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Changing Communities

USGS image.
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. expands flood zone buyout program at the Shore

The Blue Acres program funds the demolition of homes in flood prone areas throughout nine New Jersey counties and conversion of the land into open space. 

7 years ago

(photo/MacKenzie Stroh)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Anand Giridharadas on predatory philanthropy

Guest: Anand Giridharadas Do-gooder billionaires–people like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Michael Bloo ...

Air Date: September 6, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
Julia Tackett says the developer of 706-724 Latona St. and nearby residents quickly came to an impasse over the best way to develop the lots. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A beloved Passyunk Square oasis approved for luxury townhouses

Just around the corner from the South Philly intersection where Pat’s and Geno’s compete for tourists, hides one of the more unusual delights of the neighborhood.

7 years ago

A vendor rests his arms on the melons at a produce stand at Zern's Farmers Market in Gilberstville, Pa.
View Finders
Community

After nearly a century, a Montco shopping tradition nears the end

Shopping the 'thrifty Dutch way' at a farmers market in Gilbertsville is coming to a close.

7 years ago

People lined up in a quiet queue in the courtyard of St. Francis Inn Ministries in Kensington, awaiting breakfast. (courtesy: Alfred Lubrano/philly.com)
Community
Broke in Phlly

What happens when you reinstate an anti-poverty program and no one knows about it?

Hungry people, experts will tell you, are always silent.

7 years ago

A rendering of the latest design for a residential and office development slated to replace a parking lot on the corner of 8th and Vine streets.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

New plans for Chinatown development show a lush park

The proposed development will replace a city-owned parking bounded by Race Street and the Vine Street Expressway, between Eighth and Ninth Streets.

7 years ago

Tidal flooding in Stone Harbor in Feb. 2016 as photographed by Zeke Orzech (‏@Zeke_O via Twitter).
Down the Shore
Money

Study: More than $1B in N.J. property value gone since 2005

In New Jersey, more than $1 billion of relative property value has disappeared, with Long Beach Island losing $541 million and nearly $531 million gone in Ocean City.

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney, in March 2016, pitching the beverage tax as key to paying for his Rebuild initiative. (PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Mostly behind the scenes, the work of Rebuild begins

Rebuild is finally underway.

7 years ago

State College borough planning director Ed LeClear in front of one of the houses sold through the Neighborhood Sustainability Program.
(EMILY REDDY / WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Unique housing program combats ‘studentification’ in neighborhoods surrounding Penn State

It’s a short walk from the municipal building in downtown State College where Ed LeClear works as borough planning director to a two-st ...

7 years ago

Listen 5:34
Barb Williamson runs a drug recovery house in Bucks County. She recently changed her policy after complaints that she wasn't admitting people who use medication-assisted treatments such as Suboxone. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

On front lines of opioid crisis, recovery houses slowly accepting contested treatment approach

Patients using medication-assisted treatments slowly being accepted into group recovery homes.

7 years ago

Listen 6:14
A new report out of Penn State University says corn production in the Southeastern part of the state could be especially vulnerable in the coming decades. (Photo provided by Greg Roth/Penn State)
Keystone Crossroads
Science

Ahead of climate change projections, some Pa. farmers make adaptations to new weather patterns

For many farmers in the state, last month's intense precipitation is part of a pattern of weather changes of which they are trying to adapt.

7 years ago

Developer Steven Brown, who said his intention had always been to preserve the mural, said the building was on the verge of collapse and impossible to save. He has promised to replace it. (Annette John-Hall/WHYY)
Community

A cherished mural falls victim to Philadelphia redevelopment

A mural commemorating children lost to violence was 'memory lane' for the community. Now, the developer promises to replace the neighborhood memorial.

7 years ago

Listen 4:26
Kris Kolluri, president and CEO of Coopers Ferry Partnership, announces plans to clean up the trash-strewn Camden Labs property and turn it into a park.
Politics & Policy

Camden announces playful future for illegal dump

The 10-acre site could begin to sport athletic fields as soon as next summer.

7 years ago

Listen 1:41
An event exploring the outdoor world in black literature in the picnic grove at Bartram's Garden was organized by the Free Library's Center for Public Life. | Neal Santos for PlanPhilly
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

What if the library could mend public life?

Ashley Hahn checks out the Free Library’s Center for Public Life, a new unit that’s aiming to connect Philadelphians of every stripe through cultural and civic programs.

7 years ago

Geffen Reinherz, 5 (left), and Skyla Car, 7, draw with chalk at Broad and Poplar Streets while Broad Street is closed off for Philly Free Streets on August 11, 2018. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
View Finders
Lifestyle

Philly Free Streets enjoyed by walkers, cyclists, beach lovers — but not drivers

Inspired by the Pope’s 2015 visit, the event closed down Broad Street from City Hall to Germantown Avenue.

7 years ago

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