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Willow Zef volunteers at the César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden, established by Philly Socialists in 2012 near Lawrence and Norris streets. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly is creating first-ever urban agriculture manifesto

City kicks off $125K urban agriculture plan to promote community gardens and farms. Interface Studio and Soil Generation picked to develop the plan.

6 years ago

Larry Spector, president of the Society Hill Civic Association, hops off his bike at 5th and Pine streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Not in my traffic lane: How Society Hill kept out safer bikeways

Society Hill Civic Association blocked installation of barrier posts designed to protect people in bike lanes. Neighbors want the veto to be reconsidered.

6 years ago

Rowhouses line North 29th Street in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly steps up fight against deed fraud with new tools

The City of Philadelphia has unveiled a new online tool that aims to combat deed theft, a growing problem in a city with thousands of vacant or neglected properties.

6 years ago

SEPTA Regional Rail (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

16-year-old Strath Haven track star killed on SEPTA tracks ruled a suicide

The teen, Hallie Jackson, was hit by a train going toward Philadelphia on SEPTA’s Media/Elwyn Line near the Swarthmore Station.

6 years ago

Jumpstart Germantown participants talk development at a project site. (Courtesy of Jumpstart Germantown)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Show me the money: Jumpstart Philly announces $3 million in loans for neighborhood developers

The program, along with new backing from Reinvestment Fund, aims to help aspiring developers move forward with projects across the city.

6 years ago

Philly's Italian Market
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Italian Market BID dead after opponents raise voices

A proposed business improvement district (BID) that divided Italian Market property owners, tenants, and residents won’t advance in 2019.

6 years ago

Belinda Thomspson, 69, wipes away tears as she tells how her brother tried to evict her from her mother's house. She spoke during a hearing on a City Council bill that would guarantee legal counsel for those facing eviction. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

‘Everyone deserves an attorney’: City Council advances bill guaranteeing legal aid to renters facing eviction

A measure that would secure lawyers for low-income renters in eviction court advanced in City Hall Tuesday.

6 years ago

SEPTA Regional Rail (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

16-year-old girl fatally hit by SEPTA train near Swarthmore Station

The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene south of Swarthmore Station on the Center City- bound side of the Media/Elwyn Line. SEPTA has ruled out foul play.

6 years ago

The Energy Co-op is expanding its renewable natural gas service area to Philadelphia. The fuel comes from methane captured at landfills. (Bigstock/JKLS photography)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphians can opt for renewable natural gas come January

The Energy Co-op is expanding its renewable natural gas service area to Philadelphia. The fuel comes from methane captured at landfills.

6 years ago

The exterior of Philadelphia City Hall
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia’s budget team is strategizing for the next recession

Municipal budgets are healthier than they were a decade ago. Still, departments have been asked to prepare proposals for a variety of scenarios.

6 years ago

The former John F Reynolds school building will receive environmental testing as part of a grant form the federal EPA to the PHA. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Closed Sharswood school to be cleaned, reborn as veterans’ housing

Help USA, a nonprofit, is moving forward with a $20 million redevelopment of the former General John Reynolds Public School in North Philadelphia.

6 years ago

PlanPhilly's Managing Editor, Ariella Cohen, introducing the panel. To her immediate left sits Paul Farber followed by Karyn Olivier, Ori Feibush and Faye Anderson. (Emily Gann/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Listen: Here’s what happened when a real estate developer, an artist, a historian and an activist got together to talk Philly preservation, displacement and culture

Listen to a live conversation between Philly developer Ori Feibush, Paul Farber of Monument Lab, preservationist Faye Anderson and artist Karyn Olivier.

6 years ago

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Amal Ibrahim, a bartender, has joined a class action law suit alleging brothers Imad Dawara and Bahaa Dawara defrauded employees out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages. The brothers have been charged with arson in connection with the 2018 fire that burned the 200 block of Chestnut Street. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Brothers indicted in Old City arson stole wages, lawsuit alleges

Years before federal authorities charged Imad and Bahaa Dawara with torching their Old City business, former employees say the pair stole their wages.

6 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

ACLU and SEPTA spar over ‘unconstitutional’ ad policy

Federal judges could reconsider a ruling allowing SEPTA to refuse to run ads about housing discrimination.

6 years ago

Vu Ho is the owner of Ethan's Food Truck. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Food cart owners say City Hall is pushing them out of Philly. Here’s why.

New restrictions from Philadelphia City Council are making business tough for many Philadelphia food carts.

6 years ago

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