The River Ward Cleanup Pulled Three Tons From the Bank. Here Is What It Found.
A volunteer morning along the lower embankment turned up the usual trash and one genuinely strange artifact.
In Defense of the Slow Corner
The four-way stop everyone complains about may be the last place in Fairmount where strangers still look each other in the eye.
The Mural Under the Overpass Has a New Panel, and a Quiet Rule
The community wall by the rail bridge keeps growing, governed by an unwritten code nobody remembers agreeing to.
The Bakery on Aspen Street Reopened, and the Line Started at Six
After eighteen months dark, the neighborhood's oldest bakery is back, with the same ovens and a slightly shorter list.
The Zoning Board Says No to a Fifth Floor. This Time.
A variance fight over a proposed apartment addition drew the largest hearing crowd the ward has seen in years.
A Field Guide to Fairmount’s Front-Step Gardens
In a neighborhood short on yards, the real horticulture happens in five-gallon buckets on the stoop.
How a Vacant Corner Store Became the Best Argument on the Block
The empty shop at Green and Twenty-Third has become a Rorschach test for what Fairmount wants to be next.
The 41 Bus Lost Its Evening Trips, and Nobody Announced It
A quiet schedule change stranded second-shift workers on Ridge Avenue for three weeks before anyone with a printout could say why.