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Changing Communities

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

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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.

8 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.

8 years ago

Nicole and Chuck Gesing attend Sunday Mass at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Glenside, Pa. (Bastiaan Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Haunted by clergy abuse, Pa. family leaves Catholic Church after years-long struggle

Each time there’s a new report or newspaper article about sex abuse in the Catholic Church, Chuck Gesin ...

8 years ago

Listen 4:57
Astrophysicists Jarita Holbrook, Alphonse Sterling (background) Fana Mulu-Moore, and Hakeem Oluseyi (Jarita Holbrook)
The Pulse
Science

‘Black Suns’ captures rare solar eclipse images

A film documents the work and adventure of African American astrophysicists.

8 years ago

Listen 6:04
Lead architect Lluka Lakuriqi, left, Tajar Domi, center and Bujar Gjoka of the Albanian American Association are seen outside of the historic Lower Dublin Academy in Northeast Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

A NE Philly school designed by a friend of Ben Franklin to be reborn as Albanian cultural center

It was a schoolhouse where Revolutionary-era leaders offered a "polite education" to young men in the then-new city of Philadelphia

8 years ago

Lovett Memorial Library, in Mt Airy on Oct 1, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

In neighborhoods and online, library loyalists organize to reverse cuts

The organizers are calling for the city to supercharge its annual contribution to the library budget by more than 36 percent

8 years ago

A 26-acre slice of the hulking Budd Co. auto assembly plant is going to auction. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A Nicetown factory goes to auction

“It was the heartbeat of this neighborhood.”

8 years ago

The Gretz Brewery complex in Kensington has been vacant since 1961. (Ashley Hahn/PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law
PlanPhilly

Pa. Supreme Court restores Philly’s right to fight blight

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reaffirmed the city’s ability to force property owners to maintain appearances of their vacant buildings, reversing a 2015 lower court ruling.

8 years ago

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Toomey lauds Senate’s passage of sweeping opioid crisis legislation

The wide-ranging package known as the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 rolls up 70 bills that will be backed by about $5 billion in funding.

8 years ago

Radio Times

The psychology of good people

Guest: Dolly Chugh We are all biased — so social scientists tell us. Even the most well-intentioned ...

Air Date: September 14, 2018 10:00 am

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