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Construction on University Avenue, seen here at Curie Boulevard, has reduced traffic from two lanes in each direction to one. It's been that way for over a year, and still has a ways to go
Philadelphia
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Billy Penn

Construction on University Avenue will be messing with West Philly commutes for at least another 6 months

It’ll be at least six months before the work, connected to a new CHOP tower, is completed and the lanes reopen, per PennDOT.

2 years ago

Large abandoned building
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Preservation
Real Estate

Industrial piers in South Philly will get new life thanks to preservation easement

Piers 38 and 40 will be part of a new development from Bart Blatstein.

2 years ago

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Rendering of the proposed 76 place
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Philadelphia
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‘A world-class boulevard’: Master plan details new vision for Market East corridor

The study comes as the Sixers push to build a new arena in Center City Philadelphia.

2 years ago

File photo: Students from W. B. Saul High School and Samuel Gompers Elementary School helped the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Philadelphia’s Parks and Recreation plant black gum trees on the Belmont Plateau on Arbor Day, April 29, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Environment
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Philadelphia
Sustainability

Federal money coming to Philly for tree planting, lead paint awareness, and A/C units

Over $4 million in federal grant money will flow to nonprofits and local governments to support environmental justice in the Philly region.

2 years ago

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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

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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

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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

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