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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

Philadelphia's 2009 Market East Strategic Plan proposed a new residential/mixed-used tower at 10th and Market streets. (Philadelphia City Planning Commission)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

How to fix Market East: Less parking, more homes, and government aid

With the city’s planning strategy unclear, experts offer a way forward.

1 year ago

Cloverly Park at 437 West School House Lane
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘We don’t build them like this anymore’: Historical commission greenlights new thematic district in Northwest Philly

The district protects apartment buildings in Mount Airy and Germantown constructed during WWI and WWII.

1 year ago

Bethany Gill winds a clock
Politics & Policy

An architect designed custom clocks for Pennsylvania’s Capitol a century ago. They’re still ticking

Visitors are drawn to the building's polished marble, intricate carvings — and 273 antique clocks that were part of the original design.

1 year ago

Youthbuild building
PlanPhilly
Education

Philly charter school celebrates new space for vocational training: ‘It’s only up from here’

YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School is breathing new life into an old PECO building.

1 year ago

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Dr. Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta (Dr. Matt) in the Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery, the main exhibitions space for Temple Contemporary. (Ryan Mercado/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Temple University’s new exhibitions director wants to reimagine public art spaces

“I really ask a lot of questions around place, taste and urban change and whose tastes and cultural identities get to shape public space,” Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta said.

1 year ago

a robotic arm at bioMérieux
Science

Philadelphia’s newest employer at the Navy Yard helps keep food safe to eat

A French biotechnology giant just opened a molecular and genomic innovation center at Philly’s Navy Yard after acquiring a homegrown startup.

1 year ago

Listen 1:08
Center city street
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly historical commission approves new district for Washington Square West

The 9-0 vote came after a meeting that saw property owners express competing opinions about the nomination.

1 year ago

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WHYY President and CEO Bill Marrazzo (right) led a fireside chat with Daniel J. Hilferty, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Spectator, during the ninth World Heritage City Celebration at the Crystal Team Room on Sept. 5, 2024. Hilferty was honored as the 2024 Distinguished Global Leadership Honoree. Philadelphia was selected as America’s first World Heritage City in 2015, which denotes its global significance and cultural influence.
Community

WHYY President and CEO Bill Marrazzo highlights Philadelphia at World Heritage City celebration

At the ninth World Heritage City Celebration, WHYY CEO Bill Marrazzo joined a fireside chat to discuss Philadelphia’s global role and evolving growth.

1 year ago

People march against the proposed new 76ers arena near Philadelphia's Chinatown neighborhood
Urban Planning

Community members, elected officials march through Center City, Chinatown to protest the Sixers’ arena proposal

The march comes as Philadelphia City Council is expected to debate legislation on the proposal this fall.

1 year ago

Boat strikes the Middle Thorofare Bridge
Community
6abc

Middle Thorofare Bridge reopens in Lower Township after being hit by boat

The bridge connects Lower Township's Diamond Beach and Wildwood Crest to Cape May.

1 year ago

police tape at the pier
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Conrail warns Philly’s Graffiti Pier trespassers it’s not a public park — and might never be

The city is still pushing for Graffiti Pier to join its public park network, but Conrail is considering “all viable options” after the pier’s partial collapse.

2 years ago

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A portion of Philly's Graffiti Pier collapsed on Wednesday. (6abc)
Community
6abc

Portion of Philly’s Graffiti Pier collapses into Delaware River

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the report came in around 6:25 a.m. that 10–20 feet of the pier collapsed into the water.

2 years ago

Wells Fargo Center
Community
Billy Penn

The Wells Fargo Center is getting renamed. Now’s your chance: Name that jawn!

The banking giant is not renewing its naming rights deal after August 2025. But what would a good replacement be?

2 years ago

street sign for Avenue of the States
Community

City of Chester offers eligible business owners up to $50,000 to beautify their facades

Pennsylvania’s oldest city is long overdue for a makeover — and officials want to foot the bill.

2 years ago

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Philadelphia's skyline is visible above the Eastwick tree line.
Urban Planning

FEMA announces more than $2 million to help flood-prone Eastwick

The funding will pay for the construction of HESCO flood barriers — a series of metal baskets containing a fabric filled with a soil mixture that blocks the overflow of water.

2 years ago

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