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A tree in spring bloom next to the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia
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Billy Penn

22 gorgeous Instagrams of pink spring blossoms brightening Philly neighborhoods

Let's remember the good parts of April 2020.

6 years ago

Socially distant art gallery in West Philadelphia yard
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Community
Eyes on the Street

How to turn your front yard into a socially distant gallery

Quarantine life means no gallery shows, gatherings or classes so we turned our front yard into a place to share art. You can do it too.

6 years ago

Positive Movement Entertainment marches through South Philadelphia on April 19, 2020. (Screenshot via Hate5Six/YouTube)
Community
Billy Penn

Elmo-led drumline cheers South Philly in viral video and stars in new documentary

“Mr. Y Not” highlights the optimism of Positive Movement Entertainment’s founder.

6 years ago

Daaiyah Boone hands out bagged meals to students at Tilden Middle School during the coronavirus shutdown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Philly student meals to be distributed Thursday mornings

Starting this week, the School District of Philadelphia’s 49 meal sites will only be distributing student meals once a week on Thursday mornings.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Cathy Coate)
PlanPhilly
Community

Photo essay: 6 quintessentially Philly ‘views from my window’

People all over the world are sharing photos of the view from their windows as they quarantine. Philadelphians are sharing views of rowhouses, roosters and more.

6 years ago

Margeaux Murphy of the Sunday Love Project at McPherson Square this week COURTENAY HARRIS BOND
Community
Billy Penn

Rumors fly in Kensington about coronavirus ‘immunity’ and early jail releases

That’s the word from the Sunday Love Project, which is feeding people in the neighborhood daily.

6 years ago

Philadelphia supervised injection site
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Community
Eyes on the Street

The messy necessity of community buy-in for Philly’s supervised injection site

Rutgers sociologist Stephen Danley complicated question of how to achieve community consensus on controversial projects, reframing issues of power.

6 years ago

Philadelphia residents from Kensington and beyond attended a community forum in April 2019 discussing about a proposed supervised injection site. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

As debate rages over a supervised injection site, some ask, ‘Do public meetings empower privilege?’

A plan to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia has ignited a debate about the role of public engagement in local decision-making.

6 years ago

Stephanie Sun and Sarun Chan co-facilitated the Census Champion workshop at the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia on Saturday. (Becca Haydu for WHYY)
Community

Counting Philly’s Cambodians in the 2020 census: ‘We aren’t invisible’

Philadelphia has the 4th largest Cambodian population among U.S. cities, and a local organization says the 2010 count was low by several thousand.

6 years ago

Former Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell and Safehouse VP Ronda Goldfein (center) announce plans to open a supervised injection site in South Philadelphia (Michaela Winberg/WHYY)
Health

South Philly injection site: As Rendell touts ‘tremendous’ upside, some neighbors flip out

Mayor Kenney, who supports the sites, said they could save up to 75 people from overdose death each year.

6 years ago

A street is shown at nighttime, with a few passersby walking by.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Bright lights, big city: How Philly’s new streetlights could make us safer

Philadelphia’s 100,000 streetlamps vary in brightness and intensity, leaving some areas darker, and more dangerous than others.

6 years ago

Streamline is developing a lot on the 1300 block of Germantown Avenue, between Thompson and Master Streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Streamline seeks fresh start on toxic Kensington soil: ‘We’re a different animal’

The Philadelphia developer is seeking approval to build 190 units of housing on an industrial lot with lead and other toxins in soil.

6 years ago

The Little Free Fiber Library at Wild Hand in West Mt. Airy is one of the first of its kind anywhere (INSTAGRAM / @_WILDHAND_)
Community
Billy Penn

Philly’s newest ‘Little Free Library’ is filled with yarn instead of books

People all across the country have reached out to ask about the fiber borrowing box.

6 years ago

Quadir Flippen was the chef at Blackseed Cafe in Point Breeze. (Courtesy of Nashyia Pinder)
PlanPhilly
Community

Gunfire took the life of a beloved local chef. His family wants to know why.

As Philadelphia police search for the person who fatally shot Quadir Flippen, his sister, Nashyia Pinder, is also looking for answers.

6 years ago

From left, Malav Kanuga, Lucy Duncan, Sy Biswas and Nicki Kattoura are four of five members of the Making Worlds collective. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

‘Making Worlds’ with books: Inside West Philly’s newest indie lit shop

This Valentine’s Day, it’ll open as the newest addition to Philadelphia’s lately growing collection of independent bookstores.

6 years ago

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