Philadelphia's citywide cleaning program has completed more than 200,000 projects since it began last year, including removing trash from 50,000 blocks, repairing 12,500 potholes and clearing 32,500 vacant lots.

The city's next 13-week cleaning cycle began Monday in Northeast Philly and will next move to some of the River Wards, the Office of Clean and Green Initiatives said. In mid-December, crews will make their way through Northwest Philly. They'll be in West Philly in late December through early January, and then spend the rest of January in Center City, South Philly and portions of North Philly.

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The program brings together more than a dozen agencies to tackle quality-of-life issues, including the

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