West Philadelphia : Featured Stories

Philly ranks high among the nation's largest cities in number of residents who ride their bicycle to work. More data is on the way, and the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is among those who believe more details will lead to faster growth.

We asked more than a dozen of the city's opinion leaders, game changers and gracious hosts that very question, and the consensus says that while we're often too hard on ourselves, we're good enough, we're smart enough, and people like us.

Old, new, improved and re-tooled, festivals focused on nature, science, kids, culture and films are on tap in the coming weeks, so pick your spots, starting this weekend, to experience and support Greater Philadelphia's best.

Face it Philly, we're not as healthy as we'd like to be. Center City native Clint Randall's job is to help make the connection between city planning and public health, putting our region at the forefront of a growing trend.

You'd be hard-pressed to find a more current and better sampling of the toe-tapping fruits of Philly's acoustic music community: Up the Chain, Hezekiah Jones and Joe D'Amico.

Enzybel will reside in Port Business Incubator as it establishes U.S. foothold for the natural compounds it commercializes for food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and textile industries.

A Penn grad and diplomat and host of Chinese officials helped restore all the artifacts to the much-anticipated exhibit, which has been controversially altered last week. A 4,000 year-old mummy is among the artifacts to be back on display.

College dropout turned DIY entrepreneur Sean Agnew of R5 Productions keeps independent music alive in Philadelphia. With a venue in the works, he'll only get louder.

A record number of applicants have produced a particularly impressive crop of Green Fund recipients, including a project that will install electric charging stations for car-sharing vehicles, announced today by the University of Pennsylvania

Hitting a major milestone as the UN Climate Change Conference heats up, the bike-sharing experts await OK from Voluntary Carbon Standard Program as investment piles up.

The Comcast Digital Connectors program celebrated its impact over the last year, including students from Project H.O.M.E. and the People's Emergency Center who are learning how to develop careers in technology and their communities.

You might not know what a canele is, but you should know it's much more than just a scrumptious French pastry to Gil Ortale, and it represents much of what the Philly food industry veteran holds dear.

The Breadboard non-profit program of NextFab Studio brought together artists Laureen Griffin, Marisha Simons and Peter Hanley for this cutting-edge exhibit, which opens Friday, at the Esther Klein Gallery.

Led by an inspiring effort at Mt. Airy, hundreds of volunteers will be at Philly's parks on Saturday for an ambitious cleanup.                                                    Find out where and how you and your friends can help.

Jay Baker, an alum and the former president of Kohl's department stores, and his wife Patty build off the existing Baker Retailing Center at Wharton to stimulate growth, innovation and education in the sector here and abroad.