Center City

Grab your mittens and skates! Dilworth Park in Center City is officially open for the holiday season. Here’s what you need to know before you go.

Crews worked Wednesday night to hoist Philadelphia’s official holiday tree into place at City Hall. 

Philadelphia is “beginning to look a lot” more festive! The city’s holiday tree is in place at City Hall and is officially ready to be decorated.

One person was arrested after a man was shot in each leg at a busy Center City intersection on Friday, Oct. 4, according to Philadelphia police.

Police in Philadelphia are looking for a woman who, they say, stole $800 from a woman in a wheelchair near the intersection of 11th and Market streets on Sept. 13, 2024.

Philadelphia police are searching for multiple suspects wanted for vandalizing a building in Center City on separate occasions by different individuals.

Video shows multiple men wanted for vandalism in Center City that took place early Friday morning on Walnut Street. The same building was vandalized on a separate occasion as well by different suspects. Police are asking anyone with information to come forward.

More than a month after Gov. Phil Murphy announced New Jersey officials were speaking with the Philadelphia 76ers about potentially moving the team to Camden, a new letter to the Sixers highlights the possibility of up to $400 million in tax incentives should the move take place.

John Doyle, 80, is celebrating five decades of tending bar at McGillin’s Olde Ale House, the oldest bar in Philadelphia. NBC10’s Breanna Weick has the story.

On Thursday, a court overturned a ruling that dismissed a third-degree murder charge against Kenneth Frye, a bouncer who, allegedly, killed Eric Pope outside of Tabu Bar and Lounge on July 15, 2022.

Philadelphia police are working to put an end to a series of car break-ins that have occurred throughout Center City. NBC10’s Leah Uko has the details. 

Thieves and vandals have been leaving windows smashed and vehicle damaged throughout Center City in recent weeks and, officials are working to determine if the incidents are connected.

Many residents in the area on 22nd and Sansom Streets woke up to find their cars broken into and vandalized over the weekend. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle is at the scene.

Officials in New Jersey are hoping to convince the Sixers to move across the river to Camden for more than just practice. This comes as complex conversations are already happening to build an arena near Chinatown. Fans are sounding off about the possibilities. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors has the latest.

Police are seeking a woman who, officials said, attacked another woman on a Center City sidewalk, pulling her hair and demanding money, in an attempted robbery on June 4.

Members of the group, Jewish Voice for Peace, blocked traffic along Walnut Street in Center City as they called for an end to investment that, they claimed, could be used to fund the ongoing war in Gaza.

Protesters have gathered in front of the Development Corporation For Israel office on Walnut Street. They called for institutions and individuals to cease investment that could fund the war in Gaza.

The newly released State of Center City 2024 shows that workers, tourists and shoppers are returning to Center City Philadelphia at near pre-pandemic levels.

On Wednesday, officials with the Center City District have released an annual report on the state of Center City. Numbers are promising and seem to show as much as 85% of foot traffic has returned to the area following the pandemic.

Police in Philadelphia are seeking three people who are alleged to have taken a backpack that held $40,000 worth of jewelry from a man who was changing a tire on his car along South 9th St. last week.