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76ers rejected: N.Y. developer Durst selected for Penn’s Landing site
The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation said it chose the Durst plan because of its compatibility with the master plan for the public waterfront.
4 years ago
Philadelphia to temporarily block landlords from enforcing evictions
Local landlord group HAPCO said it was informed courts would not enforce lockout orders for an additional two weeks.
4 years ago
Protest in Philly over police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin
A City Hall rally continues a summer that has seen the country’s largest protests and demands for racial justice and police reforms in decades.
4 years ago
‘Do you know anywhere I can go?’: Evictions continue even as city, CDC tries to halt wave
Many Philly tenants will fall through the cracks of a Centers for Disease Control halt on coronavirus-related evictions, housing attorneys say. Lucille Davis is one of them.
4 years ago
A bid to relocate the 76ers to Penn’s Landing has divided Philly, with advocates seeing growth opportunities and critics wary of lost tax revenue.
4 years ago
Philadelphia to replace judge that supervised landlord-tenant court
Judge Bradley K. Moss will transition out of his role amid a pandemic expected to result in a crushing wave of evictions.
4 years ago
Federal judge clears city to remove homeless encampments on Ben Franklin Parkway, Ridge Ave.
U.S District Court Judge Eduardo C. Robreno ruled that the city could move ahead with plans to vacate the camps, so long as they provided 72 hours notice.
4 years ago
N.J. coronavirus recovery: Contact tracers get little cooperation, shutoff moratorium extended
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says that the Garden State’s efforts to perform COVID-19 contract tracing had been hampered by non-responders.
4 years ago
What the return of indoor dining means in Philadelphia
Indoor dining is back. As many celebrate the return of restaurant life, workers face new conflicts and questions.
4 years ago
Police misconduct in Philadelphia: Unsealed records name the city’s most cited cops
Even if officers assault civilians, they rarely face repercussions — and sometimes get promoted, newly released documents show.
5 years ago
A Philly lawyer evicts people for city courts. She’s married to a judge who presides over evictions
The lawyer appointed by Philadelphia Municipal Court to officiate over evictions is married to a court judge — a conflict of interest, ethics lawyers say.
5 years ago
Listen 1:50‘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