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Urban Planning

The Benjamin Rush Garden at Third and Walnut streets was rehabilitated to become home to the Bicentennial Bell. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Benjamin Rush Garden re-opens with a gift from the late Queen Elizabeth II

The Benjamin Rush Garden in Independence National Historic Park has been redesigned with England in mind.

2 years ago

Arlene Thorpe Townhomes affordable units
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Housing
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

‘It’s just a blessing’: Philly officials and residents celebrate affordable housing development in Grays Ferry

Units at the Arlene Thorpe Townhomes are permanently affordable thanks to a public-private partnership led by the Women’s Community Revitalization Project.

2 years ago

Barber’s Hall on West Oxford Street in North Philadelphia
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Philadelphia

A new tune: Philly historical commission set to drop nomination for North Philly jazz venue

New Barber’s Hall was set to become a historically designated property. The nomination may now be withdrawn.

2 years ago

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rendering
Architecture & Design
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Philly’s Avenue of the Arts to spend $100 million greenifying South Broad Street

Three decades after South Broad was designated as an arts destination, the Avenue of the Arts will be refreshed to attract more pedestrians.

2 years ago

Listen 1:20
SEPTA railroad crossing signs with cars on a road in the background.
Pennsylvania
Transportation

SEPTA is moving forward with plans to reimagine Ambler’s Regional Rail station

Nearly five acres of SEPTA parking lots, steps away from Ambler’s downtown, are earmarked for a transit-oriented redevelopment project.

2 years ago

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A view of N. Broad St. in North Philly
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Transportation

‘No-brainer’ on Broad: PPA preparing to install automated speed cameras along Philly’s most dangerous roadway

Advocates hope the cameras will reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries along the busy corridor.

2 years ago

The Reading Viaduct, owned by Reading Railroad
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Philly faces $50 million price tag for essential component in Rail Park extension

The city has the authority to condemn the site of Phase 2, but isn’t ready to take definitive action. Meanwhile, Reading International shows no sign of letting it go.

2 years ago

SEPTA's new signage
Philadelphia
Transportation

Should you take the ‘B’ or the ‘L’? SEPTA plan to rename subway lines looks similar to NYC signage

Officials seek to make the transit system easier to navigate, with new signage forthcoming.

2 years ago

Listen 1:04
An emergency vehicle, bottom right, stands near the scene of a two-vehicle accident on the southbound side of the Garden State Parkway in Clark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Government
Infrastructure
New Jersey
Policing

New Jersey counties explore new strategies for roadway safety as fatalities rise

Various counties across New Jersey are exploring new strategies to make highways and roadways safer during the busy summer season.

2 years ago

Street sweeping truck
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Billy Penn

City says it’s cleaned 5,000 blocks, with 13,000 more to go

Some residents scoff, while others say it’s a good start.

2 years ago

Charly Bass at an in-construction property
Business
Delaware
Government
Housing

Delaware developers are rehabbing vacant homes for the middle class

The statewide program subsidizes developers rebuilding houses in neighborhoods where the rehab costs are higher than what the home is worth.

2 years ago

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The North Philadelphia property that Kingzakariyah Martin developed
PlanPhilly
Housing
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

Philly training program seeks to increase city’s supply of affordable housing

Since launching in 2015, Jumpstart Germantown has issued more than $50 million in loans to help new developers renovate vacant single-family homes.

2 years ago

An enormous warehouse looms behind modest homes on East Charleston Avenue
Environment
Housing
Income Inequality
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Air pollution from New Jersey’s warehouse boom disproportionately impacts communities of color, report finds

Warehouses remain largely unregulated in the state and can be built with little to no environmental review or public scrutiny.

2 years ago

Listen 1:14
home repairs happening
PlanPhilly
Environment
Government
Housing
Philadelphia

Philly home repair program seen as climate resilience tool gets its first city funding

Built to Last, which staff say helps “future-proof” Philly homes, got $5 million in the budget City Council passed Thursday.

2 years ago

First responders work to extinguish a vehicle fire, Sunday June 11, 2023, that caused an overpass on I-95 to collapse near the Cottman Avenue exit
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Report says unsecured tanker hatch spilled out gas in crash that destroyed I-95 bridge in Philly

The findings shed new light on the June 11, 2023, early morning crash that destroyed the bridge beyond repair.

2 years ago

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