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Urban Planning

Tayyib Smith is planning to build an entrepreneurship hub on 52nd Street near Arch Street in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Economic Development
Real Estate

This entrepreneur wants to bring the 21st century economy to 52nd Street

Philadelphia entrepreneur Tayyib Smith is teaming up with developer Guy Laren of Constellar Corp. to build a business hub designed for social impact.

5 years ago

Listen 1:49
This April 13, 2019, file photo, shows rows of homes, in suburban Salt Lake City.  (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Neighborhoods
Real Estate

Trump plays on fears in play for the suburbs

Trump is trying to win over suburbanites by promising to protect their “beautiful" neighborhoods from the racial unrest that has gripped some U.S. cities this summer.

5 years ago

A worker measures the Christopher Columbus statue at Marconi Plaza
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Social Justice
Eyes on the Street

Monuments to America’s racist past don’t belong in our public parks

The Philadelphia Art Commission’s decision on Marconi’s Christopher Columbus statue will influence how our city heals from injustices.

5 years ago

Robert Crossett
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Public Safety

‘It felt like an earthquake’: South Philly rowhouse collapse crushes two cars

A spokesperson for L&I said that a dilapidated three-story rowhouse on Mercy Street was under construction at the time of the collapse.

5 years ago

Brittany Berkins
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Health
Public Spaces

Need a respite from the brutal heat? Philly offers 10 public cooling centers

City officials opened 10 air conditioning spaces during the first heat emergency of 2020. But few people knew about the resource on Monday.

5 years ago

A ground mural depicting a portrait of Breonna Taylor is seen at Chambers Park, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. The mural honors Taylor, a 26-year old Black woman who was fatally shot by police in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment. The artwork was a team effort by the Banneker-Douglass Museum, the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, and Future History Now, a youth organization that focuses on mural projects. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Housing
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
Eyes on the Street

Breonna Taylor’s death reveals link between urban development and racist policing

Lawyers for Breonna Taylor’s family have tied her murder by police to a West Louisville revitalization plan. The allegations resonate in Philadelphia.

5 years ago

South Philly bike lane
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads
Billy Penn

A $2 million Vision Zero budget cut could imperil future Philly traffic safety projects

Current renovations will continue as planned, but capital funding is at risk.

5 years ago

The owners of 2031 Washington Ave. plan to put a four-story residential complex atop the existing commercial building. (PlanPhilly staff)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Real Estate

Developers spar over competing visions for a changing Washington Avenue

Critics of Washington Avenue development say parking and curb cuts would harm efforts to make the corridor more walkable for decades to come.

5 years ago

Von Colln Field on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway has become home to more than 200 people protesting Philadelphia's treatment of its homeless population. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Philadelphia

Showdown looms over the Parkway homeless encampment

Years of perceived inaction on the part of Philly officials over affordable housing could come to a head this Friday when they plan to evict residents of a homeless encampment

Air Date: July 14, 2020

Listen 17:44
Love Park is empty during the coronavirus lockdown. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Real Estate
Eyes on the Street

The work-from-home economy is the next threat Philadelphia faces

Philadelphia stands to lose a staggering amount of tax revenue if office workers don’t return to Center City’s towers.

5 years ago

The streets around St. Laurentius Church are blocked due to falling debris and slated demolition. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Preservation
Religion

St. Laurentius Church in Fishtown lives — Historical Commission delays demolition vote

A bitterly fought-over Fishtown icon will survive at least another month after heated debate over whether the crumbling landmark can be saved.

5 years ago

People dine outside in Northern Liberties. (Courtesy of Northern Liberties Business Improvement District)
PlanPhilly
Food & Drink
Public Health

Philadelphia postpones street closures for outdoor dining over safety, health concerns

The city asked a Northern Liberties group to cancel an on-street dining event after an Old City man pulled out a gun during a fight over social distancing.

5 years ago

Protesters held a rally for reparations and racial justice on the Fourth of July outside Philadelphia’s Municipal Services building. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
Eyes on the Street

Reparations would help cities. Now is the time for urbanists to advocate for them.

It’s time for cities to take a reparative framework that addresses impacts of past harm.

5 years ago

Outdoor dining at P'unk Burger and Flannel on East Passyunk Avenue.
PlanPhilly
Food & Drink
Neighborhoods

Passyunk postpones outdoor dining event after gun pulled in Old City mask fight

An altercation over mask-wearing alarms Philadelphia business districts considering street closures to allow expanded outdoor dining.

5 years ago

An aerial view of Graffiti Pier
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

Designers reveal plans for Graffiti Pier as a waterfront park

When Philly’s most-Instagrammed site gets a makeover, it’ll look… pretty much the same.

5 years ago

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