Changing Communities
Critiquing Kenney: Mayfair residents see neighborhood changes, with City Hall in the backseat
As the Mayfair section of Philadelphia becomes more diverse, residents are united in their hopes for a way of relieving the traffic congestion.
5 years ago
Listen 4:26Critiquing Kenney: For North Philly residents, everyday problems overshadow politics
The name Jim Kenney didn’t inspire much emotion around Fairhill and Strawberry Mansion. People are focused on worries that never seem to change no matter who's in City Hall.
5 years ago
Listen 9:19Critiquing Kenney: Could the mayor’s signature soda tax sink his re-election bid?
Philadelphia’s soda tax — which raises money to fund pre-K, community schools, improving parks, and other initiatives — has many critics and some defenders
5 years ago
278 apartments will rise on site of partially demolished Gothic-style West Philly church
The building will include a green roof and 54 underground parking spaces, as well as four electric vehicle charging stations.
5 years ago
Why Philly’s Chinatown and Callowhill neighborhoods are fighting over land
Philly's changing demographics, and what some residents see as a renewed threat to Chinatown’s cultural identity, are at the center of this debate.
Air Date: April 29, 2019
Listen 14:00How a formerly homeless man’s letter turned into a meme and inspired a giant picnic
Philly’s furnace party, explained.
5 years ago
Still reeling from 2018 rainfall, Pa. farmers offered emergency USDA loan
Pennsylvania had one of the wettest summers on record last year. The intense rainfall and flooding caused farmers across the state to lose significant crops.
5 years ago
More inventors, more renters: Four surprising takeaways from Pew’s annual report on Philly
Pew’s ‘State of the City’ report reads like Philly’s annual physical, clocking growth, successes, and struggles over the past 10 years.
5 years ago
Awilda Ocasio: The ‘Mother Teresa of Kensington’
Two years after her death, a neighborhood activist's legacy of love lives on.
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Neighbors want a role in building North Station District
The planned North Station District development could reshape North Philly for decades to come. Neighbors are organizing for construction jobs and other benefits.
5 years ago
Parkside leaders welcome the neighborhood’s first Starbucks
The ‘community store’ version of the coffeeshop in Parkside will have space for local groups and hire from neighborhood.
5 years ago
Challenged by college cost and access, students in rural Pa. find tech-based alternative
Students in rural Pennsylvania face two big obstacles to college completion: cost and access. A new college is out to change that.
5 years ago
Support for legal marijuana defies party politics in Pa. — among residents, not lawmakers
With signals from the Wolf administration, momentum is building for legalizing marijuana in Pennsylvania, but top lawmakers have vowed to block the effort.
5 years ago
Listen 3:55Three Mile Island accounts for 10 to 15 percent of the annual revenue at Roberto’s Pizza & Subs in Middletown.
5 years ago
City wants to rezone St. Laurentius and sidestep legal drama
The City Planning Commission recommended a spot zoning bill that would allow St. Laurentius Church in Fishtown to become apartments without any further public approvals.
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