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Boathouse basement flooded
PlanPhilly
Weather

‘Everything was floating’: Flooding of FDR Park’s boathouse destroys nonprofit’s equipment

The nonprofit Discovery Pathways says equipment, including life jackets, boat paddles, fishing rods, kayak seats and power tools, was damaged.

3 months ago

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Philip Balderston posing for a photo near the lot that will be developed
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Harrowgate affordable housing project will transform industrial lot

The development from Odin Properties in North Philadelphia is the company’s first government-backed project.

3 months ago

A mother posing for a photo with her two children
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

A Philly cash assistance program is proving successful at keeping low-income renters housed. Will it continue?

A new study shows the PHLHousing+ program is reducing evictions and homelessness among participating families. It’s unclear if the pilot will become permanent.

3 months ago

A sidewalk goes in front of a community garden
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Feet First Philly offers mini-grants for safer, walkable neighborhoods

The call for community-led projects across Philadelphia is open until Oct. 1. All city residents and community groups are welcome to apply.

3 months ago

Map in front of the Cobbs Creek Library
PlanPhilly
Community

WHYY’s PlanPhilly to host pop-up newsroom at Cobbs Creek Library on Sept. 4

The event is a chance for community members to speak directly with journalists reporting on transportation and housing concerns.

3 months ago

a group of people working to clean up a park
PlanPhilly
Community

Acquaint yourself with Philadelphia’s parks with Fairmount Park Conservancy’s fall programming

The Fairmount Park Conservancy runs programs all year, and the busiest season is here.

3 months ago

A rendering of the new development at the former site of Hoa Binh Plaza in South Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Large-scale apartment building on track to replace former Hoa Binh Plaza

The project is part of a broader movement away from the industrial heritage of Philly’s Washington Avenue corridor.

3 months ago

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Walk Around Philadelphia participants watching a plane overhead
PlanPhilly
Community

Walk Around Philadelphia’s fall cycle begins

The city-perimeter journey returns this fall, inviting Philadelphians to rediscover and connect with their city and neighbors, step by step.

3 months ago

Solar panels
PlanPhilly
Science

A major solar installer in Philly is ceasing most operations amid federal tax credit rollbacks

In a letter obtained by WHYY, PosiGen’s CEO said recent rollbacks to federal tax credits made it harder for the company to secure financing.

3 months ago

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Stephen Bronskill, coalition manager for Transit Forward Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Community

West Philadelphia neighbors react to upcoming SEPTA service cuts

West Philly residents are voicing concerns about SEPTA’s proposed cuts, which would reshape how families, workers and community members move around the city.

3 months ago

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.

3 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.

3 months ago

Listen 1:09
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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 months ago

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