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Urban Planning

Wilmington, Delaware (Tim Kiser/Wikimedia Commons)
Delaware
Economic Development
Public Spaces

Effort to revitalize southeastern Wilmington highlighted in ‘Opportunity LIVES Here’ project

Plans to transform Wilmington's southeastern side offer hope of economic improvements for the community.

2 years ago

Listen 1:21
trash incinerator
Environment
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Chester residents unhappy with taking Philly’s trash, speak out at City Council hearing

The hearing centered on Philadelphia’s use of a Chester incinerator to convert a portion of Philly’s trash to energy.

2 years ago

Schuylkill Yards development project
Economic Development
Philadelphia
Real Estate
Billy Penn

What to know about Schuylkill Yards, the $3.5 billion West Philly development from Drexel and Brandywine

The project just marked a milestone with its second tower. Developers say it won’t harm the local community.

2 years ago

Opponents of the proposed 76ers arena in Chinatown display signs in City Council chambers
PlanPhilly
Business
Philadelphia
Real Estate
Sports

South Philly and Center City groups announce opposition to Sixers’ arena proposal

The independent groups said they want City Council to stop the billion-dollar project from moving forward.

2 years ago

The Capital One arena in DC
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

What it took to build a basketball arena in the middle of D.C.’s Chinatown

The process isn’t the same as Philly, but as the Sixers press forward, it can be useful to understand how it happened.

2 years ago

Black or brown hydrogen is extracted from coal. Gray hydrogen is made by heating natural gas. Both create carbon dioxide. Blue hydrogen captures about 90% of that carbon dioxide and stores it, usually underground. Green hydrogen uses renewable energy to split hydrogen out of water using electricity. Pink hydrogen does the same but relies on nuclear power.(Meredith Miotke for NPR)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
The Allegheny Front

Hydrogen is coming to Pennsylvania. Now what?

Analysts say the hydrogen hubs will take at least 10 years and billions more in private money and tax breaks to develop.

2 years ago

Bernadette Dougherty poses for a photo outside of the Ambler Freight House
History
Pennsylvania
Preservation
Transportation

SEPTA’s plan to demolish historic Ambler Freight House delayed — for now

In a town whose history is intertwined with a massive train accident, residents have clashed with SEPTA in an effort to preserve a relic of the Ambler Train Station.

2 years ago

Cranes frame the Philadelphia skyline at the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Bellwether District at the former PES Refinery site in South Philadelphia in October 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

What to know about the Bellwether District, the giant complex now rising in South Philly

The commercial and industrial complex at the former refinery site is now officially under construction.

2 years ago

Rev. Robert Collier Sr. speaking at a podium
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Economic Development
Philadelphia
Sports

‘Groundbreaking project’: Black Clergy of Philadelphia backs Sixers’ arena proposal

The endorsement is part of a broader effort to execute a community benefits agreement the team wants to finalize before construction starts.

2 years ago

Listen 1:11
protesters holding up signs at the rally
PlanPhilly
Environment
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

‘We can have nice things’: Philly climate activists rally for investments in public spaces

The Sunrise activists want Philly’s next mayor to put solar panels on rec center roofs, open libraries longer, and turn vacant lots into gardens.

2 years ago

The YWCA in Germantown.
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Preservation
Real Estate

Developer unveils new plan for Germantown YWCA amid funding concerns

The city selected KBK Enterprises to redevelop the historic property in 2016. But the building remains vacant and blighted.

2 years ago

The Chinatown Coalition to Oppose the Arena walked members of the media to the site of the proposed 76ers basketball venue in Philadelphia on January 9, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Real Estate

‘We just want real data’: Anti-arena groups seek funding for separate economic study

Opponents argue the city’s analysis will be biased towards building a downtown basketball arena for the Philadelphia 76ers.

2 years ago

Tunnel under a bridge
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Fairmount Park’s ‘Trolley Trail’ is officially open, with a unique slanted arch tunnel and lots of history

The loop winds through nearly 5 miles of green space alongside the Schuylkill.

2 years ago

A bike lane is separated by white poles from parked cars.
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads

Philly sees drop in deadly crashes due to road diet and other measures, new report says

Efforts have targeted the "High Injury Network," which includes the 12% of city streets with 80% of all traffic deaths and serious injuries in Philly.

2 years ago

Carlos Moreno, a Franco-Colombian urbanist, has been helping spread the idea of 15-minute cities — where people can access key things in their life within a short walk, bike ride or transit ride of their home. But the climate solution is seeing huge challenges, including conspiracy theories
NPR
Environment
Sustainability

It’s a global climate solution — if it can get past conspiracy theories and NIMBYs

The "15-minute city" is an urban planning concept that aims to increase quality of life and reduce planet-heating pollution. But it faces obstacles and conspiracy theories.

2 years ago

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