Marielle Segarra

Children play at Kelly Pool in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

Public pools in Pa. cities: how many are there, and how much does it cost to swim?

We found out. There are 71 outdoor public pools in Philadelphia. That’s “one for almost every neighborhood in the city ...

8 years ago

Former Reading City Council President Francisco Acosta. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)

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Reading City Council President admits to conspiracy to commit bribery; Mayor connected

Francisco Acosta pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery in federal court on Wednesday. Francisco Acosta ...

8 years ago

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Jeremy Viejegas casts his line into the Schuylkill River in Reading. (Jessica Kourkounis/for WHYY)

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Pennsylvanians find quiet fishing spots along city waterfronts

Here’s what some of them have to say about urban fishing. Keystone Cr ...

8 years ago

An artist space at Oberhafenquartier in Hamburg. (Marielle Segarra/WHYY)

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How Hamburg turned an old warehouse district into an artists’ quarter

The sixth in a series of Keystone Crossroads posts from German cities. ...

8 years ago

Berlin turned its former airport Tempelhof, the site of the Berlin Airlift, into a park. The runway is a path for walking, biking, and roller skating. (Marielle Segarra/WHYY)

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Ideas Pa. cities might want to steal from German cities

The fifth in a series of Keystone Crossroads posts from German cities. I’m ...

8 years ago

A swimming pool amidst the old structures at Zollverein, a former coal mine that was turned into a park and cultural space. (Marielle Segarra/WHYY)

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How German cities are turning former coal mines into parks [photos]

The fourth in a series of Keystone Crossroads’ posts from German cities. I ...

8 years ago

Women wearing head scarves buy fruit in a street in Duisburg, Germany. ( AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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How Berlin is helping immigrants and trying to get residents to think differently about national identity

The third in a series of Keystone Crossroads posts from German cities. I’m ...

8 years ago

Prinzessinnengarten has a few cafés, where employees sell food that grows in the garden.(Marielle Segarra/WHYY)

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An urban garden in Berlin that’s about more than growing vegetables

The second in a series of Keystone Crossroads posts from German cities. I’ ...

8 years ago

The bridge to HafenCity, a development on Hamburg's Elbe waterfront. (John Kraus/Flickr)

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Keystone Crossroads goes to Germany; follow along at #kcgermany

We’re headed overseas. At Keystone Crossroads, part of our mission is ...

8 years ago

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University City District is giving city-dwellers somewhere to sit

At Keystone Crossroads, we’ve been reporting on various forms of tactical urbanism: low-cost, temporary projects intended to c ...

8 years ago

People sit at a 'parklet,' a parking spot converted into mini-park, on 3rd Street and Market Street in Philadelphia. (Brandon Reynolds/for NewsWorks)

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Author interview: Tactical Urbanism

Across the country, people—and cities—are reinventing public spaces with temporary, low-cost projects. Building anything new i ...

8 years ago

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Workers apply high-friction surface treatment on Route 241 in Lebanon County. (Courtesy of PennDOT)

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Pennsylvania is making its roads less slippery

The agency is putting down a material that will increase friction on high-risk areas, including curves and intersections. Pennsylv ...

8 years ago

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