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Urban Planning

Chinatown has been separated by the Vine Street Expressway since the 1980s. Officials are hoping money in the Infrastructure and jobs bill will be slated to cap the expressway
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Changing Communities
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads

Concept phase nearly complete for Philly’s plan to cap section of I-676

The city just released three possible designs for the massive project in Chinatown.

2 years ago

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Rowhouses in Philadelphia’s Spring Garden neighborhood
Government
Housing
Philadelphia
Real Estate

Philly still has roughly 8K property assessment appeals to review

The city received nearly 20,000 “First Level Reviews” following a three-year pause in assessments that led to widespread sticker shock

2 years ago

People walk down a sidewalk
Pennsylvania
Streets & Roads
Transportation

‘Phoenixville is connected’: Borough set to embark on two major transportation projects

The Borough of Phoenixville is looking to complete two transportation construction projects, thanks to a pair of timely grants.

2 years ago

Plants and flowers are shown near a building in a garden
Delaware
Environment
Outdoors

Delaware Nature Society receives federal dollars for Wilmington pollinator gardens

As the impacts from climate change loom, the Delaware Nature Society hopes community gardens can mitigate heat and stormwater.

2 years ago

a dog running in a park
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Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Philly’s FDR Park gets federal grant for stream and wetland restoration

$1.5 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help fund work in the natural areas of FDR Park, part of a $250 million park renovation.

2 years ago

A rendering shows a bike trail along a river.
Delaware
Outdoors
Streets & Roads
Transportation

New bike trail in New Castle County funded with federal infrastructure dollars

The ADA-accessible path will connect Newport, Wilmington, and New Castle.

2 years ago

The Family Court Building redevelopment will incorporate the African American Museum in Philadelphia’s (AAMP) relocation along with the Free Library of Philadelphia’s expansion and a 60,000 square foot Children and Family Center
History
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Real Estate

Developers selected for Family Court Building project incorporating AAMP, Free Library, and ‘premier lifestyle hotel’

The city will provide $50 million dollars in capital funding for the Family Court Building project starting in 2025.

2 years ago

South view of the Park at Penn's Landing at dusk, showing the mass timber building at its center. The building is slated to be Philly's first net-zero carbon building. (Hargreaves Jones and Kieran Timberlake via Delaware River Waterfront Corporation)
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads
Billy Penn

Everything you need to know about Philly’s I-95 park cap project, officially breaking ground next week

A look at logistics, funding, planning, and travel disruptions for the long-planned project reconnecting Center City with the waterfront.

2 years ago

A person looks out of a SEPTA Regional Rail train
Philadelphia
Transportation

SEPTA adjusts Regional Rail train schedules ahead of fall season

The majority of Regional Rail routes will see changes under the new schedule.

2 years ago

Leslie Richards speaking at a podium
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

Fix real-time tracking and countdown clocks on SEPTA? Insiders say it’ll take a ‘massive shift’ toward customer service

the collapse of public transit,” said a local software developer, “everyone’s job description’s got to be rewritten.”

2 years ago

Overbrook Environmental Education Center cofounder Jerome Shabazz at a 2022 Earth Day unveiling of a new Mural Arts mural at the West Philly center. (Overbrook Environmental Education Center/Facebook)
Infrastructure
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

A Philly environmental leader’s grand vision to turn vacant lots into a new park system

Jerome Shabazz of the Overbrook Environmental Education Center is working with Temple, Drexel, and city officials on the effort.

2 years ago

Sharon Drayton sits on a red bench with a red umbrella outside of her home.
PlanPhilly
Environment
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Public Health

Could patio umbrellas and planters help cool Philly blocks? Researchers team up with residents to find tree alternatives

Citizen scientists and Drexel researchers are testing whether planter benches make summer heat in five Philly neighborhoods more bearable.

2 years ago

Matt Meyer signs a check held by several other people in front of a new home.
Delaware
Housing
Real Estate

New Castle County cuts vacant properties in half through new initiative

The northern Delaware county cut vacant properties 53% since 2017 through the Vacant Spaces to Livable Places initiative.

2 years ago

trash can on the street
Environment
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

The problem with North Philly’s new BigBelly trash cans

They have foot pedals! And better sensors, reportedly. But some remain unconvinced they’ll help reduce litter.

2 years ago

Homes in Philadelphia’s Sharswood neighborhood. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia

‘A win-win’: New repairs program seeks to stabilize Philly’s stock of affordable housing

The Rental Improvement Fund will provide forgivable and low-interest loans to small landlords who cannot afford to fix up their properties.

2 years ago

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