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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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The Painted Bride Art Center is draped in black mesh since it was discovered that the Isaiah Zagar mural that covers it is separating from its walls. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Painted Bride goes to court to sell its distinctive building

In the final step to sell the structure, which will likely also mean destroying an Isaiah Zagar mosaic, the Bride faced pushback.

7 years ago

SEPTA and the city have just finished a $7.3 million rebuild of the Woodland Avenue Bridge, first constructed in 1920. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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This West Philly bridge got a makeover for its 99th birthday

The bridge was first constructed in 1920. A structural evaluation in 2017 called it “basically intolerable.” Here’s what changed.

7 years ago

A transit police officer keeps watch on the Market-Frankford line. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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SEPTA police to get new service weapons after Sig pistol accidentally fires

The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating an incident in which a SEPTA police officer’s service weapon fired without manipulation while holstered.

7 years ago

Ali Baba Hookah Lounge on Castor Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Urban Planning

Puff, Puff, Pass: Philly Council to debate banning hookah bars in most of the city

Neighborhood groups across the Northeast are on a campaign to shut down hookah bars they see as disruptive to their community.

7 years ago

Tonnetta Graham is president of the Strawberry Mansion CDC. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)d
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Rain garden in Strawberry Mansion holds water — and makes students safer

The $1.6 million stormwater project also includes a curb extension, new sidewalks, a pedestrian crossing, and six Americans with Disabilities Act ramps.

7 years ago

Cars double parked on the 1200 block of Chestnut St. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philly creates new loading zones to ease traffic in Center City

The city wants Center City delivery drivers to take a load off — without blocking traffic.

7 years ago

An Eagles fan takes in the city from the top of the steps to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, also known as the Rocky steps. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Who benefits most from Philly’s tax abatement? Center City developers

The lion’s share of revenue lost to Philly’s tax abatement is tied to large commercial real estate projects, not single-family homes.

7 years ago

An artist's rendering of PAU's proposed tower, as seen from Drexel's College Walk. (PAU/Brandywine)
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Urban Planning

Philly’s design world adores the city’s first fire-engine red skyscraper

Brilliant red terracotta laces architect Vishaan Chakrabarti’s first Philadelphia skyscraper. He chose the material for a reason: It’s the next best thing to brick.

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A cure for the ailing Broad-Ridge Spur

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The exterior of the Painted Bride building
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16 condos could replace Painted Bride, Philly’s oldest alternative art space

In advance of a court hearing, a Philadelphia developer filed permits to build residential units with parking and a roof deck on the contested site of the Painted Bride.

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Roslynn Green has been principal at Ben Franklin for 15 years. Until now, the school yard has been entirely concrete.  (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
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Urban Planning

Ben Franklin Elementary gets a playground — a first for a public school in the 19120 zip code

Two thirds of Philadelphia public schools don’t have playgrounds, and until now, there were none in the 19120 zip code.

7 years ago

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Seven-year-old Aiden Devlin, pictured, died after falling between SEPTA  train cars. (NBC10)
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7 years ago

Cars and trucks parked in the bike lanes on Spruce and Pine streets force cyclists to take risky dodges into traffic.
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7 years ago

The Made in America main stage during construction on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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One year after Kenney and Jay-Z sparred over Made in America’s Parkway digs, the festival is back. Here’s what changed.

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7 years ago

Greater Bible Way Temple burns from a fire in the Parkside neighborhood, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, in Philadelphia. (Margo Reed/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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Urban Planning

After devastating fire, historic Parkside church hopes to save its facade and rebuild

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