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Keystone Crossroads

Keystone Crossroads Archive

Jeremy Viejegas casts his line into the Schuylkill River in Reading. (Jessica Kourkounis/for WHYY)
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Pennsylvanians find quiet fishing spots along city waterfronts

Here’s what some of them have to say about urban fishing. Keystone Cr ...

10 years ago

 The ParkRight app shows the availability of street and garage parking and can direct the driver to a nearby open spot using their phone's GPS.
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Ideas Worth Stealing: Real deal real-time parking information

London has an app that shows realtime availability of parking spots to driver. Could this make driving better in Pennsylvania cities?&nbs ...

10 years ago

 A couple walks through a bridge in Tokyo, Japan. Check out some of the wonders and potential dangers of bridges in the last section of this week's installment of ICYMI.  (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: This week’s good reads about Pennsylvania cities

 Happy Friday. This week’s ICYMI is brought to you (in part) by the letter “B.” As in budgets, bridges, bills and& ...

10 years ago

 Steve Reed, 65, served as mayor of Harrisburg for 28 years from 1982 to 2010. He faces nearly 500 counts of theft, bribery and other charges from an 18 month grand jury investigation into the finances of the distressed city. (Diana Robinson/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads

Are term limits good ideas for Pa. elected officials?

In Pennsylvania, a city or municipality must have a home rule charter or an optional plan form of government, in order to enact term limi ...

10 years ago

 Reporters flank former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed after his arrest on bribery, theft and corruption charges. (Diana Robinson/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads

Civil liability limited in Harrisburg debt crisis

County and city officials and some advisors are protected because they were released from liability as part of the city’s debt reor ...

10 years ago

 An artist space at Oberhafenquartier in Hamburg. (Marielle Segarra/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

How Hamburg turned an old warehouse district into an artists’ quarter

The sixth in a series of Keystone Crossroads posts from German cities. ...

10 years ago

 Downtown Harrisburg and the State Capitol.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Capitol recap: Lawmakers say one change could push languishing bill to prevent municipal crises akin to Harrisburg

 Legislation introduced in May 2013 still hasn’t made it to floor vote. Harrisburg’s near-bankruptcy inspired lawmake ...

10 years ago

 Public space installations and transit parks, Dortmund (WHYY/Marielle Segarra)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: This week’s good reads about Pennsylvania cities

We are supposed to be in the lazy, hazy days of summer. Despite hot temperatures, Pennsylvania cities have been very busy with grand jury ...

10 years ago

File photo: In this photo made on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, a lane is blocked by construction equipment as work continues on the Birmingham Bridge that spans the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Keystone Crossroads

Ideas Worth Stealing: Investing pension funds in infrastructure projects

Some large pensions funds around the world are funding infrastructure projects and getting returns. Could this be an option in Pa.?  ...

10 years ago

 Reporters flank former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed after his arrest on bribery, theft and corruption charges. (Diana Robinson/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads

Harrisburg grand jury report goes beyond the former mayor

The state Attorney General’s office pledged more arrests when it released the report of the financial missteps of former mayor Stev ...

10 years ago

Listen
 Former Harrisburg Mayor Steve Reed (right) and attorney, Henry Hockeimer in front of a suburban courthouse after being arrested on corruption charges, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (Diana Robinson/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads

Former Harrisburg Mayor Steve Reed charged with theft, bribery

The charges involve the municipality as well as the city’s parking authority and public school districts. UPDATED: Fo ...

10 years ago

 Berlin turned its former airport Tempelhof, the site of the Berlin Airlift, into a park. The runway is a path for walking, biking, and roller skating. (Marielle Segarra/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Ideas Pa. cities might want to steal from German cities

The fifth in a series of Keystone Crossroads posts from German cities. I’m ...

10 years ago

 In this Aug. 29, 2014 photo, rows of servers are lined up at BlueBridge Networks in Cleveland. A new Pa. bill wants to attract more data centers like this to the state by providing a sales tax exemption on equipment to open or expand a data center. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Keystone Crossroads

State bill proposes exempting data centers from sales tax

Bills making their way through the Pennsylvania legislature would provide data centers with a sales tax exemption on purchased equipment. ...

10 years ago

 Steel Stacks, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, inspired by Landschaftspark in Germany (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: This week’s good reads about Pennsylvania cities

Happy Friday! Are you still recovering from celebrating the United States women’s FIFA 2015 World Cup Victory? We can help with som ...

10 years ago

 Artwork covering one window of a blighted building on Market Street in Harrisburg, Pa. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Capitol recap: What’s happening in Harrisburg beyond the budget that could affect Pa. cities?

State lawmakers have moved some blight and revitalization bills, although pensions and the Commonwealth’s next fiscal plan dominate dis ...

10 years ago

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