Over the last week, City Council has held a series of hearings on a bill aimed at boosting the city’s safety regulations in the wake of this year’s devestating building collapse. Much of the bill is devoted to improving the…

Intrepid City Paper reader Kim Alsbrooks submitted a detailed, homemade map of Fairmount Park. She notified us of her creation after reading our cover story, The Secret Life of Fairmount Park.  Alsbrooks said she lived in the city in the 1990s,…

Courtesy of Old City District The properties after improvements. The owner of some of Old City’s most inexplicably blighted properties, and the inspiration for our April cover story, “The Trouble with Old City“, has finally been forced by the Department…

Collingswood Mayor Jim Maley is on his second wedding of the night when I arrive at the Scottish Rite Temple auditorium. He might perform five weddings a year in the little Camden County, N.J., borough, but on this Friday night he’s doing…

Controversial Point Breeze developer Ori Feibush intends to install upwards of 100 security cameras on various properties along the neighborhood’s commercial corridor. It’s a safety precaution, Feibush said — but some neighbors, already critical of Feibush, are likely to see it…

Neal Santos Next week, City Council will begin public hearings on an ordinance that would charge a new agency with the Sisyphean task of managing Philadelphia’s 40,000 vacant properties.  Popularly known as a land bank, the agency would serve as…

Neal Santos Karen Sisco Neal Santos GOOD NEIGHBORS: Pastor Jonny Rashid says the church’s goal is to be a good presence in the neighborhood. A little over a year ago, a new church opened in a place that has gotten used…

Neal Santos The historic Uptown Theater, a long-abandoned cultural landmark on North Broad Street, briefly opened its doors today to unveil newly restored terracotta tile work on its striking Art Deco façade. The gorgeous, brightly colored tiles were crafted in…

Diamond Green, a $20 million, 92-unit private apartment complex at 1000 Diamond St., was constructed last summer as high-end student housing. But for the past four months, it’s been listed for sale for $31 million. And recently, speculation has emerged that…