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The Summit is a high rise student apartment building on 36th Street and Lancaster Avenue in Univeristy City. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)
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Philadelphia

Exploring the past, future of Philly neighborhoods during annual Jane’s Walk

In the spirit of Pennsylvania-born author and urbanist Jane Jacobs, Philadelphians took to the streets of University City Friday to surve ...

8 years ago

Kevin Mulligan, a volunteer with the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society, tells tour-goers about a reproduction of the control gondola of the Hindenburg, which was created for a 1975 movie about the disaster. The historically accurate prop is housed in Hangar 1, and covered in a tarp to avoid potential damage from leaks.
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See inside New Jersey’s hidden Hindenburg museum

It sounds like fantasy; an enormous, luxurious airship, filled with one of the most world’s flammable gases, shuttling the super-rich a ...

8 years ago

The triumphant Villanova women's 4-by-1500 relay team hold their plaque aloft after winning the event. (Jonathan Wilson for Newsworks)
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Philadelphia
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Villanova women, Jamaican runners win big at Penn Relays

The Villanova women earned top honors in the 4-by-1500-meter race at the Penn Relays, officially known as the Penn Relay Carnival, which ...

8 years ago

Eagles players Terrill Watson (left) and Ron Brooks hold puppies during the Puppy Bowl draft at Morris Animal Refuge in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia Eagles help puppies get adopted

Fourteen puppies were adopted at Morris Animal Refuge in South Philadelphia during a “Puppy Bowl Draft” that featured players ...

8 years ago

Neil Butler maintains his mother’s grave and often volunteers to help upkeep Mt. Peace Cemetery in Lawnside, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

In South Jersey, a familiar fight to save a historic African-American cemetery

Many cemeteries boast residents whose fame followed them into the afterlife, making their gravesites a point of pilgrimage for those stil ...

8 years ago

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A crew of 15 people was requred to place the head. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Chinese Lantern Festival takes shape in Franklin Square

The army of workers assembling the Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square put the finishing touches on the the festival’s sign ...

8 years ago

Dogs run off-leash on the dog beach in Egg Harbor Township. (Bill Barlow/for WHYY)
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New Jersey
Public Spaces

Ocean City saves dog beach from closing

Ocean City, New Jersey, will soon collect trash — let’s face it, mostly dog waste — from the parking lot of the popular dog be ...

8 years ago

 The Women's March on Philadelphia as seen from the rally stage, January 21, 2017. (Beth E. Finn)
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Philadelphia
Social Justice

3 steps to releasing your inner activist — reflections on the Women’s March on Philadelphia

The state of activism in Philadelphia, and indeed throughout the United States and the world, is evolving. Reacting to the fears many mar ...

8 years ago

a group of Sesame Street muppets
Voices in the Family
Home & Family

Julia Arrives on Sesame Street

Sesame Street has welcomed a new resident – a Muppet named Julia who has autism. In their weekly conver ...

Air Date: April 17, 2017

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The Prettiest Pet in Pink Parade is one of the Sakura Sunday events during the 20th Annual Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival in Fairmount Park.
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Philadelphia

Philly Cherry Blossom Festival ends with a picture-perfect day

Thousands visited Fairmount Park Sunday to celebrate spring and to enjoy iconic elements of the Japanese culture. On the 20th anni ...

8 years ago

Francisco Javier Hernandez Carbajal, or
Philadelphia

Brujo’s departure an artistic loss for Philadelphia

As one of the 11 million immigrants who came to this country illegally, he has grown weary of the endless threat of deportation, a risk that's skyrocketed under Donald Trump.

8 years ago

Homeless people sleep under an overpass in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/Whyy, file)
Homelessness
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Southeast Pa. homeless assistance program to shut down

The Philadelphia region is about to lose a federally-funded homeless outreach program. The loss comes at a time of uncertainty for ...

8 years ago

Down the Shore
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Infrastructure

Beach replenishment not yet scheduled in N.J. community lauded for extensive protective dunes

The Army Corps of Engineers is ...

8 years ago

 Demonstrators are shown at  march in honor of International Women's Day, March 8, 2017, in Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for NewsWorks, file)
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Philadelphia
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In the Trump Era, Philadelphia is in crisis control

While previous protest movements such as Occupy Philadelphia and t ...

8 years ago

Amanda DeSenna (left) and Marielle Fortune paint one of the canvas squares that will make up Shira Walinsky's new mural, ''Migrating Home.'' (Jonathan Wilson for NewsWorks)
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Philadelphia
Public Spaces

New South Philly mural will reflect diversity of neighbors’ native lands

Inspired by the diversity of the Passyunk Square neighborhood in South Philadelphia, artist and designer Shira Walinsky created a mural, ...

8 years ago

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