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Artist Tish Urquhart put up her Casarez tribute Wednesday morning. Thursday evening, it was gone. LEFT: KIMBERLY PAYNTER / WHYY; RIGHT: TISH URQUHART
Community
Billy Penn

Someone tore down the new tribute to LGBTQ activist Gloria Casarez within 48 hours

The building owner said they expected the artwork to remain up until at least the end of the month.

5 years ago

An illegal dumping site in Camden
Community

Illegal dumping is counterproductive to Camden’s redevelopment

Camden resident Maritza Alston thinks increased curbside pick-ups for trash and discarded furniture is one of many ways to solve illegal dumping.

5 years ago

An illegal dumping site in Camden
Community

We can curb illegal dumping. But it will take all of Camden to accomplish

Camden resident Shamere Fletcher calls for widespread collaboration to curb illegal dumping.

5 years ago

An illegal dumping site on Chestnut Street in Camden
Community

I’ve choked on toxic fumes coming from illegal dump sites. This shouldn’t be the Camden experience

Ivy Staten-Minor has a plan to solve the problem of illegal dumping. It begins with the launch of a social media campaign.

5 years ago

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A vote 2020 mural in Philadelphia on South Street
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

Philly has 3,600 murals and few ways to protect them

If the owner of a wall wants to get rid of the mural on it, there isn’t much the artist or community can do. Jane Golden wants to change that.

5 years ago

The Gloria Casarez mural as it was being erased
Community
Billy Penn

The unexpectedly short history of the Gloria Casarez mural, whitewashed from the Gayborhood

Developers have apologized for painting over the image of the groundbreaking LGBTQ activist.

5 years 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.

5 years 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.

5 years ago

Listen 3:33
Neighbors gather in Liberty Lands Park in 2011.
Community
Billy Penn

Artist Jesse Gardner, the force behind neighborhood hub Liberty Lands Park, dies of COVID-19

In the 1990s, he helped create Northern Liberties’ first modern green space.

5 years ago

Signage telling people to
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Seriously, where are Philly’s public restrooms?

Public space writer Conrad Benner makes the case for public potties and talks to city officials about plans for a network of restrooms.

5 years ago

Listen 7:52
A bicyclist rides over a new bicycle counter embedded under the surface of Center City bike lane. (DVRPC)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia is counting bicyclists with new tech embedded in the street

Philadelphia has installed permanent bicycle use counters along two heavily used Center City bike lanes.

5 years 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.

5 years 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.

5 years ago

The mural honoring Jackie Robinson by David McShane sits at 2803 North Broad Street and it’s a special piece to the neighborhood. (Ed Hille/In Plain Sight: Public Art in Philadelphia)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

How a photographer with Parkinson’s disease made a 2020 love letter to Philadelphia

Photographer Ed Hille’s new book In Plain Sight: Public Art in Philadelphia is a love letter to the city, showcasing its beauty.

5 years ago

Natalie Flor Negron creates a mural titled “Ancient Roots” for the Philadelphia Chalk Festival outside the Philadelphia Brewing Company in Kensington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

With colorful chalk, creating art, community and business opportunity

The vision was for the Fishtown-East Kensington event to be a win for businesses, artists, and the neighborhoods during the pandemic.

5 years ago

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