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Reporting on Latino news and culture since 1992, Latino USA brings depth of experience, on-the-ground connections and knowledge of current and emerging issues impacting Latino and other people of color to every broadcast.

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A Mural Arts Philadelphia billboard urging people to use reusable bags. (Steve Weinik/Mural Arts Philadelphia)
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Eyes on the Street

Individuals alone didn’t create Philly’s litter problems and individuals alone can’t solve it.

Litter is a racial justice issue created by systemic disinvestment. Philadelphia needs to take a systemic approach to solving it.

1 month ago

An's artist's rendering of a three-acre playground planned for FDR Park. (City of Philadelphia)
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Philadelphia
Public Spaces

FDR Park gets $4.5M funding boost for new Welcome Center and ‘destination’ playground

FDR Park is one of Philadelphia’s largest parks and has seen its popularity grow as the pandemic draws people to green spaces.

1 month ago

Vishaan Chakrabarti
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Economic Development
Philadelphia

The architect behind Schuylkill Yards’ big, red tower wants you to believe in Philly

PAU founder Vishaan Chakrabarti on how Philadelphia can rebound from the pandemic and emerge with a more equitable and ecological way of life.

1 month ago

Looking east toward City Hall from Eakins Oval. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads

Philly’s iconic Ben Franklin Parkway to get a major redesign

The city released a request for proposals seeking designers to guide a major redesign of a stretch of the Parkway between Logan Circle and the Philadelphia Art Museum.

1 month ago

In this file photo, an Amtrak Acela train blows snow as it passes through the Princeton Junction station in West Windsor, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Delaware
Transportation

Expanded train lines in 30 cities and towns? AmeriStarRail wants to privatize Amtrak service on Northeast Corridor

The plan from AmeriStarRail would privatize Amtrak service on the Northeast Corridor, adding new stops and faster, more frequent trains.

1 month ago

Jewelers Row in the 700 block of Sansom Street as a demolition crew makes way for a new condo tower on Jan. 22, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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Real Estate

New demolition near Jewelers’ Row would take down buildings owned by Philly’s ‘King of Porn’

L&I issued permits clearing the way to demolish a jewelry shop and adjacent commercial building at 8th and Chestnut streets in the city’s historic diamond district.

2 months ago

Passengers wait to board the Market-Frankford line at City Hall
Radio Times

SEPTA and the future of public transit

In 2020, SEPTA ridership plummeted a staggering 90%. And they weren’t the only transit agency to experience drastic loss in riders and revenue.

Air Date: February 26, 2021

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An artist's rendering of the proposed King of Prussia rail line station at Mall Boulevard. (Courtesy of SEPTA)
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Pennsylvania
Transportation

SEPTA to use COVID relief funds to move ahead with King of Prussia rail line

The $2 billion rail line would connect KOP to University City and Center City, creating a trifecta of the largest employment hubs in the region.

2 months ago

Construction work approaches 4th Street in September 1965. On the lower right, St. Paul's Catholic Church narrowly avoided the path of the interstate. (Courtesy of Delaware Public Archives)
Delaware
History

As major I-95 construction starts in Wilmington, a look back at the road that split the city

Drivers in and around Wilmington will face plenty of backups, but that pales to the disruption the highway caused in city neighborhoods when it was first built.

2 months ago

A SEPTA passnger walks toward the subway entrance. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Faster buses, more Regional Rail, modern trolleys: Philly’s transit plan takes system to 2045

The plan presents a detailed, yet still unfunded, manifest for a transit system that doesn’t center 9-5 commuters and instead, serves a changed economy.

2 months ago

A view of the Schuylkill River.
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Billy Penn

The $1 million sinkhole on the Schuylkill River Trail is finally getting fixed

Downside: The path is detoured at Chestnut Street for up to three months.

2 months ago

A Philadelphian took a photo of recycling getting picked up with trash. The face of the city worker is obscured to protect their identity. (Jason Peters/Twitter)
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Environment
Infrastructure
Streets & Roads

Philadelphia still dumping trash with recycling, frustrating residents

Philadelphia’s system for collecting waste and recycling remains troubled nearly one year after the pandemic began.

2 months ago

At the César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden in Kensington, the words “Not for sale” are painted on the street as a message to developers and the city. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Economic Development
Housing
Philadelphia
Real Estate

Philadelphia Land Bank is finally selling its vacant lots. Now the question is who will benefit

Philadelphia Land Bank officials say a reformed system is producing better results yet critics see a process that advantages developers over residents.

2 months ago

The Philadelphia skyline is pictured at dusk in May 2020.
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Philadelphia
Real Estate
Taxes

Philly’s real estate tax early-bird discount canceled

This tax season, Philadelphia isn’t offering the 1% discount on real estate taxes for early payment that it has given in years past.

2 months ago

An aerial view of the derelict Spring Garden Station that was once part of the Reading Railroad. (Courtesy of Arts & Crafts Holdings)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Transportation

Owner of derelict Spring Garden Station fights petition to force cleanup

A successor company to the Reading Railroad, which hasn't operated train cars since 1976, is fighting an effort to force repairs to a derelict train station it owns in Philly.

2 months ago

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