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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Fatal Brewerytown building collapse was `a tragic workplace accident,’ L&I commissioner says

8 years ago

Flooding at 10th and Walnut streets after a water main break has flooded several Center City streets. (Trenae Nuri/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Damages from water-main break expected to exceed $500,000 liability limit

Since a massive water-main break flooded the streets of Midtown Village Tuesday morning, Kate Moroney Miller has had one really bad Time.

8 years ago

Listen 2:04
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Efforts to tear down `imminently dangerous’ buildings get a $2m budget lift

8 years ago

Taney Street is named for the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who wrote the infamous Dred Scott decision. (Google Maps)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

A renewed push to give Taney Street a different name

Taney Street is named after Roger B. Taney, fifth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and author of what is arguably its most infamous decision, Dred Scott v. Sanford.

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Sidewalk cycling: Illegal, unsafe, and one argument for more bike lanes

8 years ago

Dena Driscoll and her children try to navigate their way to summer camp, blocked by sidewalk parking at 12th Street and Washington Avenue.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Our Morning Commute: Multimodal living with kids in Philadelphia

For the last seven years, my children and I have primarily moved around Philadelphia by bike, foot, and public transportation

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

St. Laurentius still stands in Fishtown, though more precariously

8 years ago

Tony Ibarra (Flickr)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Filling in some details missed in the outcry about Philly’s ‘missing’ millions

Much has been made of the mysterious “missing” millions in City Hall. Much less has been made of the treasure hunt to find it.

8 years ago

Philadelphia's City Hall Tower (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A retrospective: What passed muster with City Council, and what didn’t

With the council on its summer recess, here's a rundown of all the bills PlanPhilly covered during the spring session and where each currently stands.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signs the building new code into law Thursday. It will take effect in October. (Tom MacDonald, WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly OKs building code to modernize construction, address climate change

The city is one of the first on the East Coast to implement the 2018 International Building Code

8 years ago

(jovanmandic/Bigstock)
PlanPhilly
Health

Philly offers affordable housing to help parents regain custody of kids in foster care

In Philadelphia, not having a safe, stable place to live prevents parents whose children have been placed in foster care from regaining custody 40 percent of the time.

8 years ago

Rendering of a closed Parkway block for The Oval+ 2018
PlanPhilly
Community

The Oval stretches car-free play onto the Parkway this summer

Ashley Hahn checks in on The Oval, a summertime experience geared at making the Parkway better for people.

8 years ago

Listen 4:53
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Task force wants mediation to prevent evictions in Philadelphia

The goal is to significantly cut down on the annual rate of 24,000 evictions in the city

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

With new licensing scheme in place, Philly could have dockless bike share, e-scooters by next year

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Make no little pints: Bringing taste and memory into community storytelling with Watershed Ice

8 years ago

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