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Architecture & Design

High iew of ''Don't Forget to Remember (Me)'' braided pathway at Bryn Mawr College
Education

Bryn Mawr College illuminates the forgotten names of its historic Black staff

“Don’t Forget to Remember (Me)” by Nekisha Durrett is a landscaping monument challenging the college’s racially exclusionary past.

1 year ago

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Mayor Cherelle Parker posing with members of the Navy Yard's development team
Community

Philly Navy Yard wins ‘gold’ ribbon for sustainable development on site at risk of climate-driven flooding

Walkable streets, energy-efficient buildings and solar energy won part of the redeveloped shipyard “LEED Gold” for neighborhood design.

1 year ago

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the top of the stained-glass dome in the exhibit
Arts & Entertainment

Explore your place in the universe inside ‘Super/Natural’ at Doylestown’s Michener Museum

Stained-glass artist Judith Schaechter built a cathedral for a congregation of one inside the Michener Art Museum.

1 year ago

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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.

2 years ago

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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.

2 years 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.

2 years 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.

2 years 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.

2 years 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

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