Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a city native and calls South Philadelphia home.
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Contractor guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Philly building collapse [updated]
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‘I didn’t kill anybody,’ says contractor in deadly Philly building collapse
It started with a woman’s scream. On June 5, 2013, Griffin Campbell stood at 22nd and Market streets, his back to the four-story ...
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Contractor in deadly building collapse testifies he had little experience
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Excavator operator says he knew of risk, but followed orders before 2013 fatal building collapse
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Philly and developer planning project to rise in Logan, site of sinking homes
This is what’s known as the Logan Triangle, an infamous, 35-acre slice of North Philadelphia history that residents, city officials ...
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PCLB hears case against deli near Vernon Park neighbors say is a nuisance
Germantown residents packed a Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board hearing late last week with hopes of swaying the state agency to shut dow ...
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Murder trial begins for contractor in Center City collapse
Inevitable. That’s how Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Selber described the deadly 2013 Center City buildi ...
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Jury selection in Center City building collapse trial begins Tuesday
Jury selection is scheduled to start Tuesday in the murder trial of Griffin Campbell, the general contractor charged in connection to a d ...
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Philly sticks to estimate of 1 million visitors Sunday as demand for rail passes ebbs
Estimates are, of course, just that – estimates. Still, even a quick survey of weekend transportation options shows that fewer people m ...
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City, Aramark, other vendors at odds over ‘Francis Festival’ sales
By now, you’ve probably heard that Pope Francis will be in Philadelphia this weekend and that, during his visit, traffic restrictio ...
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