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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.

8 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.

8 years ago

Shake Shack bought and installed a bike corral for its Center City location. (PlanPhilly)
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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

8 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?

8 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.

8 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.

8 years ago

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Transportation

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

8 years ago

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

8 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.”

8 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.

8 years ago

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Real Estate

New inclusionary zoning bill sweetens deal for developers

8 years ago

Representatives of the Philadelphia Coalition for Affordable Communities packed a Sept. 26 City Council hearing (Shaylin Sluzalis via Twitter)
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Housing
Philadelphia
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As protestors heckle, affordable housing bills advance in City Council

A City Council committee voted unanimously to advance a package of affordable housing bills.

8 years ago

Nic Esposito as Ric Resposito in the city's new video,
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Philadelphia
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City fights filthy streets with viral video

Nic Esposito, head of Mayor Jim Kenney’s Zero Waste and Litter cabinet, isn't shy about the work it will take to clean Philadelphia's notoriously filthy streets.

8 years ago

Ori Feibush, owner of ocfrealty in Philadelphia, stands on vacant lots on the 1700 block of Manton St in Point Breeze across the street from four 3-story townhouses his company built and is selling (Clem Murray/Inquirer)
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Philly developers say numbers don’t ‘pencil’ out on city’s latest affordable housing scheme

A new voluntary inclusionary zoning bill is projected to bring $18 million to the Housing Trust over the next five years.

8 years ago

A sled speeds down a track during a test of a Hyperloop One propulsion system, Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in North Las Vegas, Nev. The startup company opened its test site outside of Las Vegas for the first public demonstration of technology for a super-speed, tube based transportation system. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Transportation
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A Philly-Pittsburgh Hyperloop? State House resolution calls for feasibility study

It’s not hyperbole to say that no contemporary transit proposal has received as much hype as the Hyperloop.

8 years ago

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