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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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A view of Society Hill taken from inside the Society Hill Towers.
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Urban Planning

City Council approves bill allowing down zoning for Society Hill

Included are strict new building-height limits, increased parking requirements, and an end to bonuses and exemptions in the name of historic preservation.

5 years ago

Jenna Robb distributes postcards in Grays Ferry. (Courtesy of Jenna Robb)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

An organization that builds parks is making public art about heat

The Trust for Public Land is working with Philadelphia artists and community leaders in three of the city’s hottest neighborhoods.

5 years ago

An aerial view of Society Hill.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

How one of Philly’s richest neighborhoods is gaming the system

Society Hill’s proposed zoning overlay will exclude people and restrict development based on misrepresentation of history, a preservationist writes.

5 years ago

Rendering of the Equal Justice Center near 8th and Vine streets. (Courtesy of Pennrose)
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Courts & Law

Philadelphia Equal Justice Center office development succumbs to COVID-19

The Philadelphia Bar Foundation had struggled to keep tenants on board and meet certain fundraising goals last year.

5 years ago

Regional rail train
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Regional Rail is on life support. Essential workers can bring it back.

Ridership on Regional Rail is down 90%​. SEPTA must change the system so it can serve essential workers — and draw people back to empty trains.

5 years ago

Carl Day is the Pastor of Culture Changing Christians Worship Center in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly pastor who confronted Trump fights gun violence on city streets and over Zoom

Day is one of a growing number of local church leaders on the frontlines of the city’s ongoing battle against gun violence.

5 years ago

Small businesses on Baltimore Avenue
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

2020 is killing small businesses. Philly won’t recover if we let them die

There are things the city can do to support struggling small businesses — and keep Philadelphia from falling deeper into poverty.

5 years ago

A Sept. 24 car crash on Benjamin Franklin Parkway killed one person.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

20-year-old man dies in Philadelphia car crash as fatality rate spikes

2020 has been an especially deadly year on Philadelphia roads.

5 years ago

Two woman paint overlooking the lake at FDR Park. (Courtesy Friends of FDR Park)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Upside to Philly’s tailgating ban? FDR Park free of cars and noise, nature lovers say

The South Philadelphia park located near Lincoln Financial Field is closed to cars on Sunday because of the ban on tailgating. Nature lovers aren’t mad about it.

5 years ago

A block of Sansom Street in Center City is closed to traffic for outdoor dining on Sept. 9.
PlanPhilly
Lifestyle

Philly City Council wants to keep expanded outdoor dining options through 2021

“We still don’t know where COVID-19 will take us,” the bill’s sponsor, Allan Domb, said.

5 years ago

A SEPTA employee  walks between two El cars lifted for repairs at the 69th Street SEPTA repair shop. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

SEPTA managers, cops earn double salaries with overtime as agency battles fiscal crisis

A small number of SEPTA managers and police officers, through overtime, earned annual pay comparable to Mayor Jim Kenney and other public executives.

5 years ago

The exterior of SEPTA's HQ building
PlanPhilly
Health

SEPTA: Dire finances prevent agency from paying out COVID death benefits

The union that represents SEPTA workers fought for a $500,000 death benefit — a payout that New York’s MTA provided over the summer.

5 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘A matter of life and death’: Judge halts Philly evictions through Oct. 7

A lawyer for Philly landlords said the reprieve is part of a “disastrous” pattern while tenant advocates described the move as one that could save lives.

5 years ago

Young people riding ATVs through the streets of Philly. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Don’t criminalize Philly’s dirt bike culture — build a park so it can thrive

Building an ATV park could help the city fight several public health crises at once.

5 years ago

Some city residents say they are fed up with delayed trash collection. The city says sanitation workers are worked harder than ever, due to more people staying home and making more trash. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Where’s my trash truck? Online map will help Philly residents track waste collection

PickupPHL — designed by the city to improve sanitation services — uses GPS devices installed in trucks to show residents where trash and recycling collection are happening.

5 years ago

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