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Announcement

eCLIPSE will be out of service starting Friday, January 16th

eCLIPSE will be out of service from Friday, January 16th, at 5:00 p.m. through Monday, January 19th, due to a scheduled system upgrade.

Accelerated permit applications filed between January 12 and January 16 may require up to seven (7) business days for review as a result of the system outage.

No interruption to service during normal business hours is anticipated.

L&I apologizes for any inconvenience.

Announced on: Plumbing Advisory Board, Board of License and Inspection Review, Board of Building Standards, Department of Licenses and Inspections
Announcement

OHS intake center MLK holiday hours and how to find emergency shelter

On Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, at 1 p.m.,  Roosevelt Darby Center will close early at 1 p.m. in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.

Appletree Family Center will remain open until 5 p.m., however, to help anyone who needs shelter placement or other homelessness-related services.

Until both sites reopen on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at 7 a.m., anyone needing shelter placement may visit an after-hours intake center.

If you see someone sleeping outside, please call the City’s 24/7/365 Homeless Street Outreach hotline: (215)232-1984.

Announced on: Office of Homeless Services

Upcoming events

  • Jan
    17
    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

    January 17, 2026
    12:00 am to 1:00 am, 1 hour
    Peddler's Village, 100 Peddlers Village, Lahaska, PA 18931, USA
    map
  • Dec
    22
    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 22, 2025
    All Day
    The Wanamaker Building, 100 E Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
    map

    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
    23
    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 23, 2025
    All Day
    The Wanamaker Building, 100 E Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
    map

    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
    24
    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 24, 2025
    All Day
    The Wanamaker Building, 100 E Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
    map

    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
    18
    Event
    Winter at Dilworth Park
    9:00 am to 9:00 pm
    Dilworth Park, 1 S 15th St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
    Event

    Winter at Dilworth Park

    December 18, 2025
    9:00 am to 9:00 pm, 1 year
    Dilworth Park, 1 S 15th St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
    map
    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
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