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Outdoors

Kirtrina Baxter at work at her community farm in North Philadelphia. (Provided)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly growers spoke out. The result is an ‘anti-racist lens’ for city’s first agricultural plan

During 2020’s racial reckoning, Black gardeners and white urban designers working on a city plan realized they needed to confront harmful racial dynamics.

1 week ago

An environmental clean-up crew works to remove gasoline fuel from an ETP pipeline spill in Darby creek in Tinicum Township, Pa.
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania gives $34 million for water cleanup

Of the 149 projects granted money from the Growing Greener program, 43 in south-central Pennsylvania will get $12 million.

2 weeks ago

Cooper's Poynt Park in Camden, N.J.
Urban Planning

COVID-19 showed the importance of green spaces. Camden wants all residents to have easy park access by 2050

Around 97% of Camden residents have access to a park, but only 70% report using the city’s parks at least once a month. Camden leaders hope to change that in 30 years’ time.

4 weeks ago

Signs posted along Philadelphia's Schuylkill River Trail caution users to keep six feet away from others to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly Parks Dept: City parks saw 50% more visitors in 2020

Social distancing is easy at Philadelphia parks and in 2020, visits to these public spaces surged.

4 weeks ago

Bicyclists, joggers and walkers enjoy a beautiful day on the Schuylkill River Trail near Boathouse Row, (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

A trail circuiting the region? That’s the goal of a 500 miles by 2025 campaign

Local transportation and community advocacy organizations are campaigning to build hundreds of miles of continuous trail in the region. Here’s how.

4 weeks ago

The Grand Opera House's Winter in Wilmington light show at night
Arts & Entertainment

Wilmington’s Grand Opera House finds new stage to shine light on the arts

Stages in Wilmington have been dark since the pandemic started in mid-March, but the Grand Opera House has found a new way to connect with its audience.

4 weeks ago

Composer Randy Gibson walking the trails of Tacony Creek Park
Arts & Entertainment

Philly composer writes a series of jazz and blues songs inspired by Tacony Creek

Randy Gibson’s seven-song Tacony Creek Suite responds to George Floyd, the coronavirus pandemic and its titular water source.

1 month ago

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Weather
Billy Penn

Your best pics of Philly streets in the city’s first snow in a thousand days

Addison Street lights? Sledding on the Art Museum steps? Check and check.

1 month ago

Snow falls in Old City in Philadelphia during a snow storm
Weather
NBC10

Icy conditions remain after heavy, wet snow hits Philly region

A final band of snow is moving out of Philadelphia, the suburbs, Lehigh Valley and central New Jersey Thursday morning.

1 month ago

Snow revelers outside the Philadelphia Art Museum. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Weather

Snow day! School’s not canceled, but many Philly families are still finding time for the ‘magic’

For K-12 students this year, even with powder still coating parts of the region Thursday morning, the snow days of yore seem to be slipping into a tale from time’s past.

1 month ago

Listen 4:24
A man wearing a mask walks through a mid-afternoon snow squall in downtown Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Weather

Winter storm update: Montco urges residents to stay home; no vaccine shipment disruption expected

Snow and heavy precipitation may cause widespread power outages, followed by a significant drop in temperatures later this week.

1 month ago

A person holds up an umbrella during wintry weather
Weather
NBC10

Nor’easter to bring heavy snow, rain, wind and flood threats to Delaware Valley

We know a nor'easter is headed toward the Philadelphia region — but it also looks like its impacts could vary greatly from neighborhood to neighborhood.

1 month ago

Locked gates at FDR Park’s ballfields. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Parks and Rec is reopening some fields usually locked for winter so people have more outdoor options

Details are still unclear on the policy change, which was spurred by Twitter requests.

1 month ago

FDR Park’s iconic gazebo. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

The pandemic helped make FDR Park better. Now it has to survive the aftermath

If you live in South Philly, it’s not your imagination: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park is having a moment.

1 month ago

T.S. Smith & Sons farm in Bridgeville, Delaware is one of nearly 1,000 farms preserved from development throughout the state. (Courtesy of the Delaware Department of Agriculture)
Politics & Policy

Funding questions remain amid new effort to preserve open space in northern Delaware

Increasing development has long been an issue in Delaware’s most populous county. Now New Castle County leaders have new guidance on how to better preserve open space.

1 month ago

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