Sixers arenaFashion District owner is ‘cautiously optimistic’ on future of its Center City mall The Macerich CEO broke his silence on the state of Market East's perennially troubled mall. Jake Blumgart OpinionWalling off Market East’s public spaces will stymie its comebackInga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer The 76ers select an architect for their new arena in South PhiladelphiaJake Blumgart Financial crisis envelops VietLead, the Philly advocate for Southeast Asian Americans. Most staff will be laid off.Jeff Gammage Grievances, hundreds of dollars, and accessibility: Two Philadelphia nonprofits navigate City Hall for a Spanish-language translatorFallon Roth AdvertisementPhilly begins the process of repealing the downtown Sixers arena legislation | City Council roundupAlso this week, City Councilmember Rue Landau introduced another piece of legislation condemning President Donald Trump's administration.Anna Orso, Fallon Roth, and Jake Blumgart OpinionBeware the public officials who hate on the hatersWhether calling them naysayers, doubters, or “expert articulators of problems,” Mayor Parker likes to deflect often legitimate concern and criticism.Helen Ubiñas | Columnist Josh Shapiro is going to the Super Bowl on a Harrisburg nonprofit’s dimeThe trip is being paid for by the Team PA Foundation, a Harrisburg-based nonprofit which doesn't disclose its donors and paid more than $12,000 for Shapiro to attend sporting events in 2023.Fallon Roth OpinionThe public has a right to know how the Sixers arena debacle happened. Why won’t city officials tell us?The city and SEPTA have defied a 2023 order in support of my public records request into the arena negotiations. Their efforts to block the release of the files beg the question: What are they hiding?Faye Anderson, For The Inquirer ‘A little bit barren’ but ‘not dead’: How Philadelphians really view the Fashion District The mall in Market East isn’t King of Prussia, said several local shoppers, but it’s a good-enough place to shop, eat, take a walk, or meet friends.Erin McCarthy After the Sixers arena debacle, Philly City Council is back and ready to work on anything elseFrom taxes to Trump, here are five things we’re watching for as Council returns Thursday for the first meeting of its spring session.Anna Orso and Fallon Roth Market East and the Fashion District face an unclear future in the aftermath of the Sixers arena planAlmost a million square feet of retail space on East Market was tied to the Sixers’ arena plan. What happens next?Jake Blumgart and Ryan W. Briggs A weary Chinatown faces the future as Sixers arena plan fails: Every few years a new fight for survivalChinatown routinely confronts the prospect of huge, imposing developments — a prison, a casino, a Phillies baseball stadium — that demands the neighborhood expend time, money and energy.Jeff Gammage and Beatrice Forman Here’s how much the plan to build a Center City arena actually cost the cityThe new arena was promised "at no cost to city taxpayers." Here's what it cost.Max Marin, Ryan W. Briggs, Jasen Lo, and Charmaine Runes OpinionMarket East doesn’t need the Sixers arena to make a comebackWith the right kind of planning, the east side of Center City could turn itself into a modern, mixed-use neighborhood.Inga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer OpinionA Sixers move to Camden lurked until the new South Philly arena deal was struck, as more details emerge The Sixers’ 2031 deadline also mattered, as did TV money the Sixers will indirectly receive from Comcast Spectacor.Marcus Hayes | Columnist OpinionSixers, make amends for two years of arena turmoil. Revitalize Market East.The Sixers can make amends for the two years of arena-centered turmoil in the city by prioritizing the revitalization of Market East.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist As Center City arena dies, Sixers, Comcast, and City Hall say they will still revive Market EastHow much will Comcast actually commit to beleaguered East Market Street?Jake Blumgart How NBA commissioner Adam Silver put an end to a billionaires’ feud and helped keep the Sixers in South Philly Negotiations over a potential collaboration between the ownership of the 76ers and the Flyers accelerated during the holidays after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver helped thaw relations.Sean Collins Walsh and Alex Coffey Mayor Cherelle Parker called the Sixers’ decision to stay in South Philly ‘a curveball.’ Some say she just whiffed.Parker defended her advocacy for the Sixers arena Monday, saying she called the initial proposal historic and that “there is nothing about that statement that is untrue right now.”Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh See more storiesAdvertisement
Fashion District owner is ‘cautiously optimistic’ on future of its Center City mall The Macerich CEO broke his silence on the state of Market East's perennially troubled mall. Jake Blumgart
Fashion District owner is ‘cautiously optimistic’ on future of its Center City mall The Macerich CEO broke his silence on the state of Market East's perennially troubled mall. Jake Blumgart
OpinionWalling off Market East’s public spaces will stymie its comebackInga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer
OpinionWalling off Market East’s public spaces will stymie its comebackInga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer
Financial crisis envelops VietLead, the Philly advocate for Southeast Asian Americans. Most staff will be laid off.Jeff Gammage
Financial crisis envelops VietLead, the Philly advocate for Southeast Asian Americans. Most staff will be laid off.Jeff Gammage
Grievances, hundreds of dollars, and accessibility: Two Philadelphia nonprofits navigate City Hall for a Spanish-language translatorFallon Roth
Grievances, hundreds of dollars, and accessibility: Two Philadelphia nonprofits navigate City Hall for a Spanish-language translatorFallon Roth
Philly begins the process of repealing the downtown Sixers arena legislation | City Council roundupAlso this week, City Councilmember Rue Landau introduced another piece of legislation condemning President Donald Trump's administration.Anna Orso, Fallon Roth, and Jake Blumgart
Philly begins the process of repealing the downtown Sixers arena legislation | City Council roundupAlso this week, City Councilmember Rue Landau introduced another piece of legislation condemning President Donald Trump's administration.Anna Orso, Fallon Roth, and Jake Blumgart
OpinionBeware the public officials who hate on the hatersWhether calling them naysayers, doubters, or “expert articulators of problems,” Mayor Parker likes to deflect often legitimate concern and criticism.Helen Ubiñas | Columnist
OpinionBeware the public officials who hate on the hatersWhether calling them naysayers, doubters, or “expert articulators of problems,” Mayor Parker likes to deflect often legitimate concern and criticism.Helen Ubiñas | Columnist
Josh Shapiro is going to the Super Bowl on a Harrisburg nonprofit’s dimeThe trip is being paid for by the Team PA Foundation, a Harrisburg-based nonprofit which doesn't disclose its donors and paid more than $12,000 for Shapiro to attend sporting events in 2023.Fallon Roth
Josh Shapiro is going to the Super Bowl on a Harrisburg nonprofit’s dimeThe trip is being paid for by the Team PA Foundation, a Harrisburg-based nonprofit which doesn't disclose its donors and paid more than $12,000 for Shapiro to attend sporting events in 2023.Fallon Roth
OpinionThe public has a right to know how the Sixers arena debacle happened. Why won’t city officials tell us?The city and SEPTA have defied a 2023 order in support of my public records request into the arena negotiations. Their efforts to block the release of the files beg the question: What are they hiding?Faye Anderson, For The Inquirer
OpinionThe public has a right to know how the Sixers arena debacle happened. Why won’t city officials tell us?The city and SEPTA have defied a 2023 order in support of my public records request into the arena negotiations. Their efforts to block the release of the files beg the question: What are they hiding?Faye Anderson, For The Inquirer
‘A little bit barren’ but ‘not dead’: How Philadelphians really view the Fashion District The mall in Market East isn’t King of Prussia, said several local shoppers, but it’s a good-enough place to shop, eat, take a walk, or meet friends.Erin McCarthy
‘A little bit barren’ but ‘not dead’: How Philadelphians really view the Fashion District The mall in Market East isn’t King of Prussia, said several local shoppers, but it’s a good-enough place to shop, eat, take a walk, or meet friends.Erin McCarthy
After the Sixers arena debacle, Philly City Council is back and ready to work on anything elseFrom taxes to Trump, here are five things we’re watching for as Council returns Thursday for the first meeting of its spring session.Anna Orso and Fallon Roth
After the Sixers arena debacle, Philly City Council is back and ready to work on anything elseFrom taxes to Trump, here are five things we’re watching for as Council returns Thursday for the first meeting of its spring session.Anna Orso and Fallon Roth
Market East and the Fashion District face an unclear future in the aftermath of the Sixers arena planAlmost a million square feet of retail space on East Market was tied to the Sixers’ arena plan. What happens next?Jake Blumgart and Ryan W. Briggs
Market East and the Fashion District face an unclear future in the aftermath of the Sixers arena planAlmost a million square feet of retail space on East Market was tied to the Sixers’ arena plan. What happens next?Jake Blumgart and Ryan W. Briggs
A weary Chinatown faces the future as Sixers arena plan fails: Every few years a new fight for survivalChinatown routinely confronts the prospect of huge, imposing developments — a prison, a casino, a Phillies baseball stadium — that demands the neighborhood expend time, money and energy.Jeff Gammage and Beatrice Forman
A weary Chinatown faces the future as Sixers arena plan fails: Every few years a new fight for survivalChinatown routinely confronts the prospect of huge, imposing developments — a prison, a casino, a Phillies baseball stadium — that demands the neighborhood expend time, money and energy.Jeff Gammage and Beatrice Forman
Here’s how much the plan to build a Center City arena actually cost the cityThe new arena was promised "at no cost to city taxpayers." Here's what it cost.Max Marin, Ryan W. Briggs, Jasen Lo, and Charmaine Runes
Here’s how much the plan to build a Center City arena actually cost the cityThe new arena was promised "at no cost to city taxpayers." Here's what it cost.Max Marin, Ryan W. Briggs, Jasen Lo, and Charmaine Runes
OpinionMarket East doesn’t need the Sixers arena to make a comebackWith the right kind of planning, the east side of Center City could turn itself into a modern, mixed-use neighborhood.Inga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer
OpinionMarket East doesn’t need the Sixers arena to make a comebackWith the right kind of planning, the east side of Center City could turn itself into a modern, mixed-use neighborhood.Inga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer
OpinionA Sixers move to Camden lurked until the new South Philly arena deal was struck, as more details emerge The Sixers’ 2031 deadline also mattered, as did TV money the Sixers will indirectly receive from Comcast Spectacor.Marcus Hayes | Columnist
OpinionA Sixers move to Camden lurked until the new South Philly arena deal was struck, as more details emerge The Sixers’ 2031 deadline also mattered, as did TV money the Sixers will indirectly receive from Comcast Spectacor.Marcus Hayes | Columnist
OpinionSixers, make amends for two years of arena turmoil. Revitalize Market East.The Sixers can make amends for the two years of arena-centered turmoil in the city by prioritizing the revitalization of Market East.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
OpinionSixers, make amends for two years of arena turmoil. Revitalize Market East.The Sixers can make amends for the two years of arena-centered turmoil in the city by prioritizing the revitalization of Market East.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
As Center City arena dies, Sixers, Comcast, and City Hall say they will still revive Market EastHow much will Comcast actually commit to beleaguered East Market Street?Jake Blumgart
As Center City arena dies, Sixers, Comcast, and City Hall say they will still revive Market EastHow much will Comcast actually commit to beleaguered East Market Street?Jake Blumgart
How NBA commissioner Adam Silver put an end to a billionaires’ feud and helped keep the Sixers in South Philly Negotiations over a potential collaboration between the ownership of the 76ers and the Flyers accelerated during the holidays after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver helped thaw relations.Sean Collins Walsh and Alex Coffey
How NBA commissioner Adam Silver put an end to a billionaires’ feud and helped keep the Sixers in South Philly Negotiations over a potential collaboration between the ownership of the 76ers and the Flyers accelerated during the holidays after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver helped thaw relations.Sean Collins Walsh and Alex Coffey
Mayor Cherelle Parker called the Sixers’ decision to stay in South Philly ‘a curveball.’ Some say she just whiffed.Parker defended her advocacy for the Sixers arena Monday, saying she called the initial proposal historic and that “there is nothing about that statement that is untrue right now.”Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh
Mayor Cherelle Parker called the Sixers’ decision to stay in South Philly ‘a curveball.’ Some say she just whiffed.Parker defended her advocacy for the Sixers arena Monday, saying she called the initial proposal historic and that “there is nothing about that statement that is untrue right now.”Anna Orso and Sean Collins Walsh