Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a native of the city and calls South Philadelphia home.
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Temple’s stellar football season reinvigorates push for new stadium
Temple University’s football team has never been a hot topic in Philadelphia – or anywhere really. This season is different. ...
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Reforming sheriff property auctions fuels long-shot Republican challenger in Philadelphia
It’s 10 a.m. on a Sunday. A coffee cup in one hand and a stack of campaign literature in the other, Chris Sawyer scans a busy, park ...
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Battery-powered ‘hoverboard’ rolls into shopping season ‘Back to the Future’-style
Wait a minute, Doc. What are these crazy two-wheeled devices that are popping up all over Philadelphia? And could one of them reach 88 mi ...
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Contractor guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Philly building collapse [updated]
After deliberating for just five hours, a Philadelphia jury on Monday found the general contractor in the 2013 Center City building colla ...
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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
Griffin Campbell has held a lot of jobs over the years. He’s worked at warehouses, lumberyards and gas stations. He’s also po ...
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Excavator operator says he knew of risk, but followed orders before 2013 fatal building collapse
For more than three hours Thursday, Sean Benschop sat across from his former boss and talked about the day that forever changed their liv ...
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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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