PlanPhilly Archive
Sweet promises of soda tax money gone flat, Philly Controller says
The Controller’s analysis reported that about $22 million of the nearly $85 million in beverage tax revenue collected has gone towards pre-K and community schools.
8 years ago
3 maps that explain gentrification in Philadelphia
“Gentrification” is a word that gets tossed around a lot, especially in Philadelphia, a city where some neighborhoods are experiencing rapid demographic shifts.
8 years ago
From slums to sleek towers: How Philly became cleaner, safer, and more unequal
The reinvention of Society Hill in the 1960s is widely considered one of the first instances of gentrification — although no one called it that at the time.
8 years ago
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Found in South Philadelphia, an Underground Railroad station
From the outside, 625 South Delhi Street looks like an average Philadelphia rowhouse. But in the 1850s, it was home to Underground Railroad leaders William and Letitia Still.
8 years ago
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