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Urban Planning

Heat pumps can work for both heating and cooling. You can think of a heat pump as an air conditioner that can also work backward.
PlanPhilly
Delaware
Energy
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Biden administration awarded home energy rebate money to Pa., Del., N.J. in final days

The rebates will reduce the cost of electric heat pumps, electric stoves, wiring and insulation. They’re expected to roll out this year.

5 months ago

A PATCO fare gate at the 8th and Market stop.
New Jersey
Transportation

PATCO is preparing to ‘tap and go’ this summer with new fare collection system

The rail service between Camden County and Philadelphia will begin to accept bank cards and mobile payment directly. The Freedom Card will remain for now.

5 months ago

on the Schuylkill River Trail
Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia

Philadelphia receives federal funding to expand Schuylkill River Trail

The initiative is part of a regional network known as Circuit Trails, which aims to connect more than 800 miles of trails across Pennsylvania and New Jersey by 2040.

5 months ago

Listen 1:14
One entrance of the Philadelphia Rail Park near 13th and Noble Street. (Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Real Estate

Philly’s Rail Park raises millions for next phase from state, federal grants

Organizers expect to complete the next step in turning the Reading Railroad Viaduct into a park in a few months, but there’s a long way to go.

5 months ago

A municipal sanitation worker collects trash in Philadelphia
Government
Government Accountability
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Residents say twice-weekly pickups aren’t fixing Philly’s trash problem

The mayor’s pilot program adding another trash day in Center City and South Philly was meant to reduce litter — but some residents say the problem has only gotten worse.

5 months ago

Arena opponents gather and hold signs reading NO ARENA IN CHINATOWN and SAY NO TO BILLIONAIRES, SAY YES TO PHILLY
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Sports

A billion-dollar saga: How the Sixers arena proposal went from a done deal to a stunning reversal

The Sixers successfully pushed to build a new arena in Center City. Now the controversial project is in the rearview after an about-face no one saw coming.

5 months ago

A rendering of a proposed Sixers arena
Studio 2
Philadelphia
Real Estate
Sports

Sixers arena ‘curveball’

After more than two years of fierce debate, the Sixers have abandoned their plans for a downtown arena, surprising many city officials and residents. What's coming up next?

Air Date: January 14, 2025 12:00 pm

Listen 51:14
Cathy Hicks speaks behind a podium
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Politics
Sports
The Philadelphia Tribune

Several Black leaders throw support behind Sixers’ pivot with arena, after supporting Market East project

The African American Chamber of Commerce, Philly's NAACP president and other groups and civic leaders supported the Center City project as an economic win for Black residents.

5 months ago

Arena opponents gather and hold signs reading NO ARENA IN CHINATOWN and MEDICAL WORKERS SAY NO ARENA
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Real Estate
Sports

Sixers will build new arena in South Philadelphia after deal reached with Comcast Spectacor; Philly to pursue WNBA team

The sudden turn of events comes after Philly City Council recently approved a controversial plan to build an arena in Center City near Chinatown.

5 months ago

Listen 4:13
outside of Wells Fargo Center
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Sports

Sources: Sixers abandon plan to build new Center City arena, will remain in South Philly

The decision is rooted in a deal struck with Comcast Spectacor, which hopes to transform the South Philly sports complex over the next decade.

5 months ago

Shops at Lehigh Valley Mall. (Google Maps)
Pennsylvania
Transportation

Lehigh Valley Mall owner plans to evict public transit center

LANTA and Lehigh Valley Mall management have been having talks to find an alternative solution.

5 months ago

Listen 0:57
Cloverly Park at 437 West School House Lane
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Housing
Philadelphia
Preservation

‘We don’t build them like this anymore’: Historical commission greenlights new thematic district in Northwest Philly

The district protects apartment buildings in Mount Airy and Germantown constructed during WWI and WWII.

5 months ago

a backup transformer on a truck
PlanPhilly
Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia

PECO moves transformer flooded during Ida to prepare for more extreme weather

The utility got a federal grant to speed up several projects to improve reliability of its grid during extreme weather.

6 months ago

Listen 1:12
Protesters sitting on the floor and locking arms
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Sports

After protesters removed from chambers, Philly Council votes 12-5 to approve Sixers’ arena proposal

The controversial development is now on track to open in Center City in 2031.

6 months ago

Listen 1:07
Regional Rail train station
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Real Estate
Transportation

‘A win-win’: SEPTA set to lease 5 train stations in Northwest Philly to private developer

SEPTA selected Ken Weinstein’s bid to renovate the stations as the authority faces a massive operating deficit.

6 months ago

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