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A historic home in need of repair on Upland Way in Overbrook
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

A citywide survey is not enough. Philly needs a holistic approach to make historic preservation more equitable

A holistic approach is necessary for Philadelphia to create a more equitable historical preservation process, writes grassroots preservationist Dana Fedeli.

6 years ago

President Trump walks with Melania Trump and National Parks and National Parks superintendent Stephen Clark through the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Tuesday.
Politics & Policy

Trump, Biden will both mark 9/11 anniversary in Shanksville

It's not immediately clear whether their visits to the 9/11 memorial will overlap. But it probably will be the closest that the candidates have been to one another in months.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump talks to a crowd of supporters after arriving at Wilmington International Airport, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Trump faces pushback for urging people to vote twice as test

It’s a felony under North Carolina state law to vote twice.

6 years ago

Temple University campus
Community

Why did Temple reopen in person? Some wonder as COVID-19 outbreak forces changed plans

The university announced most classes will go online to limit the spread of the coronavirus on campus. The school has reported more than 200 active cases.

6 years ago

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Community

Delaware to allow beach bars to reopen for Labor Day weekend

Gov. John Carney had shut down bars in Delaware beach towns in early July after the state saw a spike in COVID-19 cases.

6 years ago

Customers eat in the outdoor dining area of the Rainbow Diner in Brick, N.J.
Community

Tape measures, tapas on tap as N.J. indoor dining draws near

Thousands of New Jersey eateries are scrambling to prepare for indoor dining after Gov. Phil Murphy gave the go-ahead for the Friday change.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘A desperate plea for help’: Philly councilmember asks Kenney to declare gun violence emergency

Right now, Philly is “choosing to be helpless” when it comes to gun violence, says Councilmember Jamie Gauthier, but it doesn’t have to be that way.

6 years ago

ormer City Councilman Justen Wright, Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Treasurer Velda Jones-Potter participate in a virtual mayoral debate
Politics & Policy

Wilmington mayor’s primary election foes share ‘people over property’ slogan

Mike Purzycki emerged from a field of seven Democratic candidates in 2016 to become mayor. His two challengers in 2020 say he hasn’t done enough for neighborhoods.

6 years ago

Listen 3:18
An artist's rendering of the main community entrance for the new T.M. Peirce Elementary at 2300 West Cambria Street in Philadelphia. (Blackney Hayes Architects)
PlanPhilly
Education

$30 million campus to replace asbestos-contaminated North Philadelphia school

The new building will replace a 111-year-old elementary school shuttered in 2019 after teachers and parents rang alarm bells over hazards.

6 years ago

Defaulting renter with face mask receives letter giving notice of eviction from home on wooden table. (BackyardProductions/BigStock)
PlanPhilly
Health
Eyes on the Street

Eviction is bad for our health. Pa. must act to protect families.

When families are evicted, children suffer the consequences. As a pediatrician, I urge Pa. to protect families at a perilous time.

6 years ago

The Park Bench, 1946, by Horace Pippin (American, 1888–1946) (Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art)
Things To Do
Community
September 3 - 9, 2020

Tasting summer in Chestnut Hill, thriving drive-ins, and Bowie meets yoga in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Museums return, dining out in Chestnut Hill, drive-in movies and music

6 years ago

Listen 5:19
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, talks with Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)
Politics & Policy

House subpoenas embattled Postal Service leader over delays

Democrats are pushing for increased oversight of the Postal Service following DeJoy's operational changes and Trump's claims that mail-in voting will lead to voter fraud.

6 years ago

Laboratory technicians work at the mAbxience biopharmaceutical company in Garin, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. Under an agreement between Argentina and Mexico announced this week, the company is going to make an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and the laboratory AstraZeneca, and if approved the vaccine will be distributed in Latin America. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Health

CDC tells states: Be ready to distribute vaccines on Nov. 1

The timeline raised concern among public health experts about an “October surprise" — a vaccine approval driven by political considerations ahead of a presidential election.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Latest Pa. GOP attempt to strip Gov. Tom Wolf of his coronavirus emergency powers fails

GOP lawmakers in the state House did not garner enough Democratic support to end the state’s coronavirus disaster declaration.

6 years ago

United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon walks her route to deliver mail in Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

‘Do you know anywhere I can go?’: Evictions continue even as city, CDC tries to halt wave

Many Philly tenants will fall through the cracks of a Centers for Disease Control halt on coronavirus-related evictions, housing attorneys say. Lucille Davis is one of them.

6 years ago

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