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Changing Communities

Hundreds pack Ocean Harbor Restaurant for a community meeting over the Sixers' areana proposal
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‘Hands off Chinatown!’ Hundreds question Sixers’ commitment to community engagement at raucous meeting on arena proposal

Representatives from 76 Devcorp drew Ben Simmons levels of boos from the crowd.

2 years ago

Members of the development team break ground for the mixed-use Riverview at Festival Pier. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

Philly’s Festival Pier to be transformed into massive mixed-use development

The site of the city’s trash incinerator in the 70s and 80s and a concert venue in the 2000s will soon be home to apartment units and retail spaces.

2 years ago

The sign for the Comcast Center in the Financial District. (Nathan Morris/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

Life is surging back to Center City, despite Philly’s deep challenges

Can Philadelphia do what it needs to keep the momentum going?

2 years ago

Executive Director of Accion Colombia, Leity Rodriguez-Largo (second from right), alongside her colleagues and volunteers of Sal y Dulce. (Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Es una celebración de regocijo’: Christmas festival celebrates 15th year of highlighting Latin American culture in Philadelphia

Accion Colombia celebrates the 15th year of their annual Christmas Festival, Sal y Dulce, uniting all Latin American cultures.

2 years ago

Davian Green smiles for a photo on an East Side sidewalk
Community

Raze, rebuild, and repair: $30M housing initiative underway on Wilmington’s East Side

The undertaking is the largest project targeting a residential neighborhood in Wilmington history.

2 years ago

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Jessica Carvajal looks around the Neon Museum of Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s past meets its future in the final show at the Neon Museum

“Philly Based” features works by 13 contemporary transplants to Philadelphia, set against neon signs from the city’s past.

2 years ago

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Community

Flavors of the East and South America find a home in Philadelphia

Local entrepreneurs announce plans to expand all natural fruit flavored ice cream business beyond Philadelphia.

3 years ago

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Pictured items include a jawn pillow from The Pillow Works, the Drawn Jawn coloring book by Katie Otte, a jawn sticker from South Fellini and a print that says
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Community

‘Jawn’ is more than a noun. It connects us to who we are, beyond our city and region

The word ‘jawn’ can be used to replace any noun in a sentence, but the term is more than an interchangeable Philly word. It has a deeper meaning, writes Kae Lani Palmisano.

3 years ago

Looking up North Broad Street with the Divine Lorraine Hotel visible
Community
Billy Penn

Game-changer for North Broad? After years in the works, an official business district looks close to reality

Pointing to success elsewhere in Philly, advocates say the BID is just what the corridor needs.

3 years ago

Artist-in-residence Shimon Attie created an 11-foot-tall replica of Bethlehem's 90-toot Star Tower for his exhibit at Lehigh University Art Galleries. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Bethlehemites are ‘Starstruck’ by an art film about their own history

Lehigh University Art Gallery asked New York artist Shimon Attie to make “Starstruck,” a film and sculptural installation about the history of Bethlehem, Pa.

3 years ago

Viking Mill is a former warehouse on East Boston Street that was converted to studios and is now being turned into apartments. (Instagram/@vanwhit13)
Community
Billy Penn

Viking Mill artists blindsided as work begins to convert Kensington studios to luxury apartments

Tenants say they were abruptly told to move their studios and businesses — or face eviction.

3 years ago

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Community

‘Everybody’s Hometown’ is rewriting its zoning laws. Should other communities take note?

The Delaware County seat wants to incorporate form-based code into its zoning laws. This planning method organizes communities based on their physical form rather than use.

3 years ago

Residents have been protesting the potential sale of UC Townhomes for months since property owners announced last July that the HUD contract wouldn't be renewed. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Community

City Council members call for extension of UC Townhomes HUD contract

Demonstrators demanded outside investors stop encroaching on housing properties within Philadelphia, and called on the city to create a fund to preserve affordable housing.

3 years ago

File photo: This Feb. 23, 2016 file photo shows the St. Laurentius Roman Catholic church in Philadelphia.  Demolition of a shuttered 19th-century church in Philadelphia has begun following a yearslong battle by some neighbors to save the crumbling structure. Crews last week surrounded the 140-year-old St. Laurentius Church in Fishtown with scaffolding, fencing and barricades. Neighbors gathered Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022 to get their final look at the structure. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Community

Demolition of St. Laurentius Church in Fishtown begins after long battle

The church was built in 1882 with the donations of Polish immigrants. The archdiocese of Philadelphia in 2014 announced the church's closure.

3 years ago

Greg Trainor, executive director of Philly Reclaim, was chopping up scraps as they cleared out the warehouse in its final days. (Emily Rizzo / WHYY)
Community

Philly Reclaim, beloved Tacony salvage shop, is closing its doors on Monday

The one-of-a-kind shop was where many Philadelphians would come to drop off unwanted building scraps and to look for unexpected treasures amid piles of reclaimed materials.

3 years ago

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