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Urban Planning

The wooded 213-acre site at Sproul Road and Reed Road in Marple Township that was home to the Don Guanella School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Outdoors
Pennsylvania
Public Spaces

Delco forges a process to turn massive Don Guanella property into ‘second to none’ park

The goal is to use public input to transform the 213 acres once owned by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia into the county’s largest public park.

4 years ago

The Philadelphia Housing Authority's headquarters. (Darryl Murphy/ WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Economic Development
Housing
Philadelphia

Philly hopes to lure new property owners to voucher program with bonus money

The Philadelphia Housing Authority is offering signing bonuses and free insurance to landlords who join the agency’s housing voucher program.

4 years ago

People stand at a SEPTA bus stop which has a screen, displaying the weather, temperature, and real-time arrival information for buses.
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Transportation
Billy Penn

Real-time arrival info is displaying at bus stops around Philadelphia

But the 60 status update screens aren’t run by SEPTA — they’re an OTIS project.

4 years ago

Vacant lots on the 1600 block of Page Street. (Google maps)
PlanPhilly
Economic Development
Housing
Philadelphia
Real Estate

Stalled affordable housing project in North Philly gets new life

Council President Clarke originally held up the resolution needed to build six homes after hearing neighborhood complaints about parking.

4 years ago

A home at 58 West Pitman Street in Penns Grove, with an auction sign in front of it
Changing Communities
Housing
New Jersey

Penns Grove hopes to turn vacants into value by auctioning borough-owned properties

The small borough in Salem County, N.J. hopes properties sold at auction will be added back to the tax rolls while generating some money to plan future projects.

4 years ago

A sign at the entrance of Suburban Station
Homelessness
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

Riders are getting trapped in rail stations after SEPTA ‘hardened’ the system to keep out unhoused people

The transit agency’s fortress-like attitude towards its downtown infrastructure is unwelcoming, especially for people with mobility challenges.

4 years ago

A site under construction at the Navy Yard
Business
Philadelphia
Real Estate

Diversity a key factor in new research facility under construction at Philly’s Navy Yard

The project at 1201 Normandy Place aims to increase wealth in Black communities through its development.

4 years ago

A Streets Department mechanical broom truck drives down a Philadelphia street
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Billy Penn

Philly is expanding street sweeping in April, and you can ask officials about it this week

Cleanup crews are slated to come through 14 neighborhoods this spring.

4 years ago

A mini water spout in East Fairmount Park
Environment
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Winter road salt is a threat to Philly's spring season. Officials are searching for alternatives

Treating snowy and icy roads has a year-round environmental impact, experts say.

4 years ago

A black freight train, operated by Norfolk Souther, speeds by on a track, as seen from the former train station in Phoenixville, PA.
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Transportation

Montgomery, Chester, and Berks counties consider a new passenger rail authority

The aim: Tap into infrastructure funds and try to restore a line connecting Reading, Phoenixville, Pottstown, Norristown, and Philly.

4 years ago

Rowhouses line North 29th Street in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia

Philly has over 10,000 tangled titles. Here’s what residents need to know about them

City Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson and others aim to educate Philadelphians on how to find out if a title is tangled, and provide resources to fix it.

4 years ago

An aerial shot of a highway dividing neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
NPR
National
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

Even many decades later, redlined areas see higher levels of air pollution

"We see a really clear association between how these maps were drawn in the '30s and the air pollution disparities today," says an author of a new study.

4 years ago

A car parked on the American Street bike lane has a ticket in its windshield
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

PPA says ‘internet fraud’ is why you can’t pay a parking ticket with your license plate number anymore

The convenience was only a pandemic allowance, an agency spokesperson explained.

4 years ago

University City Townhomes
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Housing
Income Inequality
Real Estate

Developer filing suit over City Council vote to block sale of affordable rentals in University City

The owner of an affordable rental project in University City wants to sell the property, and is going to court over a just-passed City Council bill to ban the sale.

4 years ago

File photo: Many trees were felled as part of the restoration and renovation of the Cobbs Creek golf course and community engagement center, as seen on Feb. 27, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Sports

Tree removal and a campaign donation shine light on Cobbs Creek Foundation’s $1 lease agreement

The Cobbs Creek Foundation drew scrutiny for chopping down hundreds of trees and making an improper political donation. What’s inside its lease with the city?

4 years ago

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