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Precious Places
‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to recent violence at SEPTA stations
Tamara Russell hit the streets to talk to Philadelphians about SEPTA and their perceptions of safety within the transit system.
3 years ago
Listen 4:33To thrive, Philly needs more housing — not more rules limiting builders
Pro-housing development activists call on the mayor to veto a bill they argue will hamper efforts to address the city’s growing affordability challenge.
3 years ago
How Kensington became an island
Welcoming to many and then cut off from transportation, support, and opportunity, Kensington has long been on its own.
3 years ago
Individuals alone didn’t create Philly’s litter problems and individuals alone can’t solve it
Litter is a racial justice issue created by systemic disinvestment. Philadelphia needs to take a systemic approach to solving it.
3 years ago
Unpacking the phallic fallacy atop Philadelphia City Hall
Conrad Benner investigates a question that haunted his teenage years in Philadelphia and uncovers the history behind Billy Penn’s eyebrow-raising pose atop City Hall.
3 years ago
Listen 5:51Disrupting poverty in Philly with housing help for people returning from prison
Pa. has the second-highest imprisonment rate in the U.S. The Supervision to Aid Re-Entry (STAR) program connects returning citizens with the support they need.
4 years ago
Home appraisals drive America’s racial wealth gap — 95% of Philly’s appraisers are white.
Appraisal bias contributes to wealth disparities and segregation in Philadelphia and other cities. Diversifying the appraisal industry would help.
4 years ago
Creating safe communities in Philly starts with listening to communities impacted by violence
In order for Philadelphia to make a real change when it comes to disinvestment, leaders listen to the wisdom of the people who live here.
4 years ago
Coming home to West Philadelphia without survivor’s guilt
Writer Kyle V. Hiller left West Philadelphia, where he was raised, to attend college. His 2020 return was a homecoming he never could have anticipated.
4 years ago
Black Lives Matter and rainbows: How Philly windows got political
The pandemic turned a place for cozy seasonal displays into a space for public dialogue.
4 years ago
Listen 8:35La vida en lockdown: North Philly teens capture pandemic moments in photos
Philadelphia teens working with Photography Without Borders captured the range of emotions of life in lockdown.
4 years ago
Philly needs to protect public art — and the artists that make it too
Philadelphia stands to lose more than murals if the city, employers, and cultural institutions don’t do more to support the artists that create them.
4 years ago
4 broken windows, 150 311 calls: What needs to happen before a bar is shut down?
We fear how many other businesses in the city are breaking laws and impairing the quality of life for residents without any consequences.
4 years ago
I got shot with a rubber bullet by police. It was a painful lesson about white supremacy
Getting hit by a rubber bullet helped Judith Max Palmer understand the wanton violence that Black communities experience too often at the hands of police.
4 years ago
How to shape Philly development in 2021
If you want a voice in community development, find avenues to engage beyond the comment threads, writes Camille Boggan.
4 years ago
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