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Neighborhoods
What to expect at Chika, Center City’s Blade Runner-inspired underground ramen bar
The new Center City spot is a venture by Glu Hospitality, with a chef who trained in Japan and previously had his own restaurants.
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‘Sometimes you just get tired’: City releases RFP to redevelop troubled Logan Triangle
A developer walked away from the project after spending nearly a decade trying to breathe new life into the site.
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The venture is an offshoot of catering company Chef’s Table. It serves breakfast sandwiches, BBQ, burritos, pizza, and more.
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‘Collective liberation is the goal’: The Peoplehood Parade marches through West Philly
Puppets speak truth to power in this annual tradition organized by art-as-activism group Spiral Q.
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‘A world-class boulevard’: Master plan details new vision for Market East corridor
The study comes as the Sixers push to build a new arena in Center City Philadelphia.
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Federal money coming to Philly for tree planting, lead paint awareness, and A/C units
Over $4 million in federal grant money will flow to nonprofits and local governments to support environmental justice in the Philly region.
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Listen 1:05As Philly gears up for its mayoral election next month, WHYY’s Bridging Blocks team raised the question: Will this next election season have low voter turnout? If so, why?
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Listen 1:31Developer unveils new plan for Germantown YWCA amid funding concerns
The city selected KBK Enterprises to redevelop the historic property in 2016. But the building remains vacant and blighted.
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The tribute runs October through February, with imagery, walking tours, interactive games, and discussion salons.
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Sixers arena saga: As the November election nears, the politics get messy
A timeline of everything that’s happened so far regarding 76 Place.
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‘We just want real data’: Anti-arena groups seek funding for separate economic study
Opponents argue the city’s analysis will be biased towards building a downtown basketball arena for the Philadelphia 76ers.
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‘We want to know, what are you doing?’: Eastwick residents question officials on proposed levee
Residents of a flood-prone Philly neighborhood learned more about a proposed 15-foot levee near their homes during a meeting Wednesday.
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‘This is home for us’: Former Philly factory to reopen as alternative high school
El Centro de Estudiantes has called three buildings home since 2009. It will now have what it hopes will be a permanent home.
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“We should never have to live in a city where someone’s life is taken and we go about our lives as if nothing has ever happened,” Councilmember Johnson said.
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