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National Urban League President Marc Morial will be speaking during the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2018 Economic Conference held Jan. 9 at the Marriott Downtown. The conference will focus on the city’s economic future. — Photo Courtesy of Marc Morial

The Philadelphia Tribune

Economy

Income Inequality

Infrastructure

Urban League President on policy for inner cities

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PlanPhilly

Infrastructure

Sustainability

January 2: Not so fast bridge replacement | Carpenter Lane love | 2017 narratives, mapped

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PlanPhilly

Sustainability

As 2017 comes to an end, a look back at Philadelphia’s response to mounting environmental challenges

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PlanPhilly

December 29: These were PlanPhilly’s 11 most-read articles of 2017

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PlanPhilly

Preservation

Chestnut Hill’s modernist trio, fully historically protected in 2017

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Johnstown is a city of 19,000 residents situated at the confluence of two rivers and surrounded by hills. (Margaret J. Krauss/WESA)

Keystone Crossroads

Government Accountability

Infrastructure

Pennsylvania

For cash-strapped Johnstown, sewer system overhaul comes with hefty costs

Johnstown is not an outlier when it comes to these problems, though its situation may be more severe.

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Philadelphia gets grant for planting at least 400 extra street trees a year

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PlanPhilly

Preservation

Spruce Hill zoning remapping is backdoor historic preservation

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PlanPhilly

Movie theaters strike back in downtown Philadelphia

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PlanPhilly

Outdoors

Public Spaces

A Tale of Two Parks: How community saved Sturgis and Olney rec centers

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Speak Easy

Economic Development

Philadelphia

Moving toward urban development that benefits all Philadelphians

Is Seattle really a model that Philadelphia wants to emulate?

9 years ago

PlanPhilly

Real Estate

In ongoing fight over Smith School site, RCOs get an F from both neighbors and the developer

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PlanPhilly

Economic Development

December 22: Catholic school redesign | HQ2 public doc available | Devil’s in the data

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A damaged Amtrak passenger train car is lifted from the tracks at the site of the derailment of an Amtrak train in Dupont, Wash., Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Investigators are looking into whether the Amtrak engineer whose speeding train plunged off an overpass on Monday, killing several people, was distracted by the presence of an employee-in-training next to him in the locomotive, a federal official said Tuesday. (Thomas James/Pool via AP)

Radio Times

The Amtrak derailment and the future of U.S. infrastructure

Guests: Allan Zarembski, Robert Puentes The AmTrak derailment in Washington highlights the need to repair and upd ...

Air Date: December 21, 2017

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PlanPhilly

Housing

December 21: Frankenstein façade alterations | Cross City Communication | Kenney, protected bike lanes

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