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Changing Communities

Garbage is piled in front of an apartment complex in Lower Germantown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

City seizing blighted Germantown complex owned by nightmare landlord

For years, an abandoned townhome development on East Collom Street has sat open to squatters and vermin.

7 years ago

Linton Rawls, 80, lives across the street from the empty lot where Temple wants to build a community center.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

As some neighbors fight Temple’s move into residential North Philly, others just want to know more

The university’s proposed $130M stadium is the biggest — and most contentious — element of the university's growth plan but for Rawls, a smaller project hits closer to home.

7 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly Fed: Homeowners in gentrifying neighborhoods suffer tax delinquency but not displacement

Through the study, the two researchers sought to untangle the impacts of wealthier people moving into less affluent neighborhoods.

7 years ago

Listen 4:14
Cherry trees in bloom along the river
Community

Poetry conveys sense of Philadelphia community

For National Poetry Month, Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn asked listeners to write poems about their communities.

7 years ago

Listen 5:34
Thyyib Smith and Meegan Denenberg are cofounders of Pipeline Philly, a co-working space in Center City.
PlanPhilly
Community

Black in Rittenhouse and designing for a diverse city

One week ago, the arrest of two black men at a Rittenhouse Square Starbucks pushed a provocative idea about the racialization of urban space into mainstream conversation.

7 years ago

Zoning notice (PlanPhilly/file)
PlanPhilly
Community

Planning officials put proposed community outreach rules on hold

The proposed regulation was initially introduced as a public-safety minded response to a recent North Philadelphia housefire that killed four residents of a rooming house.

7 years ago

The image to the left shows Susan Stolting's new civic association. The image to the right shows the older Francisville group founded by Penelope Giles.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Francisville is booming. The community is feuding.

Francisville is under construction.Walk down almost any street in this North Philadelphia neighborhood, and there are houses—or multi-unit buildings—getting built.

7 years ago

Different types of marijuana sit on display at Harborside marijuana dispensary, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. Starting New Year's Day, recreational marijuana can be sold legally in California. (Mathew Sumner/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump vows to back law to protect marijuana industry

Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado said Friday that Trump made the pledge to him in a Wednesday night conversation.

7 years ago

A protested eviction in Germantown, July 2012
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly landlords evict more people than owners in other large cities

Philly ranks fourth among big cities for the raw number of court filings seeking to evict residents from their homes.

7 years ago

Listen 4:29
Cows from a dairy farm in Central Pennsylvania. (Dani Fresh for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. distributors rescue some dairy farms while others face uncertain future

Two Pennsylvania distributors provided new markets for some dairy farms facing closure, but many other farms still struggle with staying in business.

7 years ago

The Center for Rural Pennsylvania hosted a public hearing in Tioga County on Thursday, hearing from providers and consumers about the lack of broadband access in rural areas.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Rural Pa. demands broadband access; providers cite logistical difficulties

About six percent of Pennsylvanians don't have access to broadband internet, but providers say providing service in rural areas are economically burdening.

7 years ago

In this stock photo, black and white Holstein dairy cows are in their stalls in Penn State's research barn.
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. dairy farms scrambling due to major contract termination

One of the nation’s largest dairy distributors is ending its contract with dozens of Pennsylvania dairy farms at the end of May.

7 years ago

Garbage is piled in front of an apartment complex in Lower Germantown.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Philly’s $9 million goodbye to Germantown’s worst landlord

Everyone has crossed paths with a bad landlord.

7 years ago

Listen 6:11
Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee and Books on the corner of Church Street and Germantown Avenue in East Germantown. (Michael Bixler/Hidden City)
PlanPhilly
Community

We asked Philly to tell us what gentrification feels like. Here’s what we heard.

Here is some of the talkback we got on social media about our gentrification series.

7 years ago

Listen 5:46
Jason’s Cozyday is one of Olney’s most popular hang out spots for young people.
PlanPhilly
Community

How Olney became one of Philly’s fastest-growing communities — without gentrification

No one could argue that Olney, in upper North Philadelphia, is gentrifying. But that doesn’t mean the neighborhood isn’t revitalizing.

7 years ago

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