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Announcement

New ID requirements to attend virtual visits with an incarcerated person

Starting on Monday, December 8, 2025, you will need to verify your identity before you can use ViaPath tablet services to attend a virtual visit with an incarcerated person. For immediate help, call ViaPath customer care at (856) 516-0115.

To verify your identity, you need to:

  • Provide a state-issued ID (front and back)
  • Provide a selfie image

You can upload these documents and complete the verification using:

  • The GoVisits app
  • The GTL GettingOut app
  • GettingOut.com

If you do not complete the verification, the incarcerated person will receive a message that says, “Your visitor has not completed the verification process and must complete verification.”

Announced on: Philadelphia Department of Prisons
Announcement

The “Landlord 101” series is back starting this November — and virtual!

Join the City of Philadelphia’s Landlord Gateway for our Fall Landlord 101 Education Series! This year, all sessions will be held via Zoom.

Attendees will learn about zoning, licensing, housing incentives, property maintenance, and more—directly from City experts. Each session will include a short presentation from one of the Office of Homeless Services housing directors, offering an inside look at its programs and how they support housing stability across Philadelphia. Find the list of sessions and updates about the series in our blog post.

Register for a session

The “Landlord 101” series is free to attend, but you need to register in advance. Register today!

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Upcoming events

  • Dec
    16
    Event
    Holidays at Peddler's Village
    12:00 am to 1:00 am
    Peddler's Village, 100 Peddlers Village, Lahaska, PA 18931, USA
    Event

    Holidays at Peddler's Village

    December 16, 2025
    12:00 am to 1:00 am, 1 hour
    Peddler's Village, 100 Peddlers Village, Lahaska, PA 18931, USA
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  • Dec
    16
    Event
    Wanamaker Light Show & Dickens Village
    All Day
    The Wanamaker Building, 100 E Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
    Event

    Wanamaker Light Show & Dickens Village

    December 16, 2025
    All Day
    The Wanamaker Building, 100 E Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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    For generations of Philadelphians, it’s just not the holidays without a trip to the Wanamaker Building (the site of America’s very first department store) and, most recently, Macy’s Center City flagship.


    And despite the recent closure of Macy’s, the show must go on.

    For over 50 years, dancing snowflakes, snowmen and reindeer — brought to life by hundreds of thousands of twinkling lights and a festive soundtrack backed by the world-famous Wanamaker Organ — have brightened the days of holiday revelers during the Wanamaker Light Show (formerly the Macy’s Light Show).

    Upstairs, Dickens Village — a 6,000-square-foot animatronic retelling of A Christmas Carol — has sparked major levels of holiday-induced nostalgia and warmed even the Scroogiest of hearts.

    The beloved family traditions return to their longtime home — with some sparkly new additions — from Black Friday, November 28, 2025 to Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025.


    https://www.visitphilly.com/things-to-do/events/wanamaker-light-show/

  • Dec
    16
    Event
    Kensington Service Connections/Site Clean-ups
    All Day
    Multiple Kensington locations
    Event

    Kensington Service Connections/Site Clean-ups

    December 16, 2025
    All Day
    Multiple Kensington locations
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    Service Connection/Site Clean-ups will occur today at these Kensington locations:

    • 3611 Aramingo Avenue (form Rite Aid)
    • Reach Street and Allegheny Avenue
    • 800 E. Allegheny Avenue (multiple locations on block)
    • 1800 E. Orleans Street (both sides)
    • 1800 - 1813 Hart Lane (both sides)
    • 2800 Kensington Avenue (multiple locations on block)
    • 1800 E. Somerset Street (multiple locations on block)
    • 400 E. Somerset Street
    • 2000 E. Sterner Street
    • 2000 E. Silver Street
    • 1800 E. Harold Street
    • 1800 E. Clearfield Street

    About Service Connection/Site Clean-up Days 

    Office of Homeless Services Encampment Resolution Team (ERT) staff members join the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services’s (DBHIDS) Homeless Street Outreach Team (Outreach) and the City’s Sanitation Department to conduct *Service Connection/Site Clean-up Days. OHS’s ERT staff schedules and leads service connection clean-ups at various selected outdoor encampment locations in Philadelphia. 

    How it Works 

    The teams post signs in advance to alert people living in tents, RVs, makeshift shelters, or none at all, on sidewalks, under bridges, in parks, empty fields, lots, etc., of upcoming service days. Each service day, the teams visit the encampment sites to offer individuals services, such as rides to a City intake center where staff can help find shelter space, Stranded Traveler Assistance, behavioral health, drug or medical treatment, and other similar services. The Sanitation Department team further assists by cleaning up accumulated trash. 

    * Service days are not the same as formal, encampment resolutions, which, while social services-led, involve many more City of Philadelphia departments and nonprofit partners and follow specific protocols regarding personal property storage, notification, and other requirements. 

  • Dec
    16
    Event
    Winter at Dilworth Park
    9:00 am to 9:00 pm
    Dilworth Park, 1 S 15th St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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    Winter at Dilworth Park

    December 16, 2025
    9:00 am to 9:00 pm, 1 year
    Dilworth Park, 1 S 15th St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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    Dilworth Park’s popular winter attractions will be returning November 14 for the season! The Rothman Orthopaedics Ice Rink and Cabin will be back seven days per week, the Greenfield Lawn will be hosting the Wintergarden, and the Made in Philadelphia Holiday Market will round out the park’s seasonal transformation. Visit each attractions's page for more details.

    https://centercityphila.org/parks/dilworth-park/winter
  • Dec
    16
    Event
    Historical Commission Architectural Committee meeting
    9:00 am to 12:00 pm
    Online via Zoom
    Event

    Historical Commission Architectural Committee meeting

    December 16, 2025
    9:00 am to 12:00 pm, 3 hours
    Online via Zoom
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    The Architectural Committee will hold its December 16, 2025 meeting remotely using the Zoom Webinar platform. The public may participate in the meeting in three ways: live with a computer, tablet, or smartphone; live with a telephone; and in advance by email.

    The meeting agenda and application materials for the Architectural Committee meeting are available on the Historical Commission's Public Meetings page.

    To watch the meeting live on Zoom using your computer, tablet, or smartphone, click on the following link on December 16.
    Link: Architectural Committee meeting, December 16
    Passcode: 236074

    To listen to the meeting live on the telephone, call this number on December 16.
    Telephone Number: 267-831-0333
    Webinar ID: 832 6548 7900#
    Participant ID: #
    Passcode: 236074#

    To offer written comments prior to the meeting, send an email to preservation@phila.gov by noon on December 15.

    After the meeting, you can watch a recording of the meeting on the Recordings page of the Historical Commission’s website.

    For more information on the remote meeting, see the FAQs for Remote Meeting.
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