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Urban Planning

Early American painting and history inspired Tom Judd's proposal for the 5th Street station. (Tom Judd)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Transportation
Visual Arts

First reveal: See the 7-foot tall mural designs SEPTA chose for 5th Street station

Philly just selected the artist who will make over SEPTA’s 5th Street/Independence Hall Station. PlanPhilly got a peek at the winning design.

7 years ago

An artist's rendering of the new Norris Homes development as seen from 10th and Berks streets. (Jonathan Rose/ WRT)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia

A North Philly development supported by Obama will break ground this fall

This fall, North Philly will watch as ground is broken on the final phase of a $120 million redevelopment.

7 years ago

(Courtesy of Wawa)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia

Why Pennsport is fighting a Wawa on the waterfront

Pennsport residents oppose developer Bart Blatstein’s plan to build a Super Wawa gas station on a parcel of land along the Delaware River waterfront.

7 years ago

The former clinic of Dr. Kermit Gosnell. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Gender
Real Estate

West Philly abortion doctor’s ‘house of horrors’ listed for sheriff’s sale. Anti-choice activists want to buy it.

The former clinic is listed for sheriff’s sale. Anti-abortion activists, some of whom will gather Saturday at the grave of Gosnell’s victims, want to buy it.

7 years ago

Listen 5:16
Litter blows on Germantown Avenue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Politics
Streets & Roads

City Council wants to create a new $10 million street cleaning program

Parker introduced a bill to allocate $10 million to establish a cleaning program that would bring 300 part-time cleaners to commercial corridors across the city.

7 years ago

(Courtesy of the Army Corps of Engineers)
Down the Shore
Infrastructure
New Jersey
Outdoors

Army Corps awards contract for Cape May County beach replenishment set to begin this fall

The work involves the dredging of approximately 425,000 cubic yards of sand from the Townsends Inlet and pumping ashore.

7 years ago

Residents were kayaking on this 'pool' that formed in a construction ditch COURTESY JORDAN BAUMGARTEN
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

No more Kensington kayaking: ‘Pop-up’ pool locked behind safety fences

After reading our story, the developer was spurred to action.

7 years ago

This e-carriage made by ETours replaced horse-driven carriages in German cities. (ETours/ Peter Czwiertnia)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Hold your horses: Can old-timey ‘e-carriages’ replace Old City buggies?

Philly activists have met with city officials about replacing horse-drawn carriages with electric buggies. They point to electric vehicles adopted by other cities as a model.

7 years ago

The Painted Bride Art Center is draped in black mesh since it was discovered that the Isaiah Zagar mural that covers it is separating from its walls. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Preservation
Real Estate

Painted Bride goes to court to sell its distinctive building

In the final step to sell the structure, which will likely also mean destroying an Isaiah Zagar mosaic, the Bride faced pushback.

7 years ago

SEPTA and the city have just finished a $7.3 million rebuild of the Woodland Avenue Bridge, first constructed in 1920. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads

This West Philly bridge got a makeover for its 99th birthday

The bridge was first constructed in 1920. A structural evaluation in 2017 called it “basically intolerable.” Here’s what changed.

7 years ago

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.

7 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.

7 years ago

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

7 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.

7 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.

7 years ago

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