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Historical Commission approves Ridge Avenue district

7 years ago

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City Council recalls Temple community center project

7 years ago

Clouds pass over the Schuylkill River and Philadelphia's skyline. Officials are considering a new plan to preserve or build 100,000 housing units over the next 10 years. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
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Philly maps 10-year course toward building, preserving 100,000 housing units

Detailing the strategies Philadelphia hopes to employ to create or preserve 100,000 units of housing in the next 10 years, the city’s new housing plan dropped on Wednesday.

7 years ago

Traffic on Washington Avenue at 9th Street in South Philadelphia
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Killing SEPTA transfer fees, charging for parking differently — it’s all in Philly’s new transportation plan

The City of Philadelphia released what may be its most ambitious and concretely detailed transportation plan yet on Wednesday.

7 years ago

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Germantown Boys & Girls Club (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Historic Germantown Boys and Girls Club spared wrecking ball

High atop the municipal building at 1515 Arch Street on Tuesday morning, the long battle over the future of the Germantown Boys and Girls Club appeared to end in détente.

7 years ago

The Frankford Chocolate Factory at 21st and Washington Streets is in the process of demolition 
. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Changing Communities
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South Philly group asks chocolate factory developer for community benefits

S. Philly residents are playing hardball with developer Ori Feibush over a $100 million residential redux of the 150-year-old Frankford Chocolate Factory on Washington Ave.

7 years ago

Shake Shack bought and installed a bike corral for its Center City location. (PlanPhilly)
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Streets & Roads
Transportation
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City seeks to stop cars from parking illegally in front of fire hydrants by parking bikes there instead

The $7,500 grant from Philadelphia’s Innovation Fund will help develop a prototype bike corral

7 years ago

A cyclist tentatively rolls into the street at Belmont and Parkside Avenues. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Life in the slow lane: The bureaucratic nightmare of building a bike network

How long does it take to build a bike lane?

7 years ago

An Old City District rendering shows a redesigned Market Street.  (courtesy of Old City Distric)
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Transportation
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State gives $12M for Philly transportation projects

In a few years time, Market Street in Old City may look brand new, thanks to a $3 million state grant announced Tuesday.

7 years ago

A woman runs past a pile of litter next to a Big Belly trash can on South Broad Street. (Ariella Cohen/WHYY)
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With no cash for trash, city mulls partnerships with private groups

Fewer public trash cans result in more litter on streets and in parks.

7 years ago

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False alarm: e-scooters won’t hit Philly until 2019

7 years ago

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What should a monument be? Here’s what Philadelphians said

7 years ago

A 26-acre slice of the hulking Budd Co. auto assembly plant is going to auction. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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A Nicetown factory goes to auction

“It was the heartbeat of this neighborhood.”

7 years ago

The cost of residential construction is high in Philadelphia, the fourth most expensive building market in the U.S. (Ashley Hahn/Eyes On The Street)
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Changes to plumbing code expected to sharply reduce Philly construction costs

Cheaper and more environmentally-friendly plastic infrastructure is now the norm.

7 years ago

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New inclusionary zoning bill sweetens deal for developers

7 years ago

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