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

6 years ago

Brick House, a sixteen-foot statue of a Black woman's head atop a domed pedestal.
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A new ‘gateway’ sculpture: UPenn installs Black woman monument

“Brick House” by Simone Leigh draws attention to the importance of Black women in art and culture.

6 years ago

The Día de los Muertos procession in 2019. (Photo by Justin Mayer/Fleisher Art Memorial)
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Wind down Philly’s epic election week with a bittersweet Día de los Muertos livestream

Fleisher Art Memorial’s Día de los Muertos celebration goes virtual, but “still carries the spirit.”

6 years ago

Philadelphia’s Fashion District. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Bomb threat called in targeting the Philadelphia Fashion District

Police confirmed a bomb threat was called in targeting the shopping mall, located near the offices of the Inquirer and the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

6 years ago

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Philly DA’s Office employee kills armed man in self-defense, officials say

An employee with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office shot and killed an armed man who tried to rob him at gunpoint, officials confirmed with NBC10.

6 years ago

Willingboro Mayor Tiffani Worthy (center) joins local and county officials to cut the ribbon on the township's first county park. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Willingboro residents celebrate their town’s first county park

Willingboro Lakes Park is the first Burlington County park to open in the township.

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Philly tree list: 9 spots to see dazzling fall colors right in the city

Where to peep gorgeous autumn leaves without a big trip.

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A Puerto Rican frog comes to North Philly: The coquí sing in El Centro del Oro

A sound installation along 5th Street evokes the nighttime chorus of coquí frogs.

6 years ago

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6 GIFs that let you experience the fantastic outdoor art at the tip of South Philadelphia

The Navy Yard installation by Group X is up till the day before Election Day.

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‘I’m not included here’: People with disabilities face barriers to voting in Philly and beyond

If as many people with disabilities turned out to vote as those without, then the 2018 midterm election would’ve recorded a whopping 2.35 million more votes.

6 years ago

A student attends school virtually in North Philly
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Pandemic exposes Philly’s opportunity deserts. City Hall can fix that

As we face the isolating forces of an online school year, is Philadelphia doing everything it can do to help families tap into our collective civic assets?

6 years ago

Ana Mosquera
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Cherry Street Pier opens its largest public art exhibition since pandemic began

An exhibition of artwork by recent MFA graduates experiments with sound, video, performance, and sculpture to engage the public during a pandemic.

6 years ago

Marsha Reid, executive director of Kindred Arts, with the
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‘Lend power to the community’: A 28-foot Afro pick takes over a 52nd St. lot

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6 years ago

Two woman paint overlooking the lake at FDR Park. (Courtesy Friends of FDR Park)
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Upside to Philly’s tailgating ban? FDR Park free of cars and noise, nature lovers say

The South Philadelphia park located near Lincoln Financial Field is closed to cars on Sunday because of the ban on tailgating. Nature lovers aren’t mad about it.

6 years ago

Architects say making the office more like the outdoors — with filtered air and good ventilation — will be a priority post-pandemic. This living wall in the Danielle N. Ripich Commons at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, is one such approach. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
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Redesigning the office for the next 100-year-flu (yes, it’s coming)

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