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Urban Planning

This November 2019 photo shows new condos at 1834 Frankford Avenue (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philly passes bill that aims to encourage affordable housing in desirable neighborhoods

The measure tweaks an incentive that allows developers to construct larger buildings than typically allowed in exchange for supporting affordable housing.

5 years ago

A worker puts some final touches on 802 Bennett St. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Housing
Income Inequality

Habitat for Humanity building 12 new homes after collapse of Wilmington housing agency

The housing agency ran out of money and still has an inventory of more than 100 lots and homes to be renovated or torn down and rebuilt.

5 years ago

Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia
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Philadelphia

Philly’s plastic bag ban is finally here — with enforcement still to come

City Council first passed the ban in late 2019, requiring businesses to stop using plastic bags and any paper bags that don’t use at least 40% recycled material.

5 years ago

Project Home event
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Homelessness
Housing
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Philadelphia

Project Home opens 40-unit apartment building — a first since the pandemic began

The four-story building in North Philadelphia will provide permanent supportive housing to people who are or have been homeless or are at risk of homelessness.

5 years ago

I-676 is filled with floodwater in the wake of Hurricane Ida in 2021.
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Environment
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Transportation

Citing climate change, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission board member abstains from vote on agency plan

The former chair of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission board abstained from a vote on the agency’s long-term plan citing climate change.

5 years ago

File photo: Beth Grossman announcing a run for DA in 2017. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
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Philly Parking Authority’s new chair comes with past in GOP politics

The new PPA board chair lost to DA Larry Krasner in 2017.

5 years ago

(Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

SEPTA wants a better Regional Rail, so it’s asking for rider feedback on what’s important

Lower fares? More frequent service? Easier connections? Fill out the survey.

5 years ago

Woman poses at computer
Delaware
Infrastructure
Technology

$110 million plan to extend high speed internet to rural Delaware

Federal funds will help connect more than 11,000 homes and businesses in Delaware to high-speed broadband internet. The biggest gap is in southwestern part of the state.

5 years ago

Protesters outside City Hall calling for vacant land to be given for community development
Economic Development
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Philadelphia
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Community groups call on City Council to make more land available for development

A coalition of community organizations contend some of the city’s vacant land should go to them rather than to private developers.

5 years ago

Ken Steif (Courtesy of Steif family)
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Higher Education
Philadelphia

Remembering Ken Steif, an urban planner who used data to make cities more just

The University of Pennsylvania professor, R&B-lover, neighborhood advocate, and beloved husband and father passed away after a battle with cancer.

5 years ago

Two young men walk past a rehab project in Strawberry Mansion, in 2018.
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Architecture & Design
Economic Development
Real Estate

Council President Darrell Clarke to introduce overhaul of Philly Zoning Board

Clarke wants to give City Council more power over neighborhood development after a series of zoning decisions that he believed favored developers.

5 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is seen from the Market Frankford platform at 63rd Street
PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Transportation

SEPTA spent $7 million on McKinsey consulting contract amid COVID fiscal crisis

Nearly one year and thousands of work hours after the regional transit agency started work with McKinsey, the $7 million initiative is under review.

5 years ago

City Council President Darrell Clarke announced the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative in Philadelphia’s South Kensington neighborhood.
PlanPhilly
Homelessness
Housing
Philadelphia
Preservation

Philadelphia’s $400 million Neighborhood Preservation Initiative moves ahead

An effort to save and preserve housing stock in Philadelphia is moving ahead with $400 million in funding over the next four years.

5 years ago

Traffic going eastbound on the Pennsylvania Turnpike proceeds through the electronic toll booths
Pennsylvania
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Free rides take $104M toll on Pennsylvania Turnpike finances

Turnpike records show the millions of drivers who don’t use E-ZPass have a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license plate camera system.

5 years ago

Artist JJ Tizou leads a walking tour around Philadelphia. (Aaron Moselle / WHYY)
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Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

After a year of crises, a 100-mile walk offers a chance to see Philly anew

Artist JJ Tiziou is leading guided walks along the city’s perimeter as part of the Fringe Festival that kicked off Thursday and will run through the month.

5 years ago

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