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Philadelphia officials have decided to sell the city property at 4601 Market St. for $10 million. The sale had been held up for months. (PlanPhilly file)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Provident Mutual building sale on hold, endangering planned West Philly health campus

Philly Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell has halted the city’s long-awaited remake of the former Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. building at 4601 Market Street.

8 years ago

A fruit vendor in the Italian Market (David Swift Photography/ EOTS Flickr Group)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Valets among the fixes proposed for Italian Market parking nightmare

While parking is only one of a number of issues at play in the creation of the so-called South Philly Market Improvement District, the issue dominated the conversation.

8 years ago

Romanian Ambassador to the U.S. George Maior talks about his visit to Delaware inside the Hotel DuPont in downtown Wilmington. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Romanian ambassador visits Wilmington, tours port

George Maior met with leaders of the World Trade Center of Delaware and toured the Port of Wilmington during his time in the First State.

8 years ago

Listen 1:02
Delaware Gov. John Carney talks about
Politics & Policy

Gov. Carney: Improving distressed communities key to Delaware’s success

To accomplish public policy goals, helping Delaware's poorest communities in Wilmington, Claymont, and Seaford is essential.

8 years ago

A February, 2018 photo of the
The Why
Community

The art of change: As Philly redevelops, saving its cherished murals

A cautionary tale from South Philly about how rapid development can improve neighborhoods, but also dishonor them at the same time.

Air Date: December 4, 2018

Listen 11:37
Standing water sits just behind a row of homes in Wilmington's Southbridge section. The land will soon be turned into a wetland park to prevent flooding. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Wilmington wetland park project meant to ease flooding gets $3M federal grant

The park will play a key role in reducing the floods that inundate Wilmington's Southbridge section.

8 years ago

Listen 1:19
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Forget outsourcing, Philly ‘eds and meds’ connect with businesses inside the city

8 years ago

An Eagles fan takes in the city from the top of the steps to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, also known as the Rocky steps. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Money

Talkin’ ’bout agglomeration

Philadelphia didn't get the nod for the location of Amazon's second headquarters. But that doesn't mean that the city's 100-page bid was a complete waste of time.

Air Date: November 19, 2018

Listen 13:42
U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat of Delaware talks with the Washington Post's Michael Gerson and Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee at the U.S. Global Leadership forum in Wilmington Friday. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Coons, Corker tout importance of global leadership at Wilmington forum

U.S. Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware has made a name for himself of late as someone who tries to coax his Republican colleagues out of march ...

8 years ago

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Fair Workweek legislation

Guests: Helen Gym, Earlene Bly, Mark Price, Melissa Bova Hourly workers in the hotel, retail and fast-food indust ...

Air Date: November 13, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:49
New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer and West End Neighborhood House executive director Paul Calistro listen as Bright Spot Farms director Sindhu Siva describes the work needed to grow poinsettias at the New Castle farm. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

New funds to bolster youth job training in Delaware

The Delaware program is part of Citi Foundation's Pathways to Progress initiative that will devote $100 million to support youth job training nationwide over three years.

8 years ago

Technical.ly spent the better part of a week reporting on Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Robert Torres/Technical.ly)
Money
Broke In Philly

Soft skills, tech jobs: What Philly can learn from Albuquerque’s anti-poverty push

Technical.ly traveled to Albuquerque, N.M., to find what has worked — and what hasn't — in that city's approach to workforce development.

8 years ago

Shirley Armstead poses in front her E. Vernon Road storefront office. (Bastiaan Slabbers for PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Don’t call it Cedarbrook: Mount Airy shopping district gets a facelift

This week, a new chapter began with the ribbon-cutting on a $310,000 revitalization project.

8 years ago

The Gallery mall covered three blocks on Market Street in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Urban Planning

The Gallery: Past, Present, and Future

Our very first episode considers the forces that shaped the Gallery mall in Philadelphia, and what forces will shape its future incarnation.

Air Date: October 23, 2018

Listen 14:56
A Passyunk Square municipal complex is slated for redevelopment. (Google Maps)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

City to redevelop industrial corner of booming Passyunk Square

Philadelphia officials are looking for a developer to remake a valuable tract of city-owned land just off South Philly's thriving East Passyunk corridor.

8 years ago

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