Accessible via 15th & Market Sts, City Hall Station and Walnut-Locust Station subway stations. The busiest part of Philadelphia is downtown or Center City, where the old and the modern come together.

Striking city workers are joining picket lines near Philadelphia City Hall, public libraries and other worksites as nearly 10 ...

The 76ers’ stunning reversal on their plans for a Center City basketball arena is another blow for East Market Street, one of downtown Philadelphia’s most beleaguered commercial corridors.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers won city council approval on Thursday for a $1.3 billion downtown arena despite vocal opposition from nearby Chinatown residents and other activists.

The Philadelphia city council voted on Dec. 19 to approve the downtown arena after more than two years of heated debate over the 76 Place proposal.

The city hall, in the downtown area and named in honor of Evanston’s longest-serving mayor, is the new home of the city’s municipal offices, at least for the next 15 years.

Plus, the downtown civic campus currently has 11 undeveloped acres it could build on next door to the current city hall. The city could also go out to buy a commercial parcel — it would need at ...

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The Philadelphia 76ers have decided not to build a $1.3 billion downtown arena, a surprising move that comes just weeks after the NBA franchise received approval for the controversial project from ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers won city council approval on Thursday for a $1.3 billion downtown arena despite vocal opposition from nearby Chinatown residents and other activists.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers won city council approval on Thursday for a $1.3 billion downtown arena despite vocal opposition from nearby Chinatown residents and other activists.