How safe is safe enough? Environmental researcher Coryn Wolk explores the potential public health risks at a youth baseball field built on top of an industrial alloy production site surrounded by an oil refining complex

Why does Moyamensing Avenue run diagonal? What’s up with all of those funky intersections along Ridge Avenue? Contributor Tony Aiello tracks down traces of our street system from a time before the city’s grid

The city is full of youth athletic programs, but you’d be hard pressed to find one more diverse than the Kensington Soccer Club. The organization was created to provide instruction and outreach to children of the area’s growing immigrant population. Nic Esposito caught up with the club’s founders to discuss an observable shift in the neighborhood’s cultural dynamic through the lens of their sports program

The 1100 block of Rodman Street’s 14 year flag project has a strange prequel in the work of another Rodman, the son of John Wanamaker

Sam’s Christmas Land is as Philly as it gets. During the holidays this closed-for-the-season water ice stand transforms into an over the top Xmas shop and outdoor neighborhood hang out. Kim Massare warms up near the fire bucket at Port Richmond’s best kept holiday secret

Steeped in culture, community, and a sense of ownership, Kensington’s porch cages are anything but a neighborhood quirk. Michael Buozis brings us this latin-infused story of tradition and architectural modification

Jessie Fox spent more than a year photographing the neighborhood lately dubbed “Templetown.” Her photos, published for the first time here, document a rich vein of community life

With the 76ers facing elimination in tonight’s playoff game against the Boston Celtics, we decided to talk Philly basketball history and Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game with legendary statistician Harvey Pollack