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Keystone Crossroads

Keystone Crossroads Archive

People come from all over the city to enjoy Philadelphia's Spruce Harbor Park
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Popping up in a vacant lot near you: Community engagement and neighborhood revitalization

These low-cost, temporary opportunities for community engagement are gaining in popularity.  In some Pennsylvania cities, it ...

10 years ago

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Video: Parents from across Pa. weigh in on education funding

Parents express the same values and frustrations, even though their children are at schools of varied quality and opportunity. ...

10 years ago

What remains of the St. Nicholas coal breaker near Mahanoy City
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In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities

We released a podcast and other important news. It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here!&nb ...

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What remains of the St. Nicholas coal breaker near Mahanoy City
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In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities

We released a podcast and other important news. It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here!&nb ...

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What remains of the St. Nicholas coal breaker near Mahanoy City
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People play on the Ben Franklin Bridge during the Pope's visit to Philadelphia in September 2015. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

This weekend, Philly becomes latest Pa. city to launch an ‘Open Streets’ event

The city will close 10 miles of its major roads to car traffic from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Saturda ...

10 years ago

Mahanoy City
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Fixing Mahanoy City: Why this Pa. coal town won’t survive without shifting its tax base

State consultants have released their plan to stabilize Mahanoy City’s local government. Thirty distressed municipalities ha ...

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Can a revitalized Pittsburgh benefit everyone there?

A foundation in Pittsburgh will dedicate 60 to 70 percent of its grant making to address poverty and disparity in the region.  < ...

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The Dickson Tavern
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Preservationists praise state tax credit program, but hope for more

At the start of each fiscal year, the Department of Community and Economic Development has awarded applicants in the five regions of Penn ...

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Uber technicians wait in the shadow of the company's new Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh on Tuesday
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In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities

Driverless cars, partying in dumpsters and the 2016 election: the apocalypse is upon us.  What’s old is new again < ...

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Uber technicians wait in the shadow of the company's new Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh on Tuesday
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In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities

Driverless cars, partying in dumpsters and the 2016 election: the apocalypse is upon us.  What’s old is new again < ...

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Uber technicians wait in the shadow of the company's new Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh on Tuesday
Keystone Crossroads

In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities

Driverless cars, partying in dumpsters and the 2016 election: the apocalypse is upon us.  What’s old is new again < ...

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University of Pittsburgh play Penn State at Heinz Field during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Regionalization over rivalry: Why cities can’t function like football teams

Urban rivalries push cities to improve, but can inhibit collaboration. For many years, there was no Pennsylvania rivalry quite lik ...

10 years ago

Phoenix Academy is the School District of Lancaster's accelerated credit program for students at risk for aging or dropping out before earning a high school diploma. The school district is responsible for supporting English Language Learners enrolled at Phoenix
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Lancaster school district wants to limit refugee enrollment order

District was court-ordered to put students in a school program for English learners. Editor’s n ...

10 years ago

Philadelphia's chief administrative office is trying to make it easier for companies to do business with the city.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Philadelphia is trying to make its buying process faster and cheaper

The city buys $3 billion worth of goods and services every year.  Standing in a conference room in Philadelphia’s Munic ...

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