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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Urban Planning

Downtown business district.
Housing
Pennsylvania

Coatesville could soon see its first rental housing development in more than a decade

If the five-person planning commission votes ‘yes,’ Brandywine View Apartments will break ground on 266 market-rate rental units.

2 years ago

Listen 0:46
SEPTA bus passes through the intersection of N 17th and JFK Boulevard.
Philadelphia
Transportation

SEPTA’s board of directors approves Bus Revolution, set to go into effect next summer

Portions of the new network, which trims the number of routes from 125 to 106, will launch on June 1, 2025, and continue through the fall.

2 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall
PlanPhilly
Government
Housing
Philadelphia

City Council advances bill to make Philly’s Eviction Diversion Program permanent

The heralded program is scheduled to expire at the end of June if the measure doesn’t become law.

2 years ago

Listen 1:00
Tree on the park grounds
Changing Communities
Environment
Pennsylvania

From Don Guanella to Delco Woods — to mental health facility? The dispute over Delaware County’s largest park

Delaware County Council is at odds with Marple Township over the county’s attempt to assess a building on the site for possible use as a mental health facility.

2 years ago

Listen 1:39
Joe Biden
Energy
National

Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump

The sale is from storage sites in New Jersey and Maine and will be allocated in increments of 100,000 barrels at a time.

2 years ago

Jamie Gauthier sits in front of a microphone
PlanPhilly
Government
Housing
Philadelphia

Philly charter change proposal would mean more funding for affordable housing

The measure looks to close a loophole that has frustrated housing advocates for years.

2 years ago

Listen 0:54
The site of the former 49th Street Terminal along the Schuylkill River in Southwest Philadelphia will be cleaned up using a federal brownfield grant. (Sophia Schmidt/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Environment
National
Philadelphia
Preservation

Cleanup of former oil terminal near Bartram’s Garden gets boost with EPA funds

The site is one of close to 200 nationwide receiving cleanup funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

2 years ago

Listen 1:06
a look at a cliff on the edge of a cement company
PlanPhilly
Environment
Philadelphia

A Philly concrete plant polluted without a permit. Now it’s paying to help stop dumping

A facility just feet from Frankford Creek lacked the proper stormwater permit. It agreed to pay for an anti-dumping project in a nearby park.

2 years ago

Listen 1:11
an empty grass lot on the 1300 block of Corlies Street in South Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Government
Housing
Philadelphia

Cherelle Parker wants to deliver 30,000 units of housing in Philly. Can it happen?

The mayor has broadened the goal to include new construction and renovations.

2 years ago

Listen 4:43
intersection
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads
Transportation
Billy Penn

Making Philly streets safer shouldn’t be such an enormous chore, planners say

‘Right-of-way’ advocates call for quick permitting of street-narrowing and public benches

2 years ago

the demolished UC Townhomes
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia
Politics

Mayor Parker’s budget leaves UC Townhomes agreement in limbo. Housing advocates aren’t happy

The Philadelphia Housing Authority is poised to build 70 units on the former site of the University City Townhomes. It needs funding from the city before that can happen.

2 years ago

Listen 1:12
Shalimar Thomas
Business
Changing Communities
Economic Development
Philadelphia

North Broad’s economic renaissance strategy now has a budget

Property owners along North Broad Street inside the new district paid an extra fee to support economic development efforts along the commercial corridor.

2 years ago

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A rendering of the Sanctuary Village project
Homelessness
Housing
Philadelphia

Sanctuary Village is exploring suburban alternatives for tiny homes after Philly setback

The nonprofit is assessing interest, opportunities and funding in Montgomery, Bucks and Delaware counties.

2 years ago

Architectural rendering of 76 Place
PlanPhilly
Business
Philadelphia
Real Estate
Sports

A ‘significant opportunity’: Philly NAACP backs Sixers’ arena proposal for Center City

Tuesday’s announcement featured cheerleaders, a drill team and the franchise’s mascot.

2 years ago

Chester Housing Authority building
Government Accountability
Housing
Pennsylvania

HUD places Chester Housing Authority on ‘troubled’ list

The Chester Housing Authority’s designation is due to “poor physical conditions.” Meanwhile, a federal probe into bribery and fraud recently delivered a trio of guilty pleas.

2 years ago

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