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Technology

Philly to test new tech in bid to stop delivery drivers from parking illegally

The delivery vans blocking Philly streets may soon find themselves under the management of a new tech tool.

4 years ago

Outdoor dining at Booker’s Restaurant and Bar
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Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

Philly Council passes bill to legalize ‘streeteries’ permanently in some areas

City Council approved a bill that makes streeteries permanently legal in certain areas, including Center City, University City, and East Passyunk.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson (right) and Krista Gilmore-Murray (left) in front of their family home
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Housing
Philadelphia

A Philly Council member nearly lost her family home. Now she has a bill to help others avoid that plight

Philadelphia lawmakers are enlisting funeral homes to help solve a tangled title problem that affects real estate worth more than $1.1 billion.

4 years ago

Gabriella Gabriel Paez plants a tree. (Courtesy of Gabriella Gabriel Paez)
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Environment
Outdoors
Public Spaces

Philly moves ahead with draft plan to increase the city’s green canopy

The Philly Tree Plan aims to nearly eliminate the difference in temperature between the hottest Philadelphia neighborhoods and the citywide average.

4 years ago

A closeup of Philadelphia City Hall.
PlanPhilly
Income Inequality
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Technology

Closing Philly’s digital divide will take influencers — the offline, neighborhood kind

One in six Philadelphians remains unconnected even after years of public and private sector efforts. More effort is needed on the ground in the city’s neighborhoods.

4 years ago

Flooding in Eastwick during Tropical Storm Isaias in 2020
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Environment
Housing
Infrastructure
Sustainability

Eastwick residents want Biden’s infrastructure plan to fund Philly’s first climate migration

The infrastructure bill signed into law creates aid opportunities for communities like Eastwick harmed by flooding.

4 years ago

Nine fruit trees were planted on a lot on the 1900 block of Norris Street in North Philadelphia
Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Sustainability

Let the tree planting begin again: PHS is putting another 1,350 in the ground

Fall and spring are the best times to plant. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is providing trees that are 10 to 15 feet tall, for immediate impact.

4 years ago

Rev. Robert Collier Sr. speaks at a press conference
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Black Clergy of Philadelphia not satisfied with city’s Rebuild plan progress

Last month, the clergy organization gathered to discuss the same problem: deteriorating facilities and lack of programs in areas where gun violence is the most prevalent.

4 years ago

Music icon and New Jersey native Jon Bon Jovi was in Philadelphia Monday to help break ground on Project HOME's latest long-term recovery residence in the city's Kensington neighborhood. (6abc)
Housing
Income Inequality

Jon Bon Jovi helps break ground on new Project HOME residence in Kensington

The artist's JBJ Soul Foundation is a funding partner of 62 new homes on Lehigh Avenue. They will offer an affordable, safe space to make a fresh start.

4 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is seen from a bridge.
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

Healed neighborhoods, better transit, more internet, fewer potholes: What the Infrastructure Act could mean for Philly

The funds aren’t directly allocated to cities, but Philadelphia could see significant impact from the legislation.

4 years ago

People wearing face masks play a board game
PlanPhilly
Kids
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

Planning for a $15 million rec center begins with board game in Fairhill

A board game is helping Philadelphia officials determine the future of a public works project in a community often left out of public decision-making.

4 years ago

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Economic Development
K-12
Pennsylvania
Taxes

Delco challenges tax-exempt properties, says school districts are shortchanged millions

Each of the properties of concern are owned by municipalities but are said to have for-profit businesses operating on the premises.

4 years ago

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Radio Times
Environment
Government
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads

Trash, trash and more trash

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart released data showing significant differences in garbage pickup between various neighborhoods in Philadelphia. What does it mean?

Air Date: November 11, 2021 10:00 am

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Consuela Estillero and Sid Bolling stand on a front porch
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

1,700 units of housing are set to vanish in the next 5 years. There’s little Philly officials can do

Observers see a slow-moving storm set to destabilize a housing market that is already strained by unmet demand for decent, affordable options.

4 years ago

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Independence National Historic Park, also known as Independence Hall. (National Park Service)
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Energy
Environment
Philadelphia
Sustainability

Why is the National Parks Service teaming up with PGW on a fossil fuel project in Philly?

The government’s ambitious rhetoric around climate is too often dangerously out of step with its own actions.

4 years ago

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