistol P’ pleads guilty to shooting nine people, killing three, in 2021Anthony Lacey-Woodson is “a selfish and brutal killer” who "deserves to live in state prison," the prosecutor said.Ellie Rushing
West Philly gang member ‘Pistol P’ pleads guilty to shooting nine people, killing three, in 2021Anthony Lacey-Woodson is “a selfish and brutal killer” who "deserves to live in state prison," the prosecutor said.Ellie Rushing
Here’s when the city plans to clean your neighborhood as part of Mayor Parker’s ‘clean and green’ initiative Lower Northeast Philadelphia neighborhoods like Frankford and Bridesburg and parts of Kensington will be the first.Sean Collins Walsh
Here’s when the city plans to clean your neighborhood as part of Mayor Parker’s ‘clean and green’ initiative Lower Northeast Philadelphia neighborhoods like Frankford and Bridesburg and parts of Kensington will be the first.Sean Collins Walsh
EPA targets $2M cleanup of Schuylkill riverfront property near Bartram’s GardenThe parcel is part of plans for what’s dubbed the Lower Schuylkill Biotech Campus, which would be fronted by the Bartram’s Mile trail.Frank Kummer
EPA targets $2M cleanup of Schuylkill riverfront property near Bartram’s GardenThe parcel is part of plans for what’s dubbed the Lower Schuylkill Biotech Campus, which would be fronted by the Bartram’s Mile trail.Frank Kummer
Student loans kept her from buying a home. A pilot program in Philadelphia made it happen.Through the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency's Revitalizing Neighborhoods and Increasing Homeownership pilot program, first-time home buyers pay as little as $1,000 to purchase homes.Michaelle Bond
Student loans kept her from buying a home. A pilot program in Philadelphia made it happen.Through the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency's Revitalizing Neighborhoods and Increasing Homeownership pilot program, first-time home buyers pay as little as $1,000 to purchase homes.Michaelle Bond
PHA shares initial redevelopment plans for Bartram Village in Southwest Philadelphia The eventual redevelopment will total 600 housing units and potentially some commercial space for shops and eateries.Jake Blumgart
PHA shares initial redevelopment plans for Bartram Village in Southwest Philadelphia The eventual redevelopment will total 600 housing units and potentially some commercial space for shops and eateries.Jake Blumgart
