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In 2020, Curt DeVeaux and partners converted an old church space into a recreation center for kids in North Philadelphia. DeVeaux, 42, is a father of 5 and has been involved in youth sports for the past 10 years. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

This coach transformed an abandoned Nicetown church into a rec center

Curtis De Veaux and his City Athletics organization bought the empty church before the pandemic and renovated it into a space that is welcoming young people from the community

2 years ago

The Great Beech tree in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

A certified ‘champion,’ Philly’s Great Beech is dying, over 150 years after it was planted

Philadelphia’s champion tree, The Great Beech, measured above 100 feet tall, making it the tallest of its kind in the United States. It’s slowly dying.

2 years ago

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

City Council eyes demolition ban for ‘Doctors’ Row’ to preserve Black history in South Philly

Doctors’ Row in Graduate Hospital could become the city’s first historic district based on the legacy of Black Philadelphians.

2 years ago

William Valerio, director of the Woodmere Art Museum sits in the Rose Room at St. Michael Hall, envisioning the room as a performance venue. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

A grand Chestnut Hill home-turned-convent could become part of the Woodmere

The Sisters of St. Joseph would prefer that the next owner be the museum, just a stone’s throw away, if it can raise the money to acquire the property.

2 years ago

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The exterior of St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church
PlanPhilly
Community

As Tacony mourns St. Leo’s after fire, parishioners hope to find buried time capsule

One day after a fire destroyed the historic Northeast Philadelphia church, Tacony residents are hunting memories long ago buried in the building.

2 years ago

Alterra's rendering shows a birds-eye view of the mixed-use development planned for land now occupied by city buildings. (Courtesy Alterra Property Group)
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Philly neighborhoods are fighting over development. A new tool may help

The free online tool grapples with the question that looms over many development-related clashes: How to grow a neighborhood without disrupting its fabric.

2 years ago

A look through the trees in New Jersey's Pinelands
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

DEP plans new effort to regulate off-road vehicles in Pinelands

The new commissioner hopes public hearings will resolve a rancorous debate. He promises new regulations and permits, and tougher penalties.

2 years ago

The owner of the former Spring Garden train station, once a stop on the Reading Railroad,  filed for permits to demolish the historic structure. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Developer files appeal to halt demolition of Reading Railroad station

A spokesperson for Arts & Crafts Holdings said Reading International needs to clean up the derelict Spring Garden Street station.

2 years ago

The former home of artist Dox Thrash is in a state of disrepair at the corner of Cecil B. Moore Avenue and 24th Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Black arts landmark Dox Thrash House to live again as apartments, commercial space

Developer Beech Community Services bought the Sharswood landmark last year after activists worked to raise awareness of the Black history that happened there.

2 years ago

The owner of the former Spring Garden train station, once a stop on the Reading Railroad,  filed for permits to demolish the historic structure. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly’s Spring Garden railroad station to be torn down despite efforts to save it

A successor to the Reading Railroad Company filed permits to demolish the historic train station months after a group filed a conservatorship petition to save it.

2 years ago

Jewelers Row in the 700 block of Sansom Street as a demolition crew makes way for a new condo tower on Jan. 22, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New demolition near Jewelers’ Row would take down buildings owned by Philly’s ‘King of Porn’

L&I issued permits clearing the way to demolish a jewelry shop and adjacent commercial building at 8th and Chestnut streets in the city’s historic diamond district.

2 years ago

File photo: The wetlands and woodlands of the Upper Tohickon Creek watershed are near the proposed quarry site in Springfield, Bucks County. (Courtesy pf the Upper Tohickon Watershed Association)
Community

Berms, blasts, and… dino prints? Bucks quarry hearing continues cross-examination

Springfield Twp. residents’ questions indicated a variety of reasons for opposition that could surface in later arguments, or simply go extinct.

2 years ago

Mural in West Philadelphia by Paris Stancel and Dave McShane
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment
Eyes on the Street

Philly needs to protect public art — and the artists that make it too

Philadelphia stands to lose more than murals if the city, employers, and cultural institutions don’t do more to support the artists that create them.

2 years ago

A view of the Highlands Preservation Area in New Jersey
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

N.J. Assembly panel clears bill requiring stewardship plans for public forests

Environmentalists object, saying the measure would mean more logging and more habitat loss.

2 years ago

Architectural rendering of the apartment building proposal for the Painted Bride site from Atrium Design Group (Courtesy of Atrium Design Group)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Isaiah Zagar’s Painted Bride mosaic could survive in new plan for Old City site

The latest plans to redevelop the Old City Painted Bride HQ include the iconic tilework, marking a departure from past plans to tear down the mosaic.

2 years ago

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