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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Urban Planning

An aerial view of Society Hill.
PlanPhilly
Housing
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

Mayor Kenney vetoes Society Hill height limit

The legislation, which passed unanimously earlier this month, would have limited development in the area to just 65 feet, or about six stories.

5 years ago

Pa. State Representative Donna Bullock (right), Mosaic Development Partner Leslie Smallwood-Lewis (second from right), PHA CEO Kelvin Jeremiah (center), executive director of the Brewerytown Sharswood Community Civic Association Darnetta Arce (second from left) and Pa. State Senator Sharif Street (left) ceremoniously broke ground on the new Sharswood Ridge development in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Housing Authority breaks ground on $52 million Sharswood Ridge development

After months of delay caused by a protest encampment and years of anticipation, PHA broke ground on retail and housing set to create hundreds of jobs.

5 years ago

The exterior of SEPTA's HQ building
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Transportation

SEPTA wins $1.2 million federal grant for safety fixes

The funds will support an automated system that prevents trains from being routed into areas where people are working and safety fixes on Grays Avenue.

5 years ago

A rider waits for a SEPTA train.
PlanPhilly
K-12
Philadelphia
Transportation
Eyes on the Street

How SEPTA is making transit safe for Philly’s 60,000 student commuters

Dariana Garcia traveled on SEPTA to her public Philly high school. Her brother will soon make the same trip — except during a pandemic.

5 years ago

Apartments are seen in Hilltop west of downtown Wilmington
Delaware
Housing
Neighborhoods

‘It puts you in tears’: Wilmington Council aims to hold landlords accountable with ‘blight bill’

The bill no longer includes a fee increase for landlords and won’t pertain to people who live in their own homes but can’t afford repairs.

5 years ago

An outdoor reading and music room
PlanPhilly
Home & Family
Kids
Philadelphia

Play Everywhere: Philly kids are getting 16 spaces designed to spark joy

The installations are part of a national initiative that creates play spaces wherever it can fit them — on sidewalks, buildings and even inside offices.

5 years ago

Listen 1:47
A view of Society Hill taken from inside the Society Hill Towers.
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Preservation
Eyes on the Street

The critics are wrong about Society Hill’s zoning bills

Two rezoning bills aimed at preserving Society Hill will not have exclusionary impacts, writes Society Hill Civic Association President Larry Spector.

5 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Taxes
Eyes on the Street

How a land value tax could make Philadelphia a more equitable city

By implementing a land value tax, Philadelphia could alleviate tax burdens on its most at-risk populations and help the city’s economy.

5 years ago

A view of Society Hill taken from inside the Society Hill Towers.
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Real Estate

City Council approves bill allowing down zoning for Society Hill

Included are strict new building-height limits, increased parking requirements, and an end to bonuses and exemptions in the name of historic preservation.

5 years ago

Jenna Robb distributes postcards in Grays Ferry. (Courtesy of Jenna Robb)
PlanPhilly
Environment
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Public Health

An organization that builds parks is making public art about heat

The Trust for Public Land is working with Philadelphia artists and community leaders in three of the city’s hottest neighborhoods.

5 years ago

An aerial view of Society Hill.
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Housing
Income Inequality
Eyes on the Street

How one of Philly’s richest neighborhoods is gaming the system

Society Hill’s proposed zoning overlay will exclude people and restrict development based on misrepresentation of history, a preservationist writes.

5 years ago

Regional rail train
PlanPhilly
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity
Transportation
Eyes on the Street

Regional Rail is on life support. Essential workers can bring it back.

Ridership on Regional Rail is down 90%​. SEPTA must change the system so it can serve essential workers — and draw people back to empty trains.

5 years ago

(Courtesy of the Army Corps of Engineers)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Another round of N.J. beach replenishment starting soon

Beach replenishment projects continue at the Jersey Shore, with another round set to begin soon in northern Monmouth County.

5 years ago

A Sept. 24 car crash on Benjamin Franklin Parkway killed one person.
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Safety

20-year-old man dies in Philadelphia car crash as fatality rate spikes

2020 has been an especially deadly year on Philadelphia roads.

5 years ago

Two woman paint overlooking the lake at FDR Park. (Courtesy Friends of FDR Park)
PlanPhilly
Outdoors
Public Spaces

Upside to Philly’s tailgating ban? FDR Park free of cars and noise, nature lovers say

The South Philadelphia park located near Lincoln Financial Field is closed to cars on Sunday because of the ban on tailgating. Nature lovers aren’t mad about it.

5 years ago

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