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A bus pulling up to a bus stop
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Bus late during an emergency? This pilot program will help you get where you need without spending a dime

The pilot enhancement will apply to riders of the 110, 111, 114 and 117 bus routes that serve the Fair Acres region.

2 months ago

Close-up shot of a speed camera attached to a light pole, with City Hall in the background
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘The most dangerous street in Philadelphia’: Speed cameras will soon go live along Broad Street

The automated devices will appear about every mile between East Oak Lane and South Philadelphia.

2 months ago

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Mature trees shade a picnic area which is slated to become a soccer field
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphians fighting FDR Park renovation can continue their case in city court, judge says

It’s a procedural win for opponents of the renovation, who argue turf athletic fields and a new tidal wetland will radically change the park.

3 months ago

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Abandoned van on W Monmouth Street in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia’s most demolished street and what happens after the houses are gone

West Monmouth used to be a cobblestone street so clean you could eat off it, according to Lawrence West. Now almost 40% of the street’s houses are gone.

3 months ago

Modern office buildings at the Navy Yard
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Philly’s tech startup investment group, to move to Center City

After 20 years in South Philadelphia, the public-private partnership said the move will make it more centrally located in the city.

3 months ago

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A rendering of a proposed 81-unit workforce housing development for East Mount Airy
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New workforce housing in East Mt. Airy would serve ‘forgotten missing middle’

The project from TierView Development needs zoning approval before construction can start.

3 months ago

Tomato plants in the Summer Winter Community Garden
PlanPhilly
Community

Gardeners breathe a ‘sigh of relief’ over Summer Winter Community Garden preservation

City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier hopes the Summer Winter Community Garden deal will be a model for securing more garden land.

3 months ago

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A utility meter
PlanPhilly
Science

PECO is offering $500 grants to help customers pay off overdue bills

The program is geared toward customers with incomes too high to qualify for some existing energy assistance programs.

3 months ago

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Properties on the 5800 block of Arch Street in Philadelphia, aerial view
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘We have a year’: Thousands of Philly renters could be displaced without deal to preserve affordable units

A private developer wants to sell his vast portfolio. City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier is pushing for the city to buy it.

3 months ago

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Pedestrians walking down the center of Ludlow Street
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly’s alley dumpsters could be locked if Center City District meets its ‘clean and green’ mission

Businesses may have to start locking alley dumpsters if the law changes as an effort to reduce litter and illegal dumping.

4 months ago

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Representatives from community development corporations gold a check
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New Philly grant program designed to boost community development across the city

The program was added to the current city budget following negotiations between Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration and City Council.

4 months ago

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Ee Durbin shows off Laser Vision app
PlanPhilly
Community

A new app allows Philadelphians to report parking violations using ‘laser vision’

From illegal sidewalk parking to bike lane obstructions, violations captured by photo trigger an automatic report that gets sent to the PPA.

4 months ago

Sidney Kimmel and his wife Caroline Kimmel
PlanPhilly
Money

Here’s how Jefferson Health will spend a new $28M donation from the Kimmel family in Philly

The hospital’s emergency department will undergo $19 million in renovations, including a new 30-bed medical-surgical unit.

4 months ago

A rendering of Knight Commons at the proposed park on top of I-95 cap.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Penn’s Landing park over I-95 in Philly is taking shape. Here’s what to know

After more than two years of construction, a massive cap is forming over the busy highway.

4 months ago

The street by the Loews by City Hall
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Comcast and Sixers ownership just invested nearly $60M in Philly’s Market East corridor. Here’s what to know

The acquisitions were finalized at the end of last month. They are part of a renewed commitment to overhaul the struggling stretch.

4 months ago

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