Spring GardenClosing this school to expand Masterman would displace neighborhood children, supporters sayLaura W. Waring Elementary School in Spring Garden would close and its building would be modernized to house a new middle school for Masterman students beginning in 2034 under the district's proposal.Nate File House of the week: A two-bedroom condo in Spring Garden for $379,000Paul Jablow, For The Inquirer Closing this North Philly school would be ‘severing a lifeline’ for special-education students, supporters sayNate File Philly Music this week, with Subtronics, Jimmy Webb, Cat Power, Maná, Moe., and moreDan DeLuca OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityInga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer AdvertisementMavis Staples is playing Phoenixville, plus Florry, Ratboys, Sheer Mag, and more in Philly music this weekPlus, Boy George in Atlantic City, Ike Reilly on South Street, and the Everyone Orchestra in Ardmore Dan DeLuca Philly’s Greyhound station is one step closer to finding a permanent homeThe temporary Greyhound station on Filbert Street is set to reopen in May as the city continues to search for its permanent home.Thomas Fitzgerald Philly’s school closure plan targets middle schools. Here’s why the district is moving away from them.Of the 20 schools Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. has recommended closing, six are middle schools. But others will stay open, or even grow.Kristen A. Graham Union membership dipped in Pa. and N.J. amid Trump’s anti-labor push, data suggestsU.S. union membership rates held fairly steady. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that comparison to prior years is more difficult because the government shutdown affected their data.Ariana Perez-Castells ‘Courage is contagious.’ How Philadelphia churches and neighborhood groups are preparing to confront ICE. People say they need to be ready if the president tries to turn Philadelphia into Minneapolis ― or Los Angeles, Chicago, or Washington, D.C.Jeff Gammage What makes someone love their grocery store? Ask the Philadelphians who are already missing their Amazon Fresh.“I wasn’t happy about it closing for the simple fact that it was much cheaper to shop there,” said one customer.Erin McCarthy For Gopuff, Super Monday is the national holidayLimes and Italy's Ferrero chocolates were big winners from this year's NFL home fan spending.Joseph N. DiStefano A Main Line town leads the charge of new Philly-area restaurants for February Two local restaurants are setting up branches in Narberth. Other February newcomers include two French spots, the reboot of a South Jersey brewery, and a chic lounge in Center City.Michael Klein All Amazon Fresh stores, including six in the Philly area, are closingSome stores will be converted into Whole Foods Markets, the company said. Erin McCarthy Philly could close 20 schools, colocate 6, and modernize 159: Superintendent Watlington shares his facilities planThe 10-year blueprint comes with a $2.8 billion price tag, $1 billion of which would be covered by district capital funds. The rest would depend on philanthropy or state funds.Kristen A. Graham Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Sharp Pins, and Sudan Archives play music in Philly this weekPlus: Lettuce, a tribute to Jill Sobule, Rakim at City Winery, two rising stars in the jazz world at the Zellerbach, and more.Dan DeLuca Once a precocious theater kid from West Philly, Hollywood production designer Wynn Thomas has won an overdue Oscar at 72“My journey to storytelling began as a poor Black kid in one of the worst slums in Philadelphia," said the designer who has worked with the likes of Spike Lee, Robert DeNiro, and Ron Howard.Rosa Cartagena Philly roads will be closed for Highway Patrol Officer Andy Chan’s funeralRoad closures, parking restrictions, and detours are coming to Philadelphia on Monday and Tuesday for Highway Patrol Officer Andy Chan's funeral.Henry Savage Aaron Goldblatt, award-winning museum planner, exhibit designer, and sculptor, has died at 70He said in 2019 that “learning, laughter, and creating genuine connections between people, nature, and history … really inspire my design.”Gary Miles Philly’s Greyhound station gets city’s OK to be resurrectedA plan to refurbish and reuse the abandoned Greyhound terminal for intercity buses came together quickly.Thomas Fitzgerald See more storiesAdvertisement
Closing this school to expand Masterman would displace neighborhood children, supporters sayLaura W. Waring Elementary School in Spring Garden would close and its building would be modernized to house a new middle school for Masterman students beginning in 2034 under the district's proposal.Nate File
Closing this school to expand Masterman would displace neighborhood children, supporters sayLaura W. Waring Elementary School in Spring Garden would close and its building would be modernized to house a new middle school for Masterman students beginning in 2034 under the district's proposal.Nate File
Closing this North Philly school would be ‘severing a lifeline’ for special-education students, supporters sayNate File
Closing this North Philly school would be ‘severing a lifeline’ for special-education students, supporters sayNate File
OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityInga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityInga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
Mavis Staples is playing Phoenixville, plus Florry, Ratboys, Sheer Mag, and more in Philly music this weekPlus, Boy George in Atlantic City, Ike Reilly on South Street, and the Everyone Orchestra in Ardmore Dan DeLuca
Mavis Staples is playing Phoenixville, plus Florry, Ratboys, Sheer Mag, and more in Philly music this weekPlus, Boy George in Atlantic City, Ike Reilly on South Street, and the Everyone Orchestra in Ardmore Dan DeLuca
Philly’s Greyhound station is one step closer to finding a permanent homeThe temporary Greyhound station on Filbert Street is set to reopen in May as the city continues to search for its permanent home.Thomas Fitzgerald
Philly’s Greyhound station is one step closer to finding a permanent homeThe temporary Greyhound station on Filbert Street is set to reopen in May as the city continues to search for its permanent home.Thomas Fitzgerald
Philly’s school closure plan targets middle schools. Here’s why the district is moving away from them.Of the 20 schools Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. has recommended closing, six are middle schools. But others will stay open, or even grow.Kristen A. Graham
Philly’s school closure plan targets middle schools. Here’s why the district is moving away from them.Of the 20 schools Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. has recommended closing, six are middle schools. But others will stay open, or even grow.Kristen A. Graham
Union membership dipped in Pa. and N.J. amid Trump’s anti-labor push, data suggestsU.S. union membership rates held fairly steady. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that comparison to prior years is more difficult because the government shutdown affected their data.Ariana Perez-Castells
Union membership dipped in Pa. and N.J. amid Trump’s anti-labor push, data suggestsU.S. union membership rates held fairly steady. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that comparison to prior years is more difficult because the government shutdown affected their data.Ariana Perez-Castells
‘Courage is contagious.’ How Philadelphia churches and neighborhood groups are preparing to confront ICE. People say they need to be ready if the president tries to turn Philadelphia into Minneapolis ― or Los Angeles, Chicago, or Washington, D.C.Jeff Gammage
‘Courage is contagious.’ How Philadelphia churches and neighborhood groups are preparing to confront ICE. People say they need to be ready if the president tries to turn Philadelphia into Minneapolis ― or Los Angeles, Chicago, or Washington, D.C.Jeff Gammage
What makes someone love their grocery store? Ask the Philadelphians who are already missing their Amazon Fresh.“I wasn’t happy about it closing for the simple fact that it was much cheaper to shop there,” said one customer.Erin McCarthy
What makes someone love their grocery store? Ask the Philadelphians who are already missing their Amazon Fresh.“I wasn’t happy about it closing for the simple fact that it was much cheaper to shop there,” said one customer.Erin McCarthy
For Gopuff, Super Monday is the national holidayLimes and Italy's Ferrero chocolates were big winners from this year's NFL home fan spending.Joseph N. DiStefano
For Gopuff, Super Monday is the national holidayLimes and Italy's Ferrero chocolates were big winners from this year's NFL home fan spending.Joseph N. DiStefano
A Main Line town leads the charge of new Philly-area restaurants for February Two local restaurants are setting up branches in Narberth. Other February newcomers include two French spots, the reboot of a South Jersey brewery, and a chic lounge in Center City.Michael Klein
A Main Line town leads the charge of new Philly-area restaurants for February Two local restaurants are setting up branches in Narberth. Other February newcomers include two French spots, the reboot of a South Jersey brewery, and a chic lounge in Center City.Michael Klein
All Amazon Fresh stores, including six in the Philly area, are closingSome stores will be converted into Whole Foods Markets, the company said. Erin McCarthy
All Amazon Fresh stores, including six in the Philly area, are closingSome stores will be converted into Whole Foods Markets, the company said. Erin McCarthy
Philly could close 20 schools, colocate 6, and modernize 159: Superintendent Watlington shares his facilities planThe 10-year blueprint comes with a $2.8 billion price tag, $1 billion of which would be covered by district capital funds. The rest would depend on philanthropy or state funds.Kristen A. Graham
Philly could close 20 schools, colocate 6, and modernize 159: Superintendent Watlington shares his facilities planThe 10-year blueprint comes with a $2.8 billion price tag, $1 billion of which would be covered by district capital funds. The rest would depend on philanthropy or state funds.Kristen A. Graham
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Sharp Pins, and Sudan Archives play music in Philly this weekPlus: Lettuce, a tribute to Jill Sobule, Rakim at City Winery, two rising stars in the jazz world at the Zellerbach, and more.Dan DeLuca
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Sharp Pins, and Sudan Archives play music in Philly this weekPlus: Lettuce, a tribute to Jill Sobule, Rakim at City Winery, two rising stars in the jazz world at the Zellerbach, and more.Dan DeLuca
Once a precocious theater kid from West Philly, Hollywood production designer Wynn Thomas has won an overdue Oscar at 72“My journey to storytelling began as a poor Black kid in one of the worst slums in Philadelphia," said the designer who has worked with the likes of Spike Lee, Robert DeNiro, and Ron Howard.Rosa Cartagena
Once a precocious theater kid from West Philly, Hollywood production designer Wynn Thomas has won an overdue Oscar at 72“My journey to storytelling began as a poor Black kid in one of the worst slums in Philadelphia," said the designer who has worked with the likes of Spike Lee, Robert DeNiro, and Ron Howard.Rosa Cartagena
Philly roads will be closed for Highway Patrol Officer Andy Chan’s funeralRoad closures, parking restrictions, and detours are coming to Philadelphia on Monday and Tuesday for Highway Patrol Officer Andy Chan's funeral.Henry Savage
Philly roads will be closed for Highway Patrol Officer Andy Chan’s funeralRoad closures, parking restrictions, and detours are coming to Philadelphia on Monday and Tuesday for Highway Patrol Officer Andy Chan's funeral.Henry Savage
Aaron Goldblatt, award-winning museum planner, exhibit designer, and sculptor, has died at 70He said in 2019 that “learning, laughter, and creating genuine connections between people, nature, and history … really inspire my design.”Gary Miles
Aaron Goldblatt, award-winning museum planner, exhibit designer, and sculptor, has died at 70He said in 2019 that “learning, laughter, and creating genuine connections between people, nature, and history … really inspire my design.”Gary Miles
Philly’s Greyhound station gets city’s OK to be resurrectedA plan to refurbish and reuse the abandoned Greyhound terminal for intercity buses came together quickly.Thomas Fitzgerald
Philly’s Greyhound station gets city’s OK to be resurrectedA plan to refurbish and reuse the abandoned Greyhound terminal for intercity buses came together quickly.Thomas Fitzgerald
