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Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Eyes on the Street

Seriously, where are Philly’s public restrooms?

Public space writer Conrad Benner makes the case for public potties and talks to city officials about plans for a network of restrooms.

5 years ago

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SEPTA’s Midvale bus depot was a hotspot for COVID-19.
PlanPhilly
Technology
Transportation

SEPTA malware attack busted automated rider counters used to stop transit crowding

The automatic passenger counting system that checks SEPTA buses and trolleys for overcrowding remains inactive about four months after the malware attack.

5 years ago

Kendra Bowden-Ponder, her husband Quan and their three children Ja’Lissa, 6, Jordyn, 1, and Kayleb, 10 months, are facing eviction. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Neighborhoods

Report: West Philadelphia renters face a growing risk of displacement

More than half of all renters in West Philadelphia’s District 3 struggle to pay rent. Without policy change, many could be priced out, a new report suggests.

5 years ago

Former Showboat casino in Atlantic City, N.J.
Business
New Jersey

$100M water park at Showboat hotel OK’d, tax break pending

The key to making the project work — 20 years of tax breaks the Showboat's owner is seeking — has not yet been decided.

5 years ago

A SEPTA rider dons a surgical mask. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
Public Health
Transportation

SEPTA and Drexel team up to stop the spread of COVID-19 on public transit

Together, the institutions will pursue more than $600,000 in federal funding to develop and test new air and surface cleaning technology.

5 years ago

A SEPTA bus approaches City Hall in a bus lane.
PlanPhilly
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Transportation

SEPTA wants to delay planned fare increases in hopes of luring riders back

The transit agency was set to increase fares at the start of the new year in January.

5 years ago

Octavia Howell, formerly of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, records residents' input on the Lower Northwest District Plan. (Matthew Grady/WHYY)
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Economic Development
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Philadelphia aims to bring Black and brown advisers into next city master plan

The Kenney administration hopes a new committee can help center Black and brown voices in the city’s next comprehensive planning process.

5 years ago

A bicyclist rides over a new bicycle counter embedded under the surface of Center City bike lane. (DVRPC)
PlanPhilly
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Philadelphia is counting bicyclists with new tech embedded in the street

Philadelphia has installed permanent bicycle use counters along two heavily used Center City bike lanes.

5 years ago

Locked gates at FDR Park’s ballfields. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

Parks and Rec is reopening some fields usually locked for winter so people have more outdoor options

Details are still unclear on the policy change, which was spurred by Twitter requests.

5 years ago

Homes across from Fairmount Park at 33rd and Clifford streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Preservation
Real Estate

City Council creates Strawberry Mansion conservation district — a first for an ‘underrepresented’ community

The new regulations limit building height and ban some exterior building materials as well as roof decks.

5 years ago

Homes in Francisville/Spring Garden
PlanPhilly
Homelessness
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

City Council extends eviction diversion program

The amendment, from Councilmember Helen Gym, extends the requirement through March 31, 2021.

5 years ago

City Council President Darrell Clarke announced the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative in Philadelphia’s South Kensington neighborhood.
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Housing
Philadelphia
Real Estate
Taxes

Philly passes first-ever development impact tax, delays abatement reductions for another year

The new revenue generated by the 1% tax on residential development is intended to send millions of dollars towards new affordable housing projects.

5 years ago

FDR Park’s iconic gazebo. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

The pandemic helped make FDR Park better. Now it has to survive the aftermath

If you live in South Philly, it’s not your imagination: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park is having a moment.

5 years ago

Rendering produced by RevitGods of the existing second-floor space of the former Philadelphia Inquirer Building. Now the Philadelphia Public Services Building. (Courtesy of RevitGods Inc.)
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Architecture & Design
Race & Ethnicity
Eyes on the Street

Philadelphia’s architecture industry needs to fix its diversity problems

RevitGods, Inc. CEO Uchenna Okere shares his personal experience in the architecture industry and how the field can bring in more women and people of color.

5 years ago

SEPTA General manager Leslie Richards speaks to a fellow SEPTA employee at Frankford Transportation Center in Philadelphia. (Courtesy of SEPTA)
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Pennsylvania
Transportation

SEPTA boss: Service cuts and layoffs imminent unless COVID relief comes soon

SEPTA and other transit agencies are facing a massive funding shortfall that could imperil operations in 2021.

5 years ago

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