Changing Communities
Awilda Ocasio: The ‘Mother Teresa of Kensington’
Two years after her death, a neighborhood activist's legacy of love lives on.
7 years ago
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.
7 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.
7 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.
7 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.
7 years ago
Listen 3:55Three Mile Island accounts for 10 to 15 percent of the annual revenue at Roberto’s Pizza & Subs in Middletown.
7 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.
7 years ago
Buddhist monks cash out with ‘secret’ sale of historic South Philly church
A 150-year-old Queen Village church turned Buddhist temple is on a path toward residential reincarnation.
7 years ago
Soul-searching after Parkland, Dick’s CEO embraces tougher stance on guns
Ed Stack is a gun owner who was a longtime Republican donor. A year after Dick's Sporting Goods became an unlikely face of gun control, it sees the fallout from its policy.
7 years ago
Fishtown’s St. Laurentius church cleared for redevelopment
A judge’s ruling on Tuesday paves the way for a long-contested redevelopment of St. Laurentius, a crumbling Catholic church in Philadelphia’s growing Fishtown neighborhood.
7 years ago
Taking on gentrification with a community land trust in Point Breeze
The WCRP is building five new houses that’ll be affordable for the foreseeable future.
7 years ago
Why one gun owner decided to finally join the NRA
‘I have no choice but to help them. That’s the way it seems,’ said a gun owner at the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg.
7 years ago
Gretz Brewery redevelopment in Kensington returns to drawing board
The latest plans for the five-story brewery include 220 apartments, five retail storefronts and 42 parking spots.
7 years ago
Why your neighborhood school probably doesn’t have a playground
Research shows kids benefit from playgrounds, but 2/3 of Philadelphia public elementary schools don’t have playgrounds. To build them, schools are relying on private funders.
7 years ago
Listen 5:50Provident Mutual building redevelopment to move forward with Blackwell’s support
A developer’s plan to transform the former Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. building into a sprawling health campus will move forward with Jannie Blackwell's support.
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