Taller Puertorriqueño celebrated Feria Del Barrio on September 7 th. This year marks the 41 st anniversary of the celebration ...

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Kids played basketball outside of the empty Childs Elementary School. A group of young boys shoot a basketball into an aging hoop at the end of a large asphalt school yard. Behind them is the shell of ...

New types of businesses have sprung up along the Mayfair business district over the last couple of decades. Change is relative. That seemed to be the message from longtime locals living and working ...

Text by Michala Butler, Elizabeth DeOrnellas, Kendra Franklin and Ella Lathan. Six Philadelphia public schools were shuttered in 2012, and then there were rumors there were going to be more. “Nobody ...

A man performing in The Contortionist category at a ballroom competition in north Philadelphia. The category spotlights contestants' flexibility. (PN/Corey Thompson) When someone says ballroom in the ...

From Churches to Delis, Prayers to Pierogis, Port Richmond is the Polish Community’s Home in the city of Philadelphia. For years the little neighborhood on the banks of the Delaware River have served ...

Mourners leave a synagogue in the early 1950s. It is not unusual to revisit an old neighborhood. Sometimes a sense of nostalgia drags people back to the places where it all began, and according to ...

Coming from Puerto Rico, Centro’s Executive Director, Maribel Lozada Arzuaga, came to Philadelphia when she was 18 years old. She first joined Centro as a dance instructor of traditional Puerto Rican ...

The Polish American String Band plays in Campbell Square. Preserving a culture can be a challenge in a nation that was built on a melting pot philosophy. Throughout the country’s history, families ...

Freddy Mahugu as he runs the Boston Marathon. Photo courtesy of @nattyphoto on Instagram. Freddy Mahugu is the founder of the Wynnefield Track Club, a running group that meets every day of the week to ...

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics states that as of 2023, households in the Philadelphia metropolitan area spend an average of $86,509 a year on housing, food, transportation, and other goods and ...