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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Urban Planning

Planning commission recommends temporary riverfront zoning rules

9 years ago

Marie Pelton works on the butter sculpture while Jim Victor looks on. (Photo provided by the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association)
Arts & Entertainment

Victual reality: Food is art — and a living — for two Conshohocken sculptors [photos + timelapse video]

A bust made out of bacon. An M&M mosaic of football hall-of-famer and Pennsylvania native Joe Montana. Conshohocken couple Marie Pelt ...

9 years ago

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 Farhan Al Qadri and his family fled for Jordan after he said 70 to 80 mortars exploded near their home in Daraa, Syria.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

What’s changed in the refugee resettlement hub of Lancaster

Things have changed for people who resettle refugees, and their clients. Even in states like Pennsylvania, where the governor supports re ...

9 years ago

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Lurie Portanova owns a block of stores in downtown Jersey Shore. She says there's no way they could raise their brick buildings out of the flood zone. (Eleanor Klibanoff/WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Urban Planning

Wake-up call or washout: flood insurance reform threatens Pa. river towns

Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, is hundreds of miles from the boardwalk and the beach, but mere steps from the Susquehanna River. And while n ...

10 years ago

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Kayakers on the Schuylkill (Jessica Kourkounis)
Keystone Crossroads
Science

[Video] Fast trip down the Schuylkill River to Philly

Recently, about a hundred hardy souls paddled down the Schuylkill River, from the quiet banks of Schuylkill Haven to the skyscrapers of P ...

10 years ago

 The amphitheater in Lock Haven, Pa, built into the city's levee, is starting to fill up for a Sunday night concert. (Eleanor Klibanoff, WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Urban Planning

Balancing flood protection and fun in Pa.’s river towns

Can you have flood protection and river access? One city found a way — at a steep price.

10 years ago

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When completed, the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail will run 14 miles along the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania. (Diana Robinson/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Urban Planning

Lots of red tape for building waterfront projects in Pa., but it could be worse

Pennsylvania cities are investing in their waterfronts, improving public access and hoping economic benefits will follow. But getting there is complicated.

10 years ago

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 Dan Hennessy (right) and Jane McGrane boat, swim, and fish in Pittsburgh's rivers. Hennessy said he watched the waterfronts transform, starting with the Point, from industrial areas to more accessible public spaces. (Irina Zhorov/WESA)
Keystone Crossroads
Urban Planning

The historic waterfront development that helped transform Pittsburgh: Point State Park

On a recent weekend stroll at Point State Park, in Pittsburgh, visitors sunned themselves in the grass and along the low walls of the par ...

10 years ago

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A newly printed version of the book by Mary E. Marcy, illustrated with woodcuts by Wharton Esherick, stands beside a 1922 first edition. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Woodblock prints from first steps of Wharton Esherick’s career published again

The first carved woodblock prints by Wharton Esherick, an artist who was a major figure in American crafts, have just been republished. T ...

10 years ago

Students arrive on the first day of school in Philadelphia. The city opened three new public high schools in an effort to show the troubled district is still trying to innovate despite the specter of massive layoffs. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

How much does Pennsylvania spend on public schools, and how are costs shared?

Pennsylvania’s system for distributing its state education aid has been rated by some surveys as one of the most regressive in the ...

10 years ago

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 Scranton City Hall. The city’s non-uniform and police pension funds are expected to run out of money within three years; it’s firefighters' retirement fund, within two years after that. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Capitol recap: how would pensioners be treated in a municipal bankruptcy?

Short answer: it depends on the judge. Some legal scholars have long held that a bankruptcy judge can cut pension benefits because ...

10 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Urban Planning

Rivers, industry and cars: a historian looks at river towns along lower Schuylkill

Historian and blogger Michael Tolle recently moved away from his home of 36 years near the Schuylkill River valley, but that doesn’t me ...

10 years ago

Eighteen cities are eligible for the two additional CRIZ designations planned currently.  Lancaster (pictured) and Bethlehem already have CRIZ designations. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Urban Planning

What is a City Revitalization and Improvement Zone?

One in a series explaining key terms and concepts of Pennsylvania government. Today’s topic: the City Revitalization & Improvem ...

11 years ago

Map of the state of Pennsylvania showing county boundaries and names, county seats and rivers from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Why does Pa. have so many local governments?

Seeking a better understanding of Pennsylvania’s issues and proposed solutions? S ...

11 years ago

 The Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

State lawmakers face hurdles to expanding economic development program for cities

State legislators have been pushing to increase the number of CRIZ designations, but financial and political factors could keep these str ...

11 years ago

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