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A locked gate bars entrance to a bridge over Pennypack Creek on the Baxter Trail, at the north edge of Pennypack on the Delaware. (Meir Rinde for WHYY)
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Urban Planning
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Riding the (firing) range: Gunfire keeps new Delaware River trail closed

Standing in Pennypack where the trail opens, the crack of gunfire can often be heard in the distance.

7 years ago

A rendering of a storage facility planned for 1314 Spring Garden Street.  (JKRP Architects/ Johnson Development Associates Inc.)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philly design board, neighbors decry plan for Callowhill storage facility

“I can’t say anything positive about this project,” said Daniel Garofalo, environmental sustainability director at the University of Pennsylvania and CDR member.

7 years ago

Conceptual rendering of Schuylkill Yards, a site being put forth for Amazon's second headquarters (Brandywine Realty Trust)
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Urban Planning
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Kenney ‘won’t speculate on speculation’ that Philly’s out of running for Amazon HQ2

"We're in the running until they tell us we're not."

7 years ago

Luz Fontanez, mother to graffiti legend Eliu
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Community
PlanPhilly

New Hunting Park mural remembers Philly graffiti legend Karaz

Eliu Nazario aka Karaz, who died of brain cancer at the age of 51, is revered among fellow writers as the “king of the Wickeds,”

7 years ago

Point Breeze (Neal Santos, © National Trust for Historic Preservation)
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Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Bill to ban new 3-story homes in Point Breeze, Grays Ferry introduced by Councilman Johnson

The bill proposes updating zoning maps to reflect the development that currently exists in the neighborhood.

7 years ago

(Bob Bruhin, EOTS Flickr Group)
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Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Inspired by King of Prussia, West Chester ramps up campaign to restore rail service

The committee has spent the last four years figuring out how to restore the Chester County suburb's Regional Rail service, which was cut in 1986

7 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Courts & Law
PlanPhilly

Judge could force SEPTA to end ban on political ads

A fed. judge may force SEPTA to scale back its effort to keep politically charged advertisements off its bus shelters and vehicles when he issues a decision later this month

7 years ago

Philadelphia's downtown skyline is visible above the Eastwick tree line. (Eastwick Friends & Neighbors Coalition)
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Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

City to survey land in flood-prone Eastwick before soliciting developer bids

The vacant land in question sits in a 100-year-floodplain.

7 years ago

Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health installed needle drop boxes at SEPTA stations at three stops off the elevated train in Kensington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Community
PlanPhilly

Needle drop boxes land in Kensington parks and SEPTA stations

Sharps deposit boxes are Philadelphia’s newest tool in its four-week-old recovery campaign for opioid-plagued Kensington.

7 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New partnership will protect 475,000 Philly homeowners from sewer snafus

7 years ago

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Community
PlanPhilly

20 years after a deadly robbery, a neighborhood market is reborn

Aslam Market is a treasure trove of unique staples such as Nepalese dumpling — momo— mix, Indian sweets, Burmese sweet curry, and Indonesian instant noodles.

7 years ago

Wendell Whitlock is the Board Chairman Emeritus of Sullivan Progress Plaza. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Urban Planning

Nation’s first black-owned shopping center celebrates 50 years

The shopping center on Broad and Oxford Streets might not look out of the ordinary to the average passersby. But that hasn’t stopped po ...

7 years ago

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Ontario and C streets is rated a “3” on Philadelphia’s Litter Index. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Trash talk: Bigger fines, free neighborhood cans in Philly

Residents are tired of construction companies — or their neighbors — dumping debris in vacant lots and public parks.

7 years ago

(Square)
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Money
PlanPhilly

Philly Council bill would outlaw cashless businesses

Councilman William Greenlee thinks cashless businesses are classist.

7 years ago

Shirley Armstead poses in front her E. Vernon Road storefront office. (Bastiaan Slabbers for PlanPhilly)
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Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Don’t call it Cedarbrook: Mount Airy shopping district gets a facelift

This week, a new chapter began with the ribbon-cutting on a $310,000 revitalization project.

7 years ago

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