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Franklin Square will undergo a major overhaul that includes adding new restrooms, playground equipment, LED lighting, and bike lanes. The projects will cost about $7.8 million and take about 18 months to complete, according to announcement from nonprofit Historic...

Two Philadelphia-area lawmakers walked out of a meeting with the University of Pennsylvania’s president on Tuesday after they say a university administrator referred to diversity as a “lightning rod.” City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier was among the elected officials...

Senior Penn administrators met with Pennsylvania lawmakers on Tuesday morning to discuss the University’s rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, with multiple elected officials expressing concern about recent changes — and one calling the meeting...

A group of state and local elected officials on Tuesday slammed the University of Pennsylvania for its response to President Donald Trump’s attacks on diversity initiatives in recent weeks, saying the state’s only Ivy League school is preemptively ceding ground to an...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Local officials have made it known to University of Pennsylvania leadership that they’re not happy with how the school scrubbed itself of anything related to diversity, equity or inclusion after an executive order from President Donald...

Hamilton Hall, the University of the Arts’ iconic building on South Broad Street, will go to Lindsey Scannapieco’s Philadelphia company Scout, which intends to preserve it for artist workspaces and the attached Furness building for subsidized apartments for artists....

The Lawrence E. Murphy Recreation Center will see significant upgrades thanks to a $600,000 state grant. The beloved recreation center at 300 Shunk St. in South Philly’s Whitman neighborhood will undergo repairs and upgrades while plans formulate for a $7.5 million...

Amid the flurry of orders President Trump signed on his first day in office was a memorandum: “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture.” It called for federal public buildings to respect “classical architectural heritage,” implicitly taking aim at a more recent...

Over 300 individuals gathered together in Center City on Wednesday to protest recent federal funding cuts to academic research. The rally, held outside the office of Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) in Center City, was organized by Labor for Higher Education in...

Dozens of protesters filled the atrium of the Life Sciences Building at Rutgers University-New Brunswick to show their opposition to President Donald Trump’s administration’s funding cuts and freezes targeting scientific research and higher education. The researchers...

The lead bidder for the iconic Hamilton Hall on South Broad Street said Monday that the arts would be a focus for the building, with plans for a gallery in the front lobby where local artists’ work would be displayed and the public could view it for free. “Our goal is...

The main hurdle artists face is accessing information for opportunities to work and exhibit work in Philadelphia, according to a survey conducted by City Councilmember Rue Landau. The online survey conducted last fall shows that the top three concerns among artists...

When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials showed up at Boricua Restaurant #2 in Port Richmond this week, staff refused their request to see the kitchen. All of their paperwork was in order and the agents didn't have a warrant, the owner of the Puerto Rican...

Pro-immigrant groups are calling for a general strike on Super Bowl Sunday in Philadelphia in order to show how important immigrants are to the regional economy. The groups gathered outside of City Hall Friday morning and were joined by Democratic elected officials...