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Each program mixes interviews with guest travel experts, your call-ins with questions and comments, and music. We talk about our favorite travels in Europe, as well as travel anywhere in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

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Arts & Entertainment

Swimming while Black: A new exhibit explores Black resilience at the pool

An exhibition inside the Fairmount Waterworks’ dilapidated underground pool explores the history of segregated swimming.

5 years ago

Evacuees stand inside Philadelphia International Airport
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Community

‘No one wants to say no’: Philly landlords work to resettle Afghan evacuees

In a region where affordable housing is scarce, resettlement agencies are asking landlords to offer up empty apartments.

5 years ago

The exterior of the Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art
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Urban Planning

After nearly $80,000 in repairs, PhilaMOCA threatened with demolition

The Callowhill arts venue owned by the musician Diplo faces a threat from the city over problems with the historic building’s structural integrity.

5 years ago

A view of the intersection of Germantown Avenue and Washington Lane in the northern Germantown district. (Google Streetview)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Germantown rezoning highlights neighborhood tensions over parking, density

The rezoning would change the rules for building in a historic neighborhood experiencing a boom as demand for housing swells in the city.

5 years ago

Trucks and cars move northbound on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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Urban Planning

It’s time to tell our regional planning overlords to stop throwing money at highways

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission’s Connections2050 plan could be our chance to change the math on highway spending.

5 years ago

A file photo shows a SEPTA worker repairing a trolley track during a cleaning blitz. (SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA considers mandating vaccination as NYC and DC transit agencies issue requirements

SEPTA may be the next public agency in the Philadelphia region to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for its employees.

5 years ago

A bus leaves the Midvale depot in Nicetown
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA workers say the pandemic revealed labor issues that go beyond paychecks

The pandemic has reshaped workers’ conception of fairness at work. For SEPTA, upcoming union negotiations will reveal just how much has changed.

5 years ago

Eduardo Esquivel at McPherson Square Park
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Community
Eyes on The Street

Why Philly keeps a billion-dollar open-air drug market contained in Kensington

The containment of Kensington’s drug market demonstrates the systematic racism that plagues Philadelphia, Eduardo Esquivel writes.

5 years ago

The exterior of the Painted Bride building
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Urban Planning

Apartments on top, murals on bottom: Philly approves building plan, saves Painted Bride facade

The Zoning Board of Adjustment decision would allow construction of a 70-unit modernist apartment building in exchange for preserving the mural.

5 years ago

Security footage of a security guard striking another person at SEPTA’s Allegheny Station. (6ABC)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

After another SEPTA assault caught on video, union says security guards ‘cause more problems’ than they help

The unarmed guards were the result of a $1.5 million agreement with Allied Universal Security Services to address safety concerns. This is the second attack since April.

5 years ago

An oil painting of what will become the
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Arts & Entertainment

Salsa as self-care? Find joy in free dance lessons and a mural of salseros Saturday

A new mural from artist Andres Giraldo is coming to Kensington. “Salsa Shines Through” celebrates Philly’s salsa community and their resilience during the pandemic.

5 years ago

An empty SEPTA train car.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

If SEPTA operators strike, I’ll support them, even if it means walking to work

Philadelphia straphangers may soon see SEPTA operators strike. If that happens, my daily routine will be disrupted. But I’m not mad.

5 years ago

Workers box up the statue of Christopher Columbus at Marconi Plaza
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Urban Planning

City of Philadelphia considers appeal of judge’s decision to let Columbus statue stay

The judge’s decision to block the removal of the statue has less to do with an underlying cultural battle around the monument and more with city protocols.

5 years ago

Garrison Hines plants fruit trees at a lot on the 1900 block of Norris Street in Philadelphia.
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Community

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.

5 years ago

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A file photo shows a SEPTA worker repairing a trolley track during a cleaning blitz. (SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA moves deep cleaning to Erie-Torresdale El stop this weekend

SEPTA continues to clean stations, hoping people will return to mass transit.

5 years ago

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