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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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USWNT's Julie Ertz and Carli Lloyd are featured in new muralsINSTAGRAM: @SPRINGARTSPHL AND @NILELIVINGSTON
Community
Billy Penn

2 Philly murals celebrate U.S. Women’s World Cup win

Julie Ertz and Carli Lloyd are now part of the city’s streetscape.

7 years ago

Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park has $51 million in deferred maintenance. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Community

Independence Park is falling apart

The U.S. government isn't paying to keep up the place where it was born — and the city of Philadelphia isn't helping much either.

Air Date: July 8, 2019

Listen 12:27
A Mosquito device at the East Poplar Playground  (Michaela Winberg/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

‘They must really hate teens’: Backlash grows against Mosquito devices in Philly parks

Councilmember Helen Gym is on a mission to get the “sonic weapons” taken down.

7 years ago

The U.S. President Donald Trump's Twitter feed is shown on a computer screen on Thursday, June 27, 2019, in New York. President Donald Trump’s next tweet might come with a warning label. Starting Thursday tweets that Twitter deems in the public interest, but which violate the service’s rules, will be obscured by a warning explaining the violation. Users will have to tap through the warning to see the underlying message. (Jenny Kane/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump’s next tweet could get a warning label

Starting Thursday, tweets that Twitter deems to involve matters of public interest, but which violate the service's rules.

7 years ago

The FDR skatepark is maintained entirely by those who use it . (Kait Moore for Billy Penn)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

$200 million renovation won’t touch FDR’s world-famous skatepark

The concrete complex operates under DIY rules.

7 years ago

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court decided a property rights case that overturned decades of precedent. (Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

SCOTUS overturns precedent in Pa. property rights case. A sign of things to come?

The court's decision came in the case of Rose Mary Knick, who owns 90 acres of land in Scott Township, Pa.

7 years ago

Najee Spencer-Young poses in front of her mural portrait by artist Amy Sherald. Spencer-Young is a participant in the Mural Arts’ Achieving Independence Center classes. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment
PlanPhilly

North Philly teen inspires six-story mural by artist who painted Michelle Obama’s portrait

Najee Spencer-Young cried when she heard that Amy Sherald had painted her portrait on the side of Center City building.

7 years ago

Bridesburg Rec is one of the facilities Parks and Rec says is equipped with the device (Base photo: Bridesburg Rec Center/Facebook)
Community

30 Philly parks contain sonic devices that target teenagers with terrible sounds

Intended to prevent loitering and vandalism, “The Mosquito" has been banned in several cities around the globe.

7 years ago

Listen 3:29
A young girl works in a community garden.
Radio Times
Urban Planning

Philly’s urban gardens

Philly has nearly 470 community gardens. We'll discuss the benefits of urban farming, the challenges these gardens face, and what the city is doing to support them.

Air Date: June 5, 2019

Listen 49:31
Graffiti Pier (Flickr Creative Commons/Novaid Khan)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Graffiti Pier is becoming a public park: 5 things to know

The urban ruin is being revamped by the organization behind Spruce Street Harbor Park.

7 years ago

Neighbors say there’s been a spike in drug use and public sleeping at Old City’s hidden Commerce Street path. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Redesigning an Old City green space for park use, not drug use

Community members see discarded syringes in the Old City walkway known as Commerce Street. With a $1.25 million redo, they hope to make it less secluded.

7 years ago

FDR Master Plan: The Wetlands (Provided)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

How FDR Park’s $200 million makeover is future-proofing ‘the lakes’

A $200 million, 10-year vision reimagines the only Olmsted Brothers-designed park in Philadelphia and prepares it for a hotter and wetter tomorrow.

7 years ago

Willow Zef volunteers at the César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden, established by Philly Socialists in 2012 near Lawrence and Norris streets. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)
View Finders
Urban Planning

At Philly’s community gardens, growing frustration over their future

Volunteers work to keep gardens reclaimed from dumping grounds as green spaces open and available for neighborhood residents.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell makes remarks at The Wharf at Rivertown, in Chester, Pa., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Why
Urban Planning

Why Chester’s future hangs on a soccer team’s new development plans

Ten years after the first plan to revitalize Chester's waterfront, there's a new one in the works. Why there's more at stake for the struggling city this time.

Air Date: May 29, 2019

Listen 13:28
Children play at Disylvestro Playground in South Philadelphia. (Ariella Cohen/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philly has the nation’s 19th best park system, study finds

Philly rose 11 spots to place 19 in a survey of the park systems belonging to the nation’s 100 largest cities.

7 years ago

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