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Changing Communities

Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia (phillytrax, EOTS Flickr Group)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

West Philly-bred developer seeks ‘return on community’ when eyeing new projects

Long before I learned about redlining, “white flight,” and mass incarceration, I wondered how spaces that housed the dead could look so much better than those for the living.

7 years ago

Point Breeze (Neal Santos, © National Trust for Historic Preservation)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Bill to ban new 3-story homes in Point Breeze, Grays Ferry introduced by Councilman Johnson

The bill proposes updating zoning maps to reflect the development that currently exists in the neighborhood.

7 years ago

PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

20 years after a deadly robbery, a neighborhood market is reborn

Aslam Market is a treasure trove of unique staples such as Nepalese dumpling — momo— mix, Indian sweets, Burmese sweet curry, and Indonesian instant noodles.

7 years ago

Shirley Armstead poses in front her E. Vernon Road storefront office. (Bastiaan Slabbers for PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Don’t call it Cedarbrook: Mount Airy shopping district gets a facelift

This week, a new chapter began with the ribbon-cutting on a $310,000 revitalization project.

7 years ago

A banner hanging from the National Museum of American Jewish History [Alex Stern]
Radio Times
Community

Living in Philly without English

Guests: Orlando Almonte, Nelson Flores, Alicia Fernandez  The United States doesn’t have an official language, ...

Air Date: October 25, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Before President Trump spoke at a rally in Luzerne County in August, local supporters and critics gathered outside the arena. (Natalie Piserchio for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

In Luzerne County, other bellwethers of Pa., voters divided ahead of midterms

In downtown Wilkes-Barre, a man named Tom is sitting outside at a table watching CNN on his phone. He’s ...

7 years ago

Listen 5:54
Ann Tickamyer, professor of sociology at Penn State, was one of the presenters at the 26th National Symposium on Family Issues. She says there's a lack of good policy for rural families and communities. (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Challenges facing rural America deeply rooted in economic and social distress, researchers say

Nearly three and a half million Pennsylvanians live in rural parts of the state and face challenges different than those in urban areas.

7 years ago

The Gallery mall covered three blocks on Market Street in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Urban Planning

The Gallery: Past, Present, and Future

Our very first episode considers the forces that shaped the Gallery mall in Philadelphia, and what forces will shape its future incarnation.

Air Date: October 23, 2018

Listen 14:56
Mayor Jim Kenney poses with staff from community schools. (Brad Larrison for WHYY, file)
Education

Relations between city, district cause growing pains for community schools

The 100-page report says city and school officials haven’t worked well enough together to ensure the program's success.

7 years ago

A rendering of a proposed 2201 E. Somerset St. condo development submitted to Philadelphia's Civic Design Review board. (Atrium Design Group)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Kensington’s hottest address? New homes to rise across from scene of scrapyard fire

Late Wednesday afternoon, Somerset LLC won a variance to enable their plan for the development of 153 housing units

7 years ago

Kamikatsu has become a hub for workshops on recycling. Employees from the Osaka branch of the Patagonia clothing store traveled here to learn waste reduction techniques. (Sonia Narang for WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

‘Zero waste’ town in Japan recycles most of its trash

With 45 categories of recyclables, Kamikatsu — in southwestern Japan — has a progressive approach that saves the town money and reduces greenhouse emissions.

7 years ago

Listen 6:28
A Passyunk Square municipal complex is slated for redevelopment. (Google Maps)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

City to redevelop industrial corner of booming Passyunk Square

Philadelphia officials are looking for a developer to remake a valuable tract of city-owned land just off South Philly's thriving East Passyunk corridor.

7 years ago

George Walker works in West Philadelphia and eats regularly at a range of Chinese takeout places in the neighborhood.  (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Cutting salt in Chinese takeout to curb heart disease

With poverty and stress driving up high blood pressure in communities of color, will it help to cut sodium in Chinese food? Health officials say it’s a worthy effort.

7 years ago

Listen 8:57
Germantown Boys & Girls Club (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Historic Germantown Boys and Girls Club spared wrecking ball

High atop the municipal building at 1515 Arch Street on Tuesday morning, the long battle over the future of the Germantown Boys and Girls Club appeared to end in détente.

7 years ago

The Frankford Chocolate Factory at 21st and Washington Streets is in the process of demolition 
. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

South Philly group asks chocolate factory developer for community benefits

S. Philly residents are playing hardball with developer Ori Feibush over a $100 million residential redux of the 150-year-old Frankford Chocolate Factory on Washington Ave.

7 years ago

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