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One of the mosquito devices at East Poplar park. (Anannya Kundu for WHYY)
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Whether you can hear the sound or not, ‘Mosquito’ sonic devices shouldn’t be in our parks

I was upset to learn that Markward Playground has planted “Mosquitos” — the sonic device that targets young people my age, those 25 and under.

6 years ago

A view of the 2001 Beach Street development from the air  hickock cole and ISA Architects)
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Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A thousand new homes are planned next to Graffiti Pier

The sprawling 1,100-unit project would include multifamily rental buildings at the western end of the site, followed by diverse array of single-family town homes

6 years ago

Parking garage at 12th and Sansom streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A soaring tower designed for seniors to rise in Center City

A soaring tower designed with aging baby boomers in mind is coming to a prime Center City intersection. 

6 years ago

Philadelphia Councilmember Helen Gym.
(Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Why Philadelphia punted on tax abatement reform … again

Despite resounding calls for changing the tax subsidy, none of the six pending proposals for reform have moved forward.

6 years ago

Nurses in the operating room at Hahnemann Hospital. (Elana Gordon/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

How Philly’s economy will treat refinery, hospital workers facing layoffs

Workers facing layoffs at Hahnemann and Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery will walk into radically different job markets.

6 years ago

Traffic on I-95 heads south toward Center City.
PlanPhilly
Science
PlanPhilly

New study finds elevated risk of pollution exposure in some of Philly’s hottest neighborhoods

Some of Philadelphia’s most desirable neighborhoods come with a risk of increased exposure to auto-related air pollution.

6 years ago

A large flare burns off fuel at Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery while firefighters battle a fire there. The wind carried the black smoke toward residential areas of South Philadelphia. (Emma lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

The East Coast’s largest refinery is closing; many say a greener future is possible for the site

WHYY’s PlanPhilly spoke with seven Philadelphians, including politicos, neighbors and activists, about their vision for the site’s future. Here’s what they told us.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Council member Maria Quiñones-Sánchez
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Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philadelphia’s controversial new affordable housing policy might actually be working

The compromise that helped end City Council’s two-year-long fight over how to finance affordable housing is beginning to bear fruit.

6 years ago

Caution tape surrounds an area at a building where a third-floor balcony collapsed, critically injuring two men. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Community
PlanPhilly

Two men critically injured in West Philly balcony collapse

It wasn’t immediately known why the men were on the landing or why the fire escape collapsed.

6 years ago

A pedestrian threads his way through snarled traffic at Broad and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Report: Congestion costs Philly $152 million a year

SEPTA makes “the economic case” for fighting congestion with increased parking enforcement and other measures.

6 years ago

At the scene from a fire staging area under the Platt Bridge, a flare can be seen burned off fuel   (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

City to convene safety working group after massive South Philly refinery fire

Mayor Jim Kenney has convened a working group to examine safety and air quality protocols at the South Philadelphia refinery rocked by a massive explosion on Friday.

6 years ago

Najee Spencer-Young poses in front of her mural portrait by artist Amy Sherald. Spencer-Young is a participant in the Mural Arts’ Achieving Independence Center classes. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Arts & Entertainment
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North Philly teen inspires six-story mural by artist who painted Michelle Obama’s portrait

Najee Spencer-Young cried when she heard that Amy Sherald had painted her portrait on the side of Center City building.

6 years ago

A vacant lot maintained by PHS through the Vacant Lot Stabilization program located on 6th and Berks. (PlanPhilly, file)
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Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philly Council President wants to increase transparency of city land sales

A new bill aims to increase the transparency and efficiency of Philadelphia’s politicized process for selling vacant city land.

6 years ago

CEO Kevin Thompson and COO Naim Statham present their fleet of close to a hundred Verve E-scooters, stored at a former hamburger take-out restaurant located at the corner of Roosevelt Blvd and F Street, on June 15, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Philly natives enter the e-scooter wars with $100k homegrown startup, Verve S

Two Philly natives have invested $100,000 in dockless e-scooters. Now they just need their hometown and state to legalize them.

6 years ago

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Crews battled a fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery on Monday night (NBC10)
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Community

Philadelphians deserve a voice in debate over future of local refineries

Residents in Eastwick live next to the single largest generator of particulate emission air pollution in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

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