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Changing Communities

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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

Chinatown is full of retail and commercial activity, but many people also live there — on both sides of I-676. (Tiffany Rodriguez / WHYY)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

As more development threatens, Chinatown is working to heal the concrete wound that split the neighborhood

The community’s longstanding goal to cap the Vine Street Expressway now has official backing.

3 years ago

Tents are visible on a lawn in front of a red-brick building.
Community

Judge orders UC Townhomes protest encampment be broken up Monday

Judge allows removal of encampment after weeks of protesting at site. Personal property taken by law enforcement must be claimed within 30 days.

3 years ago

Carolyn Martin gestures toward a sensor on a car
PlanPhilly
Weather

Philly citizen scientists gather heat and air quality data in hopes of a ‘more livable’ city

Philly is one of 14 cities and counties across the country chosen by a federal agency to collect heat data this summer, in an annual citizen science project.

3 years ago

Listen 4:01
The exterior of the Neshaminy Mall
Community
Billy Penn

A tour of dead and dying malls around Philadelphia, monuments to a bygone age

Some are dated and quaint. Others have undergone aesthetic “upgrades” that do little to stop their decline.

3 years ago

Artist rendering of the National Sports and Events Center. (Courtesy of IDG Development LLC)
Arts & Entertainment

Coatesville officials bank on new $50 million sports and event facility to put Chester County’s only city back on the map

Coatesville leaders say the city is going through a renaissance. Many think a new sports and events complex will put the city on the map.

3 years ago

Customers shop for produce in Chinatown
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

‘Community is irrelevant’ to developers who have tried to exploit Chinatown

Behemoth developments in residential communities destroy the fabric that has held people together over generations.

3 years ago

Ribbon cutting at the brand new Grocery Outlet supermarket in the Sharswood section of North Philadelphia. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Shoppers line up to welcome Sharswood’s first supermarket in decades

The new North Philly supermarket is part of a sweeping neighborhood revitalization plan dreamed up by the Philadelphia Housing Authority.

3 years ago

Chelle Wyatt holds up a cell phone displaying the Otter app, with a message that reads, ''I use this when I go into stores or restaurants where people are wearing masks. There is no way to lip read with masks on.''
Community

Why captions are suddenly everywhere and how they got there

Captions from apps like Otter have proven critical for people joining virtual meetings or talking in person when masked.

3 years ago

The renovated house is in striking contrast to its abandoned state before. (Courtesy of Compass Realty)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

West Philly house that can mine crypto sells for $237k, sparking debate over gentrification and what ‘affordable’ means

The Mantua property was renovated after sitting abandoned for a decade.

3 years ago

People walk by a building that will house the new Giant supermarket. A blue sky and City Hall are visible in the background.
Lifestyle
Billy Penn

New Giant supermarket opens on North Broad, bringing local goods and groceries to a fast-developing stretch

The store is at the center of an area about to be flooded with new apartments.

3 years ago

A view of the Philadelphia skyline from the Market-Frankford elevated line in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Philly announces 30 winners of Community Champions Awards grants

Twenty of the recipient organizations are set to receive a total of $325,000. Ten community members are going to each receive $2,500 in financial help.

3 years ago

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