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Billy Penn

Here’s all the details for Marathon Weekend in Philly

When everything starts. Where to watch runners. What the road closures will look like from Friday to Saturday.

8 months ago

Representatives of SEPTA sit and speak
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Urban Planning

Show me the money: SEPTA tells City Council it needs millions to expand service for arena goers

The authority is in dire straits as the Sixers seek to build the transit-oriented development. It’s unclear where the additional funding will come from.

8 months ago

a play gym at the rec center
Urban Planning

Vare Recreation Center sets a ‘goal for the city’ with grand reopening after $21 million renovation

The renovations brought new indoor gyms to the rec center, which also became the first in the city with fiber-optic high speed internet.

8 months ago

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Arts & Entertainment

An Israeli muralist has been selected for Philly’s Holocaust Memorial Plaza

Ella Ponizovsky Bergelson, based in Berlin, will design a Holocaust mural for a prominent intersection on the Parkway.

8 months ago

Listen 1:14
Two planes sit together
Community

Officials say 2 taken to hospitals after small plane accident at Doylestown Airport

Police in Bucks County’s Buckingham Township said a single-engine plane had been taking off when it left the runway and hit an unoccupied plane.

8 months ago

Municipal sanitation workers collect trash in Philadelphia
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Urban Planning

Trash day will come twice a week for Center City and South Philly starting in December

The latest of Mayor Parker’s “clean and green” initiatives aims to keep household trash off the streets.

8 months ago

Listen 1:00
racist graffiti on a fence
Community

The community in Lawnside, N.J. is uniting after graphic, racist graffiti was painted on a homeowner’s fence

Dawn Hines was notified at work that someone spray painted a graphic, racist message on her backyard fence. Her neighbors are rallying around her and condemning the incident.

8 months ago

Listen 3:55
people riding Kingda Ka
Community

World’s tallest roller coaster, Kingda Ka, shuts down at Six Flags; local ‘coaster enthusiasts’ saddened by the closure

Self-proclaimed “coaster enthusiasts” gathered for final rides on Kingda Ka on Sunday, Nov. 10, before the official news of the attraction’s closure broke.

8 months ago

Open Streets Center City
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Car-free streets will return to Philly’s Rittenhouse Square this winter. Here’s what to know

The pedestrian-only street closures saw a big boost in sales during Open Street’s September experiment.

8 months ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas in City Council chambers
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly City Council takes first step toward approving Sixers’ arena proposal

Council has yet to vote on the legislative package introduced last week that would authorize the Sixers to build the controversial development.

8 months ago

Chinita Bradshaw
PlanPhilly
Community

‘We need our library’: Nicetown-Tioga branch reopens after 6-month closure due to earthquake damage

After a magnitude 4.8 earthquake in April, inspectors declared the building unsafe. The branch reopened just in time to serve as a polling place for the election.

8 months ago

Visitors walk down a path
Community

Historic Longwood Gardens in Chester County readies for its next modern chapter

A $250 million renovation updates the century-old, 1,100-acre showcase garden in Kennett Square.

9 months ago

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Members of the No Arena in the Heart of Our City Coalition protesting, holding signs
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Tensions flare as legislative process for Sixers’ arena proposal gets underway

Councilmember Mark Squilla introduced a package of bills that would authorize the arena. Lawmakers will now spend weeks considering them.

9 months ago

Proposed 76ers arena rendering
Urban Planning

No more apartment tower in Sixers arena plans, but another could rise not far away

Councilmember Squilla, who controls the fate of the bill, says the original proposal was insulting to residents who couldn’t afford the rent.

9 months ago

Floss Stingel
Community
6abc

‘Watch the tram car please’: Woman behind iconic voice suing for compensation

The defendants have 30 days to respond to the suit.

9 months ago

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