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Rowhouses line North 29th Street in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Community

City Council approves package of bills to aid renters strained by pandemic

The packages create an eviction diversion program, extend an eviction moratorium through August, and address late fees and related issues.

6 years ago

Protesters at the Pennsylvania Convention Center urge police to ‘take a knee in solidarity.’ (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

New Philly budget restores some funds for affordable housing and arts, cancels $19 million police increase

After weeks of protest, Philly Council passed a preliminary budget plan that responds to calls for reprioritization in spending.

6 years ago

Donavan West
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly could be the first U.S. city to address systemic racism with Black stimulus

The package would include capital investments in poor neighborhoods, as well as millions more on job training, rent subsidies and basic income support.

6 years ago

Gardeners (from left) Josh Reaves, Mirta Gonzalez, Sara Vega, Willow Zef, Morgana Ginet, Anthony Batrick, Lauren Troop and Ada Marie Biaz at the César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden in Kensington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

South Kensington gardeners challenge housing project — and win a conversation

Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha is partnering with Scannapieco Development Corporation on the mixed-income development.

6 years ago

A street sweeper works along Kensington Avenue
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Street sweeping to continue in 6 Philly neighborhoods and on business corridors

Budget cuts, however, will prevent a planned expansion of the city’s street cleaning program.

6 years ago

Founder and executive director of The Center for Returning Citizens Jondhi J. Harrell. (Ryan Collerd for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

I did 25 years in prison. Don’t abolish police — demilitarize and detoxify policing

I’m a Black man in North Philadelphia who survived prison and helps people returning to the community. We need to reinvent policing from the ground up.

6 years ago

52nd Street in West Philadelphia was hit with both pandemic closures and looting. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Return to Main Street: Historic West Philly corridor fights to keep its identity

Who is shaping the bustling corridor remains in flux as longtime businesses take stock of losses and newcomers eye opportunities.

6 years ago

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Smoke billows from the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Company buying bankrupt PES refinery promises 18,000 jobs in next 10 years

A Hilco Redevelopment Partners executive told a City Council hearing the company’s plan will create 8,000 union construction jobs, 10,000 permanent jobs.

6 years ago

PPD Capt. Louis Campione during the standoff at Marconi Plaza on Saturday (Twitter/@UR_Ninja)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

South Philly police captain removed after Columbus statue protests, amid larger PPD shakeup

Capt. Louis Campione has been on the force for 43 years.

6 years ago

A man walks on the 3700 block of North 15th Street, where a seven-hour police siege happened last year. (Ryan Collerd)
PlanPhilly
Community

What does ‘defund the police’ mean to a community that survived a police shootout?

Many residents of Nicetown-Tioga don’t want police to completely disappear from their community but they want them to show up differently.

6 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney and Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
Eyes on the Street

Kenney’s track record doesn’t bode well for police reform. Why should we trust him now?

Given Kenney’s past record of deferring to police and FOP leadership, how seriously should Philadelphians take his new police reform plan?

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Kendra Brooks. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

Kendra Brooks: Undo structural racism by nixing Philly’s 10-year tax abatement

City Council’s lone independent legislator has called for wiping out the city’s 10-year property tax abatement.

6 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly police no longer welcome in Vision Zero as bicyclists reckon with racism

The Bicycle Coalition will no “longer advocate for armed police enforcement” of safer streets rules. Philly officials say city policy could shift as well.

6 years ago

Police arrest dozens of protesters on Route 676 near 21st Street after they blocked traffic.
PlanPhilly
Community

Eyes blistering, crawling on highway: What it felt like to be tear gassed on 676

Fifteen people describe their violent encounter with police while protesting police brutality in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

James Aye, a youth organizer, stands in the median on 52nd Street. (Ryan M. Collerd for PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Community

Why Gen Z wants a place on 52nd Street — West Philly’s Black ‘Broadway’

Young people see a role for themselves on 52nd Street, especially after last week’s violent clashes between police and protesters and looters.

6 years ago

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