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Think is a national call-in radio program, hosted by acclaimed journalist Krys Boyd and produced by KERA — North Texas’ PBS and NPR member station. Each week, listeners across the country tune in to the program to hear thought-provoking, in-depth conversations with newsmakers from across the globe.

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956 Erie Avenue is a 19-acre property that’s being developed into a industrial space by Maken Studios.  (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Urban Planning

Safer streets are part of Shift Capital’s $20 million Crown Can plant remake

New bus shelters, a bicycle lane, street lighting and other improvements will come with Shift Capital’s $20 million Juniata Park development.

6 years ago

Sherri Lee stands in the living room of her rented home on Snyder Avenue. Plumbing issues there have forced her to seek another home for her family, which includes five children. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Urban Planning

New Philly program aims to help renters by giving repair loans to their landlords

The Small Landlord Loan Program will lend owners up to $25,000 to make ‘health and safety-related repairs.’ It’s slated to start early next year.

6 years ago

Mastery Frederick Douglass Elementary School in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Stop using tap and bring in ‘safe water,’ physician urges North Philly school officials

A health expert said every school in the city that has plumbing joined by lead solder should stop allowing children to use drinking fountains immediately.

6 years ago

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An artist's rendering of the Village Square on Haverford development, as seen from the intersection of 37th Street and Haverford Avenue. (WRT/Lomax Real Estate)
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Urban Planning

Met Fresh supermarket, 166 homes and WURD Radio are moving to Mantua

The $43 million development will bring a full-service grocery store and affordable housing to a growing neighborhood.

6 years ago

An artist's rendering of the BAT lanes planned for Roosevelt Boulevard. (City of Philadelphia)
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Urban Planning

Philly to test a bus-forward traffic hack on deadly Roosevelt Boulevard

A traffic design hack is coming to Roosevelt Boulevard. City officials say the new “BAT” lanes will speed up transit commutes.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Council member Jannie Blackwell. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Twilight zone: Blackwell to remap West Philly in her last days on Council

With just a month left in City Council’s fall session, outgoing Councilmember Jannie Blackwell unveiled big plans for her West Philadelphia district.

6 years ago

Audience members at Philadelphia City Council listen to testimony on a bill that would guarantee legal counsel to those facing eviction. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Courts & Law

Philly Council votes unanimously to provide free lawyers for tenants facing eviction

Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill Thursday that will provide lawyers to low-income tenants facing eviction.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of PATCO)
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Urban Planning

PATCO gets $12.6M federal grant to reopen abandoned Franklin Square Station

PATCO received a $12.6 million federal grant to reopen an abandoned station beneath Franklin Square. It was last open in 1979.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Wawa)
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Urban Planning

City postpones ruling on Bart Blatstein’s Delaware River waterfront Wawa

The battle over Bart Blatstein’s Wawa on the waterfront will continue into 2020.

6 years ago

Rendering of the homes from Women’s Community Revitalization Project
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Affordable forever? A new kind of housing comes to South Philadelphia

The new Mamie Nichols Homes, masterminded by the Women’s Community Revitalization Project, will be permanently affordable as part of a community land trust

6 years ago

Concrete Cowboys founder Malik Divers and his horse Sunny. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Urban Planning

On the changing Schuylkill riverfront, real-world ‘Concrete Cowboys’ find a new home

Philadelphia’s real-world Concrete Cowboys are moving to a home on the edge of Bartram’s Garden, along a new Schuylkill River trail.

6 years ago

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Regional rail train
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Politics & Policy

What a blue wave could mean for SEPTA’s board

Three of the five counties served by SEPTA have flipped red to blue, and the board that governs the authority is likely to flip right along with it.

6 years ago

Young students from the Chinatown Learning Center sing during the grand opening of the Crane Chinatown community center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Community

Chinatown welcomes ‘a new building and a new day’ with the Crane

The new community center at the Crane comes after years of fighting for recreational space in Chinatown.

6 years ago

Rendering of the Equal Justice Center near 8th and Vine streets. (Courtesy of Pennrose)
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Urban Planning

Philly’s Equal Justice Center: More delays, less public space

A social impact development project planned for Philadelphia’s Chinatown is moving forward with a new design and timeline.

6 years ago

David Oh at his Election Night watch party in Northeast Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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Politics & Policy

Is David Oh the future of Philadelphia’s Republican Party?

How a narrow Election Day win could portend a changing fate for Philadelphia Republicans.

6 years ago

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