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Urban Planning

The ''Roundhouse,'' the Philadelphia Police Department's soon-to-be-former headquarters
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Policing
Real Estate

What’s the future of Philly’s iconic Roundhouse? Officials seek community input

The iconic Police Administration Building will soon be vacant. Its future will be informed by a public engagement process expected to stir painful memories of its past.

3 years ago

New benches in Rittenhouse Square
Architecture & Design
Homelessness
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Rittenhouse Square has 160 new benches with a built-in center bar. Is it an accessibility feature, or hostile architecture?

The nonprofit that maintains the park says there’s been a lot of positive feedback, but people experiencing homelessness feel targeted.

3 years ago

Customers shop for produce in Chinatown
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Real Estate
Eyes on the Street

‘Community is irrelevant’ to developers who have tried to exploit Chinatown

Behemoth developments in residential communities destroy the fabric that has held people together over generations.

3 years ago

A view of a street with rowhomes on either side.
Philadelphia
Preservation
Real Estate
Billy Penn

How does historic preservation work in Philadelphia? A city commission holds all the power

Philly was one of the first cities to grant jurisdiction to an appointed board. Some residents are left frustrated by the process, while other neighborhoods work around it.

3 years ago

New housing (right) and old in Mantua
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Real Estate
Social Justice

Philly task force issues recommendations to eliminate home appraising bias

The long-standing problem is rooted in racial discrimination. Homes in primarily Black neighborhoods are undervalued by an average of nearly $26,000.

3 years ago

A SEPTA train is visible and a Wawa logo sits in the upper left hand corner of the photo.
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

Everything we know about the new Wawa Station in Wawa on the Wawa Line

The convenience store chain paid more than $5 million to SEPTA for the naming rights to the Delco Regional Rail stop.

3 years ago

Ribbon cutting at the brand new Grocery Outlet supermarket in the Sharswood section of North Philadelphia. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Business
Changing Communities
Economic Development
Philadelphia

Shoppers line up to welcome Sharswood’s first supermarket in decades

The new North Philly supermarket is part of a sweeping neighborhood revitalization plan dreamed up by the Philadelphia Housing Authority.

3 years ago

The new Wawa Station will open on Sunday, August 21. (6abc)
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Transportation

SEPTA announces newest Regional Rail station in Delco: The Wawa Station

The agreement will also see the Media/Elwyn line renamed the Media/Wawa line.

3 years ago

A 'for sale' sign stands in front of a house
Housing
Race & Ethnicity
Real Estate
Social Justice

DOJ: Buffett company discriminated against Black homebuyers in Philly, N.J., Del.

A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers.

3 years ago

City officials participate in a groundbreaking for an affordable housing complex in Frankford
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Frankford residents hope new affordable housing complex is a sign of things to come

“We wanted this project to feel like Frankford, to be about Frankford, and be for Frankford,” said City Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sanchez.

3 years ago

A group of volunteers operates the scenic train rides for West Chester Railroad on the existing tracks.
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Transportation

West Chester Borough Council supports effort to restore SEPTA passenger rail service

Commuter trains ran to West Chester for 100 years before SEPTA stopped service. Borough Council is backing a plan to bring it back.

3 years ago

An aerial view with a rendering of what the new arena would look like, amid existing buildings in Philadelphia's downtown.
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Who’s involved? What’s the timeline? All the details about the Sixers’ plan for a Center City arena

Called 76 Place, the stadium would be located above a public transit hub, and right next to Chinatown.

3 years ago

A rendering of a proposed Sixers arena
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Sports

A new Sixers arena in Center City is not a sure shot

The proposal to erect the arena on a full city block adjacent to Chinatown draws swift condemnation, excitement, skepticism — and plenty of buzz.

3 years ago

A map of the Schuylkill Banks river extension
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

Schuylkill River Trail is getting $2.5 million for an extension past Bartram’s Garden to the Passyunk Bridge

The state grant is expected to help fund an ADA-accessible path with nighttime lighting.

3 years ago

A temporary high platform constructed by Long Island Railroad in 2020. (Long Island Railroad)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation
Eyes on the Street

Four transformative changes SEPTA can make to be more rider-friendly

Not every big idea needs a big budget or a long timeline. If SEPTA wants to deliver results for riders fast, here's some low-hanging fruit.

3 years ago

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