For 45 minutes, the children on the 1900 block of Thayer Street in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood are having a quintessential summer play day. The fire hydrant is open and gushing, and kids in ...

As climate change brings stronger summer storms to New York City, officials are turning to new infrastructure designed to keep streets from flooding. One of the city’s latest tools may look simple - ...

One longtime resident reported a drop in pressure to the water department on Monday. “We can’t take a bath, we can’t eat," she said. "Who’s going to make up for that?” The scene of a water main break ...

In their fathers’ footsteps, Robert Picagli and Matt Bleything picked up the tools to prepare a century-plus-old Dwight building to house new generations of renters. The two were among the painters on ...