
Changing Communities
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
Philly’s $9 million goodbye to Germantown’s worst landlord
Everyone has crossed paths with a bad landlord.
7 years ago
Listen 6:11We 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 5:46How 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
Black middle class finds refuge in East Germantown’s diversity, gentrifying on their own terms
“I can’t reverse gentrification with one bookstore. But what I can do is model alternatives to what gentrification looks like,” said Hill.
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3 maps that explain gentrification in Philadelphia
“Gentrification” is a word that gets tossed around a lot, especially in Philadelphia, a city where some neighborhoods are experiencing rapid demographic shifts.
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Graham wants the main beneficiaries to be people like herself, residents who stuck with the neighborhood during its darkest moments.
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Listen 5:59The surprising truth behind the racial dynamics of gentrification in Philly
While it may be harder to tell, data suggests white neighborhoods in Philly are actually gentrifying faster than black neighborhoods.
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Listen 7:37From slums to sleek towers: How Philly became cleaner, safer, and more unequal
The reinvention of Society Hill in the 1960s is widely considered one of the first instances of gentrification — although no one called it that at the time.
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Listen 6:37‘Gentrified’ series draws out stories about changing relationships across Philly
As neighborhoods gentrify, there is a complex web of effects — some positive, some negative. This week WHYY is examining those changes from the ground up.
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Listen 5:03In leaving state oversight, Pittsburgh says it’s prepared for the risk
On a Monday morning last month people packed the Pittsburgh mayor’s conference room to witness the city’s successful transition to fi ...
7 years ago
Pittsburgh sheds distressed city status as fiscal health improves
On Monday, Pittsburgh became the second city to exit Act 47, the state’s oversight program for financia ...
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State College has boomed in recent years due to the presence of Penn State's main campus. But what does that mean for low-income residents?
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Listen 5:30Johnstown residents bristle over town’s portrayal in recent viral article on Trump supporters
A widely shared article used Johnstown, Pennsylvania as a lens to showcase the loyalty of President Trump’s supporters. But local residents are balking at the portrait.
7 years ago
Local leaders in State College urge congressman to support DREAM Act
State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham asked Congressman Thompson to support the passage of a DREAM act.
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