Photographer Jeffrey Stockbridge captures the lives of Philadelphia’s opioid crisis in his new book, Kensington Blues. HC editor Michael Bixler has the review

The New Kensington Community Development Corporation brings Orinoka Mills out of dereliction with affordable housing and community empowerment. Hidden City co-editor Michael Bixler has this report from north of Lehigh Avenue

In this third installment in our series, Ethan Wallace examines the long term effects the Columbia Avenue riot has had on this weary section of North Philadelphia. Dubbed an “extinction event”, Wallace sifts through the ruins of the once vibrant neighborhood while considering the encroaching development of Temple University’s campus and the social unrest happening in Ferguson, Missouri

Nathaniel Popkin chews on two mayoral initiatives to tackle poverty and the economy announced yesterday. What exactly can the city do to grow the economy and create jobs?

Philadelphia’s air quality (amazingly about the national average) is about equal to that of Montreal and New Orleans, and is discernibly better than that of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and yes, St. Louis, according to a World Health Organization study released last week. (Of the MLB playoff cities, the air quality is best […]