Rittenhouse Square

Open Streets: West Walnut is returning to the Rittenhouse Square area of Center City Philadelphia this spring after the success of the car-free program last year.

Open Streets are returning to the Rittenhouse Square area of Center City Philadelphia this spring after the success of the car-free program last year.

Montgomery County native Dillon Scott has grown up honing his viola playing at Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music. NBC10’s Keith Jones finds out about the institute’s musical mission over the past century and how Scott is looking to lift up his community.

Fishtown’s Paul Crossley took home the title as the best Jason Kelce during a weekend look-alike contest in Rittenhouse Square.

Center City District brought back its Open Streets event where people can enjoy the streets of Rittenhouse without car traffic. NBC10’s Leah Uko was there for the first winter installment of this program.

Miles Teller look-alikes took over Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square Sunday to compete for bragging rights and an Angelo’s cheesesteak. Which guy looks the most like the Pennsylvania native?

After much success, Open Streets: West Walnut returns on two Sundays, December 8th and 15th.

Just in time for the holiday season, a portion of Center City will be shut down again so people can “shop, stroll, and socialize” without worrying about vehicular traffic.

In a statement to NBC10, a spokesperson for Devon Seafood Grill shared that it will close the Rittenhouse Square location at the end of their lease.

Philadelphia just got a whole lot sweeter! Levain Bakery opened a new location in Rittenhouse Square, bringing its famous massive cookies. 

A beloved New York City-based bakery known for its iconic six-ounce cookies, signature pastries, and artisanal bread has finally arrived in Philadelphia.

People were able to walk, play and sit freely in the streets of Rittenhouse Square on Sunday for an Open Streets event. This Sunday marked just one of many through the month of September where certain streets in Center City Philadelphia will be free of cars and open to pedestrians to enjoy the last days of summer. NBC10’s Leah Uko...

The man suspected in Sunday’s stabbing of a park ranger at Rittenhouse Square Park — Thomas Riceman, 34 — has been charged with ethnic intimidation along with attempted murder, officials say.

The suspect in the stabbing of a park ranger in Rittenhouse Square Park over the weekend has been charged with a hate crime.

The Center City District has announced plans to transform one of Philadelphia’s most popular shopping and dining destinations by temporarily closing streets to vehicular traffic on September Sundays.

People are reacting to a crash that left a bicyclist killed while riding in the bike lane near Rittenhouse Square. Surveillance video shows the moments leading up to the deadly crash. A vigil will be held for the victim on Sunday morning at 18th and Spruce streets. NBC10’s Frances Wang reports.

NBC10’s Siobhan McGirl reports on the bike lane crash near Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square Wednesday night that killed Dr. Barbara Friedes, a chief resident who worked in pediatric oncology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

A pediatric doctor, who was recently named a chief resident at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, was killed while riding her bike in Center City on Wednesday night.

Parc, a Parisian inspired restaurant right on Rittenhouse Square, has endless ways to get a literal taste of Paris. Owner and famed restaurateur Stephen Starr talks about Parc’s creation and massive success for the latest installment of French Connections: Paris and Philly.

Parc, a Parisian inspired restaurant right on Rittenhouse Square, has endless ways to get a literal taste of Paris. NBC10’s Jacqueline London sat down with the owner and famed restaurateur to talk about Parc’s creation and massive success for the latest French Connection.