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Urban Planning

A construction ditch in Kensington has enough water for kayaking (Instagram/@jordanbaumgarten)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Pop up pool? Philly residents are using a construction ditch for kayaking

The Kensington developer says he’s waiting on permits to gets started on a fix. L&I says it’s waiting on new designs.

6 years ago

A rendering shows a lighted fountain feature that will be part of the upgrades installed at Wilmington’s Rodney Square. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Infrastructure

Major overhaul begins at downtown Wilmington’s Rodney Square

A public park in the center of downtown Wilmington is getting a long overdue makeover. But there’s still a fight over the dismantling of the square’s bus hub.

6 years ago

Ali Baba Hookah Lounge on Castor Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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Changing Communities
Philadelphia

Puff, Puff, Pass: Philly Council to debate banning hookah bars in most of the city

Neighborhood groups across the Northeast are on a campaign to shut down hookah bars they see as disruptive to their community.

6 years ago

Tonnetta Graham is president of the Strawberry Mansion CDC. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)d
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Outdoors
Philadelphia

Rain garden in Strawberry Mansion holds water — and makes students safer

The $1.6 million stormwater project also includes a curb extension, new sidewalks, a pedestrian crossing, and six Americans with Disabilities Act ramps.

6 years ago

Cars double parked on the 1200 block of Chestnut St. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Philly creates new loading zones to ease traffic in Center City

The city wants Center City delivery drivers to take a load off — without blocking traffic.

6 years ago

An Eagles fan takes in the city from the top of the steps to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, also known as the Rocky steps. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Taxes

Who benefits most from Philly’s tax abatement? Center City developers

The lion’s share of revenue lost to Philly’s tax abatement is tied to large commercial real estate projects, not single-family homes.

6 years ago

An artist's rendering of PAU's proposed tower, as seen from Drexel's College Walk. (PAU/Brandywine)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia

Philly’s design world adores the city’s first fire-engine red skyscraper

Brilliant red terracotta laces architect Vishaan Chakrabarti’s first Philadelphia skyscraper. He chose the material for a reason: It’s the next best thing to brick.

6 years ago

Broad Street Line
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Transportation
Eyes on the Street

A cure for the ailing Broad-Ridge Spur

The easiest and most straightforward fix for SEPTA’S black sheep line is making it free to transfer between the Spur and the Market Frankford Line.

6 years ago

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History
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Londoners battle developers to save original Liberty Bell foundry

Some 20K Brits signed petitions against a proposed “bell-themed boutique hotel.”

6 years ago

The exterior of the Painted Bride building
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Philadelphia
Real Estate

16 condos could replace Painted Bride, Philly’s oldest alternative art space

In advance of a court hearing, a Philadelphia developer filed permits to build residential units with parking and a roof deck on the contested site of the Painted Bride.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Changing Communities
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Residents can ask for LED streetlights to fight crime — and then wait

Bright new lamps are already installed in some Philly neighborhoods, but the timeline for others is unclear.

6 years ago

Roslynn Green has been principal at Ben Franklin for 15 years. Until now, the school yard has been entirely concrete.  (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Kids
Neighborhoods
Outdoors

Ben Franklin Elementary gets a playground — a first for a public school in the 19120 zip code

Two thirds of Philadelphia public schools don’t have playgrounds, and until now, there were none in the 19120 zip code.

6 years ago

Listen 2:11
Seven-year-old Aiden Devlin, pictured, died after falling between SEPTA  train cars. (NBC10)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Transportation

One year after a 7-year-old fell from train to his death, SEPTA to experiment with locked doors

On the heels of an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, SEPTA is to test locks on train doors.

6 years ago

Greater Bible Way Temple burns from a fire in the Parkside neighborhood, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, in Philadelphia. (Margo Reed/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
PlanPhilly

After devastating fire, historic Parkside church hopes to save its facade and rebuild

The day after a devastating fire, congregation members swept away ash, scattered tiles, and other burnt remnants of the roof from the sidewalk.

6 years ago

Cars park on the sidewalk on Coral Street
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads

Philly’s dangerous sidewalks violate federal law protecting people with disabilities, lawsuit alleges

Philadelphia’s sidewalks are so bad that a group of people with disabilities are suing the city to get a plan for repair.

6 years ago

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