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The exterior of the Painted Bride building
Community

Painted Bride saga: Key numbers in the protracted Old City preservation battle

The Old City art center with the Isaiah Zagar mural is now slated to be demolished, after neighbors blocked a unique apartment building.

1 month ago

A box painted in white, red, and green is visible from across a street.
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

South Philly’s Columbus statue must be unboxed, court says, because the city didn’t follow its own rules

A Commonwealth Court panel on Friday ruled against the city in two pending cases, the latest decision in the legal battle that has surrounded the statue for nearly three years

4 months ago

The classic Amtrak flipboard that used to sit in Philly's 30th Street Station.
Community
Billy Penn

Amtrak promises 30th Street’s iconic flipboard will return, but (still) only as decoration

Philadelphia travelers continue to lament the disappearance of the clickety-clack display.

4 months ago

A man looks upward. Behind him are stained glass windows.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Nicetown’s Zion Annex has sat neglected since 2014. An $11 million renovation aims to bring it back to life

Restoring the 111-year-old, stone masonry and stained-glass Annex will bring several new educational, health, arts, technology, and employment opportunities.

4 months ago

Crebilly Farm
Politics & Policy

Westtown Township residents support tax increases to save Crebilly Farm

Crebilly Farm is one of the largest pieces of open space in Chester County. It was the setting of the Battle of Brandywine during the Revolutionary War.

5 months ago

Workers make renovations in an ornate room with plastic draped over some of the desks.
Arts & Entertainment

Athenaeum of Philadelphia reopens after $1.6 million renovations

Despite remaining scaffolding, the historic building in Washington Square reopens to the public on Monday.

5 months ago

Many of the items in the Neon Museum are restored signs from Philadelphia businesses. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s Neon Museum to close less than 2 years after it opened

The museum housing a personal collection of 160 neon signs will close in December, less than two years after it opened.

6 months ago

Sunflowers tower over a People's Kitchen garden at 61st and Reinhard streets in Southwest Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Ever wondered if the soil in your Philly yard has lead in it? Now’s your chance to find out

Got questions about keeping your kids safe from lead? This event in West Philly Saturday will have all the answers — and free smoothies!

6 months ago

Workers place bags of shells containing baby oysters into the water in Beach Haven, N.J. on Aug. 19, 2022 as part of a project to stabilize the shoreline by establishing oyster colonies to blunt the force of incoming waves. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Science

Tiny oysters play big role in stabilizing eroding N.J. shorelines

As sea levels rise and buildings by coasts are increasingly endangered, communities around the world are turning to the small but mighty oyster to help stabilize shorelines.

7 months ago

File photo: Secretary of State John Kerry stands onstage against a video backdrop of ocean life during the Our Ocean, One Future conference at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
Politics & Policy

Nations fail to reach deal on UN treaty to protect sea life

A fifth round of talks ended in impasse early Saturday when negotiations at United Nations headquarters in New York were suspended after two weeks.

7 months ago

Renderings of the planned wetlands at FDR Park. (City of Philadelphia)
PlanPhilly
Community

Revised FDR Park plan includes more nature, no golf

An update to the FDR Park plan expands natural areas and drops a planned golf driving range. A new tidal wetland is set to break ground soon.

7 months ago

The ''Roundhouse,'' the Philadelphia Police Department's soon-to-be-former headquarters
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘It’s going to be hard’: Philly’s Roundhouse presents redevelopment challenge

A complicated history and challenging location face potential developers of the soon-to-be-empty Police Administration Building.

7 months ago

Crebilly Farm
Urban Planning

The push to save historic Crebilly Farm in Westtown will be on the ballot

After fighting off developers for years, residents will have the final say in preserving Crebilly Farm at the ballot through an open space tax referendum.

8 months ago

A view of a street with rowhomes on either side.
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

How does historic preservation work in Philadelphia? A city commission holds all the power

Philly was one of the first cities to grant jurisdiction to an appointed board. Some residents are left frustrated by the process, while other neighborhoods work around it.

8 months ago

The 1600 block of Christian Street, known as Doctors' Row. (Google Maps)
Urban Planning

Black Doctors’ Row receives first-of-its-kind honor from Philly Historical Commission

The area now being protected was home to prominent Black doctors, pastors, architects, small business owners, and politicians since the early 1900s.

9 months ago

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