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Workers at the Port Richmond Walmart roll more water to the store on Sunday, March 27. (Daisie Cardona for Billy Penn)
Studio 2
Health

Ep. 1: Safe Drinking Water, Delaware River Chemical Spill

Tap water in Philly is now safe to drink through Wednesday. Cherri and Avi also look at the top stories in the rest of the region.

Air Date: March 28, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 45:30
A view down MLK Drive.
Urban Planning
6abc

Fairmount Park’s Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge closed beginning today for pedestrians, bicyclists

The $20 million project is expected to last until spring 2025. The bridge will remain closed until the project is completed.

3 days ago

The Philadelphia skyline
Urban Planning

A new online dashboard shows how Philly neighborhoods compare on public safety, sanitation, and beyond

The data posted on the City Controller’s website will be used for budgeting and as a blueprint of how to invest in social programs.

1 week ago

A SEPTA bus travels down the street
Community

After riders revolted against SEPTA ‘Bus Revolution,’ planned route changes have been revamped

SEPTA has updated its planned overhaul of Philly bus routes after riders were unhappy with the changes designed to streamline the system.

1 week ago

Apartment owners and residents protested outside City Hall against a council bill that would mandate automatic sprinklers systems in high-rise buildings ahead of a City Council session
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly property owners push City Council to kill sprinkler bill for high-rise buildings

The measure would require automatic sprinkler systems in existing high-rise buildings that are above 75 feet.

2 weeks ago

People with shovels at a groundbreaking event
Urban Planning

More than 100 years after opening, Philly’s Kingsessing Library is getting a $7 million makeover

The library is the first of 12 to receive upgrades with funding from Philly’s soda tax as part of the city’s Rebuild program.

2 weeks ago

Building 21 in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

Philly lawmakers call for more state funding to fix city schools

A group of lawmakers says city schools need $5 billion for repairs. They want to use some of the state’s budget surplus to fund the projects.

2 weeks ago

Chinatown has been separated by the Vine Street Expressway since the 1980s. Officials are hoping money in the Infrastructure and jobs bill will be slated to cap the expressway
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly wants to ‘stitch’ together Chinatown by capping the Vine Street Expressway

The city has $4 million to plan and design a cap. It will have to apply for additional funding from the federal government to build it.

3 weeks ago

Rendering of the aerial view of the new park at Penn's Landing. (HargreavesJones)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Construction has started on Penn’s Landing park over I-95 highway trench

The cap will be home to nearly 12 acres of parkland and seamlessly connect Old City to the Delaware River waterfront at Penn’s Landing.

4 weeks ago

Rebuild Disston Rec Center
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Philly’s Rebuild program is finally on track to finish all the renovations on its list — half as many as originally hoped

Will the massive public space initiative be a priority once Kenney is gone? Its future is unclear.

4 weeks ago

A view of a collapsed balcony in a highrise.
Community
6abc

Philadelphia man dies after balcony collapse in Sea Isle City, New Jersey

According to officials, an 8th-floor balcony fell onto one below at a condo building in Sea Isle City.

1 month ago

A view of a collapsed balcony in a highrise.
Community

Worker feared dead after balcony collapse in Sea Isle City, New Jersey

According to officials, an 8th-floor balcony fell onto one below at a condo building in Sea Isle City.

1 month ago

Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia; Billy Penn illustration
Community
Billy Penn

Philadelphia Xfinity outage: Comcast blames pre-Super Bowl service disruption on physical damage

Twenty minutes after kickoff, the cable giant said the problem was fixed.

2 months ago

Shown here at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, George Toma has had a hand in Super Bowl playing surfaces since the very beginning — the 1967 championship between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers. (Greg Echlin/KCUR 89.3)
NPR
Community
KCUR

Call him ‘The Sodfather.’ Pa. native George Toma has tended the turf at every single Super Bowl

This week, the 94-year-old is in Glendale, Arizona, where he's hard at work preparing State Farm Stadium for the Super Bowl game and Rihanna's halftime show.

2 months ago

Construction workers moving debris
Community

Philly woman injured after facade falls from Center City building that was cited as unsafe last year

A concrete slab fell off of a building in Center City Tuesday, injuring a woman. She was transported to the hospital in critical condition.

2 months ago

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