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North 15th Street in Tioga
Community
Billy Penn

A year after shootout, North Philly neighborhood says it’s stronger, more resilient than ever

Residents near 15th and Erie hope for more even coverage of their community.

5 years ago

St. Laurentius Church spires
PlanPhilly
Community

Fishtown fought to save St. Laurentius church’s twin spires for 6 years. The neighborhood just lost.

Citing imminent danger of collapse, the Philadelphia Historical Commission recommended the demolition of St. Laurentius church’s twin spires.

5 years ago

South Street in Philadelphia
Community
Billy Penn

The coronavirus won’t stop these South Street business owners

Meet five local proprietors who aren’t willing to let the pandemic derail their dreams.

5 years ago

A homeless encampment at 21st and Ridge Avenue
PlanPhilly
Community

Sharswood residents and #OccupyPHA clash over protest encampment

Sharswood residents say the encampment of people experiencing homelessness is slowing down progress in the neighborhood.

5 years ago

Colwin Williams with Cure Violence tells Simpson Street residents that officials are putting a Band-aid on the problem and not dealing with real issues surrounding gun violence. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

West Philly neighbors gather for emergency meeting after 7-year-old’s fatal shooting

"Stop putting Band-Aids on something that needs surgery,” cried longtime anti-violence activist Colwin Williams.

5 years ago

Darryl “Cornbread” McCray started writing graffiti in his Philadelphia neighborhood in the 1960s. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly will rename a Brewerytown park where a graffiti legend got his start. The new name isn’t what you think.

Hip-hop’s roots trace back to a currently unnamed Philadelphia park near the home of Darryl McCray, the graffiti legend known as Cornbread.

5 years ago

Justin Moore at Uncle Bobbie's Coffee and Books
Community

Uncle Bobbie’s opened to build community. Now that community is helping it reopen

Marc Lamont Hill’s Germantown coffee shop and bookstore, which was designed to build community in the largely Black neighborhood, is set to reopen after multiple break-ins.

5 years ago

Listen 2:12
Taking a note from caravans to celebrate graduations, U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans worked with census groups and community organizations to raise awareness about the count in some of the neighborhoods that have historically been undercounted. (Zachariah Hughes/WHYY)
Community

Getting undercounted Philly neighborhoods to fill out the census relies on unconventional techniques

Northwest Philadelphia is traditionally undercounted in the census. Organizers took to the streets with a different approach to ask people to fill out the form.

5 years ago

Police officers congregating in West Philadelphia at 6:10 p.m. on May 31, 2020. (Photo anonymously provided)
PlanPhilly
Community

The tear gassing of West Philly — a history told in police dispatches

A UPenn historian uses police records to write a new chronology of the violence that overtook West Philly’s 52nd Street on May 31, 2020.

5 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Most people are filling out the census, just not those N.J. says most need to be counted

Low response rates in communities of color could mean the loss of federal funds.

5 years ago

Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books
Community
Billy Penn

Uncle Bobbie’s window smashed in apparent robbery at beloved Germantown cafe

The coffee shop and bookstore from author Marc Lamont Hill is focused on uplifting Philly’s Black community.

5 years ago

This April 13, 2019, file photo, shows rows of homes, in suburban Salt Lake City.  (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Urban Planning

Trump plays on fears in play for the suburbs

Trump is trying to win over suburbanites by promising to protect their “beautiful" neighborhoods from the racial unrest that has gripped some U.S. cities this summer.

5 years ago

Bagged up trash sit outside Philly homes
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly sanitation workers blame filthy streets on ‘poor management’; apologize for rotting trash

Philadelphia sanitation workers say Mayor Jim Kenney’s management is to blame for the mounds of stinky trash proliferating across the city.

5 years ago

Signs posted around the offices of Ceiba in Norris Square, Kensington encourage visitors to participate in the 2020 census. (Becca Haydu for WHYY)
Community

Only half of Philly has filled out the census. Help is heading to low-response neighborhoods

Philly neighborhoods with the lowest self-response rates can expect to see socially distant, pop-up census booths this summer.

5 years ago

The owners of 2031 Washington Ave. plan to put a four-story residential complex atop the existing commercial building. (PlanPhilly staff)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Developers spar over competing visions for a changing Washington Avenue

Critics of Washington Avenue development say parking and curb cuts would harm efforts to make the corridor more walkable for decades to come.

5 years ago

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