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Urban Planning

Family members react at the scene of the fatal 2013 collision that took the life of Samara Banks and her three children.  (JOSEPH KACZMAREK/AP)
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Public Safety
Race & Ethnicity
Streets & Roads
PlanPhilly

Philly’s most dangerous roads clustered in black and brown neighborhoods

46 percent of Philly's most dangerous roads are in poor areas mostly populated by people of color, according to an analysis of city crash data done by the Bicycle Coalition.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Architecture & Design
Transportation

Say goodbye to the 30th Street Station flip board

Guests: Inga Saffron, Mark Kuhn, Brendan Boyle Say goodbye to 30th Street Station’s iconic flip boar ...

7 years ago

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Say goodbye to the 30th Street Station flip board; Jared Kushner & the Saudis

Guests: Inga Saffron, Mark Kuhn, Brendan Boyle, Mark Mazzetti Say goodbye to 30 ...

Air Date: December 11, 2018 10:00 am

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Ricci Rawls and her children, Patience, 12, Charlie, 7, Izzy, 5, Ava 4, and Faith, 1. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Housing
Philadelphia
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Renters win new protections at City Hall with passage of 'good cause' bill

Most tenants get evicted because they cannot afford their rent, and non-payment is a “good cause” under the bill’s definition.

7 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
Politics
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City Councilmen respond to land-flip scandal with an offer of reform

City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson and Council President Darrell Clarke introduced a bill Thursday they say creates new safeguards against corrupt land dealing in City Hall.

7 years ago

Officials broke ground on Phase III of the Blumberg/Sharswood project, which will result in 83 new affordable and energy-efficient rental units. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Changing Communities
Philadelphia
Real Estate
PlanPhilly

Bringing new homes, old convenience back to Sharswood Blumberg

The new development is part of a massive, federally funded undertaking that began in earnest in 2016, when PHA imploded the high-rise towers.

7 years ago

View of the new development from Norris Street (Coscia Moos Architecture)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Real Estate
PlanPhilly

Fishtown developer proposes fence; gives neighbors the ‘middle finger’

A 95-unit apartment building is coming to a blighted Fishtown lot near the Berks elevated train stop.

7 years ago

Wharton-Wesley United Methodist Church in Cobbs Creek reimagined a parking lot as green space (Wharton-Wesley United Methodist Church/Community Design Collaborative)
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Reinvention
Religion
PlanPhilly

Sacred spaces reimagined with preservation, Philly communities in mind

Food was a common thread connecting all three projects.

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)
PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

Philly litter czar says new street sweeping program coming in 2019

Philadelphia is the only big city without regular street cleaning.

7 years ago

The interior of the DMZ train, a three-car tourist train. It is decorated with words such as
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International
Transportation

South Korea sends first train in plan to reconnect with North

South Korea is determined to push railway development forward, despite the lack of progress on the North Korean nuclear issue.

7 years ago

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Economic Development

Forget outsourcing, Philly ‘eds and meds’ connect with businesses inside the city

8 years ago

One of 10,000 city-owned  vacant properties (PlanPhilly)
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Philadelphia
Real Estate
PlanPhilly

City selling vacant lots with eye to ‘social impact’

City agencies own a quarter of the 40,000 vacant parcels of land. On Friday 26 will be up for sale.

8 years ago

Developer Rahil Raza and Vivian VanStory consult with attorney Paul J. Toner during a Philadelphia zoning board meeting. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Business
Housing
Real Estate
PlanPhilly

What happens when your real estate gets remapped

Developers shift strategy after remapping and adapt their business models to develop more single-family homes for sale, instead of multi-family units for rent.

8 years ago

(Together for West Philadelphia)
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Business
Innovation
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

Philadelphia doesn’t need Amazon. The opportunities are already here and they’re homegrown.

Projects like the University City Science Center, Pennovation Center, and the future Schuylkill Yards represent billions of dollars in new investment.

8 years ago

(Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo, File)
Radio Times
Philadelphia
Transportation

Philly transit: Past, present, and future

Guests: Christof Spieler, Jim Saksa, Jason Laughlin Transportation expert ...

Air Date: November 29, 2018 10:00 am

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