PlanPhilly Archive
A North Philadelphia grower is planting an orchard on a vacant lot
The fledgling farm is growing quietly on a piece of city-owned land, part of a grassroots movement that seeks to turn vacant lots into green spaces.
4 years ago
Listen 4:04SEPTA moves deep cleaning to Erie-Torresdale El stop this weekend
SEPTA continues to clean stations, hoping people will return to mass transit.
4 years ago
Philly’s fave Afrofuturists turned a Fairmount mansion into a time-travel portal
The Hatfield House in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park is the site of an Afrofuturist vision of time travel by the art duo Black Quantum Futurism
4 years ago
In a bid to speed up transit commutes, Philly to test bus-only lanes in Center City
The twin bus-only lanes will run along a particularly congested stretch of Market Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Center City.
4 years ago
U.S. Attorney charges 9 in SEPTA corruption investigation
The scheme allegedly involved a string of the transit agency’s facility managers who colluded with outside vendors to fabricate fraudulent supply and repair invoices.
5 years ago
The creators of a new Philly bike park want you to go play in traffic
A kid-sized piece of Denmark has landed in North Philadelphia. The new park is a first for Philly.
5 years ago
As street sweepers return to Philly, some residents see a sign of progress
Monday marked the first day of Mayor Jim Kenney’s latest street-sweeping program, a long-awaited return of cleaning crews to residential areas.
5 years ago
West Philadelphia residents continue to fight to keep the legacy of the Black Bottom alive. The latest push: for historical markers.
5 years ago
Listen 6:04North Philly playground remodeled, renamed to honor family killed in hit-and-run
Williams Reed Moore Memorial Park in North Philly has been remodeled in memory of the mother and three children who died in a 2014 crash.
5 years ago
Listen 1:33West Philly’s Trolley Portal Garden is clear-cut — but officials say plants will return in Sept.
University City District, SEPTA’s partner in the project, says overgrown plants affected trolley drivers’ sightlines. Replanting is set for the fall.
5 years ago
Reading, writing, and Rec: Philly tests a new approach to learning through play
A summer literacy program has been expanded to rec centers to help kids learn in person, in their neighborhoods, after a year of virtual school.
5 years ago
Listen 2:20‘Gotta walk through violence’: What it means to commute to school after a deadly summer
Young people are changing their travel routines and asking for help traveling around the city as the gun violence epidemic shatters their sense of safety.
5 years ago
Listen 2:56Philly crochet influencer Emani Milan is selling yarn at Cherry Street Pier
The entrepreneur began to build her yarn empire at 15. But the idea for a vending machine came to Outterbridge during the coronavirus pandemic.
5 years ago
SEPTA turns to YouTube to solve crimes
The department launched a YouTube channel where they will release surveillance video hoping that the public will identify people suspected of committing crimes on the system.
5 years ago
Philly police target reckless drivers on Kelly Drive as city reopens MLK Drive to cars
The four-lane park drive has seen an increase in speeding drivers, illegal street racing, and fatal car crashes during the pandemic.
5 years ago
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