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Every week listeners hear stories about race and identity that expand their minds, and learn practical ways to make their lives better. It's lifelong learning that ranges from the big picture to tiny details and everything in between.

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Architecture & Design

A rendering of the proposed Park at Penn's Landing.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Finally, the final design phase is beginning for Park at Penn’s Landing

Funding is in place, preliminary engineering is done, and a survey asking about current and future waterfront uses is linked on the park’s website.

6 years ago

The Meudon Gate at the Rodin museum is a replica of the one at Rodin’s estate in the suburb of Paris, Meudon. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Billy Penn
Arts & Entertainment

How a movie magnate built Philly’s priceless Rodin museum in the heart of the Great Depression

Hidden in plain sight behind shadowy trees along the Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum is so unique that it’s basically priceless.

6 years ago

Rashida Ali-Campbell on her lot on N 41st St. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Meet the woman turning a West Philly lot into an ‘Earthship’ made of tires and glass bottles

Rashida Ali-Campbell just won a three-year court battle over the control of the West Philly lot she wants to turn into an eco-home and oasis.

6 years ago

Architect Sharon Johnston is designing a building for Philadelphia Contemporary. (Johnston Marklee)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

The architect designing Philadelphia Contemporary’s first building just won a national award

Philadelphia Contemporary tapped Sharon Johnston to design its first building. Here’s what we know so far about the organization’s first permanent home.

6 years ago

Adults play in the 'highly instagrammable' marshmallow pit at the Fashion District's Candytopia exhibit. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Meet Fashion District Philadelphia, a mall designed for our age of ‘insanely limited attention spans’

The $420 million remake of The Gallery aims to reinvent the shopping mall’s relationship to Center City.

6 years ago

A sink in new housing built by Callahan Ward, a Philadelphia developer and BIA member. ( Callahan Ward/Facebook)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Flush that! New plumbing code expected to cut construction costs up to 20%

The most significant of Philly’s new code reforms could help lower construction costs that are among the highest in the nation.

6 years ago

The Miraculous Medal Shrine in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, where every Monday evening a carillon is heard throughout the neighborhood. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Hear that? Philly’s carillonists get creative to ‘unhide’ some of America’s oldest bells

Philly is home to two of the oldest carillons in North America, but these one-of-a-kind bell instruments are “hidden in plain sight.”

6 years ago

Listen 4:44
Roslynn Green has been principal at Ben Franklin for 15 years. Until now, the school yard has been entirely concrete.  (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Ben Franklin Elementary gets a playground — a first for a public school in the 19120 zip code

Two thirds of Philadelphia public schools don’t have playgrounds, and until now, there were none in the 19120 zip code.

6 years ago

Listen 2:11
Virginia S. Kerr creates rowhouses in 1:24 scale. (Virginia S. Kerr/litillby_v )
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Meet the architect building tiny rowhouses with sushi mats and old watches

Virginia Kerr’s whole perfect gallery, with floor-to-ceiling windows, hardwood floors and a beautiful front door, lives inside a cigar box.

6 years ago

A new bill would legalize accessory dwelling units in historic buildings, like the Benezet Street houses pictured. (Carol Franklin/Chestnut Hill Conservancy and Historical Society)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia moves toward legalizing granny flats in historic buildings

A measure allowing these “accessory dwelling units” (ADUs) on historically designated properties won approval Tuesday from the city’s Planning Commission.

6 years ago

Rowhouses line North 29th Street in Philadelphia
The Why
Community

‘Row house’ or ‘rowhouse’? Philly’s debate over a space

Is it "row house" or "rowhouse"? Why the question of a single space is so contentious, so steeped in Philly history, and so wrapped up in our city's identity.

Air Date: August 22, 2019

Listen 12:41
Rowhouses line Spruce Street in Fitler Square. (Emma Lee/ WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

‘Rowhouse’ vs. ‘rowhome’? The tangled history of a uniquely Philadelphia term

Nothing gets Philadelphia grammarians riled up more than a question of local dialect. Enter: the debate over Philadelphia’s most common building.

6 years ago

An artist's rendering shows an apartment complex planned for 2157 E. Lehigh Ave. Some in the neighborhood want the wall running alongside the development on Lehigh to be torn down.(DesignBlendz/B.S.K.M./PlanPhilly.)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Why Kensington wants to tear down a 25-foot-high Lehigh Ave. wall

Kensington residents want a developer to put $1 million towards removing a wall they say divides the neighborhood.

6 years ago

(Photo Bigstock)
Radio Times
Urban Planning

The hidden history of the suburbs

We might think that all suburbs are the same but a dive into the history of suburbia shows something more interesting than shopping malls and housing developments.

Air Date: August 2, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:04
Blue lights bathe the bathroom at a Center City Starbucks (Michaela Winberg/Billy Penn)
The Why
Community

Are blue lights a solution to Philly’s opioid epidemic?

Blue lights have been popping up around Philadelphia, even in some Starbucks bathrooms. Are the lights a solution to the opioid crisis or are they making it more dangerous?

Air Date: August 1, 2019

Listen 12:16
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