PlanPhilly Archive
This entrepreneur wants to bring the 21st century economy to 52nd Street
Philadelphia entrepreneur Tayyib Smith is teaming up with developer Guy Laren of Constellar Corp. to build a business hub designed for social impact.
6 years ago
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4 Delaware River industrial artifacts that shaped Philadelphia
Photographs of Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront reveal the intertwined fates of nature, industry and culture.
6 years ago
Philadelphia Historical Commission votes to remove Marconi Plaza Christopher Columbus statue
The vote marks the second-to-last procedural hurdle for Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposal to remove the Marconi Plaza icon.
6 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.
6 years ago
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A traumatic raid ends with a brighter future for the North Philly Peace Park
Philadelphia Housing Authority mistakenly raided buildings being cleaned by a North Philadelphia community farm. This time, things ended with a positive resolution.
6 years ago
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Monuments to America’s racist past don’t belong in our public parks
The Philadelphia Art Commission’s decision on Marconi’s Christopher Columbus statue will influence how our city heals from injustices.
6 years ago
‘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.
6 years ago
Need a respite from the brutal heat? Philly offers 10 public cooling centers
City officials opened 10 air conditioning spaces during the first heat emergency of 2020. But few people knew about the resource on Monday.
6 years ago
Eyes on the Street
Mayor Kenney, stop putting optics before solutions — your city needs housing now
An open letter to Mayor Kenney and Philadelphia Housing Authority CEO Kelvin Jeremiah about the city’s homeless encampments and demands for housing.
6 years ago
Eyes on the Street
Breonna Taylor’s death reveals link between urban development and racist policing
Lawyers for Breonna Taylor’s family have tied her murder by police to a West Louisville revitalization plan. The allegations resonate in Philadelphia.
6 years ago
Philly sanitation workers blame filthy streets on ‘poor management’; apologize for rotting trash
Philadelphia sanitation workers say Mayor Jim Kenney’s management is to blame for the mounds of stinky trash proliferating across the city.
6 years ago
Developers spar over competing visions for a changing Washington Avenue
Critics of Washington Avenue development say parking and curb cuts would harm efforts to make the corridor more walkable for decades to come.
6 years ago
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Remembering my Uncle Stephen McFadden, the SEPTA conductor who was slick with words
Stephen McFadden was loved by so many, but to me, he was simply my Uncle Stephen.
6 years ago
‘We want to fill this space with light’: Philly artists, residents ‘cleanse’ Rizzo wall
Michelle Angela Ortiz and other Philly artists want to honor the community that has grown around the historic Ninth Street Market on the wall that once featured Frank Rizzo.
6 years ago
SEPTA fires police sergeant for striking protesters with baton
SEPTA police sergeant Matthew Sinkiewicz struck protesters demonstrating against police violence, an internal investigation found.
6 years ago