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Juneteenth festivities and celebrations are taking place across Philadelphia this weekend.

At Belmont Mansion in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, the Pennsylvania Juneteenth Initiative held its Honor the Ancestors Breakfast.

Opening of Cherry Street Pier signals post pandemic chapter WPVI Share: PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- As society approaches the one-year anniversary of the pandemic lockdowns, there's a beginning sense that not only spring is just around the corner, but people are longing for a return to normal. You know it's a good thing when the first Friday of the season arrives, and the Cherry Street Pier is open again with the sound of music and the smell of food in the air. "It makes me start hoping for summer. So we can get outside more. This is one of my favorite places," said Ray Hubbard of Center City.

'Laura Sims Skate House': 1st ice skating rink built in the US for an urban community continues its journey in West Philadelphia WPVI Share: This 36-year-old building shares a special journey that expands much further than ice skating. "When the rink originally opened, it was called the 'Cobbs Creek Skate House and Cobbs Creek Parkway,'" said Cassandra Campbell-Ukaha, who is the assistant recreation leader at Laura Simms Skate House. "Now it's named after Laura Sims, who fought hard to get this skating rink here. She wanted African-American children to be able to enjoy the sport of ice skatin...

By 10 a.m. Friday, groups were seen gathering on the streets of South Philadelphia. "New Year's isn't New Year's without the parade," said Cheryl Oriolo, who watched the makeshift parade-like protest from the sidewalk along Moyamensing Avenue. Moyamensing and Morris saw a sea of painted faces for the annual New Year's Day strut. "COVID changed stuff, we're gonna do it the right way. I don't have my mask on cause I'm talking, but I'm going to put it on when I'm done. We're going to go around and serenade the neighbors," said Tony DiCarlo of South Philadelphia. Though the Comics and the String ...