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NewsWorks Tonight, June 27, 2018
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Air Date: June 27, 2018
Listen 16:26The Oval stretches car-free play onto the Parkway this summer
Ashley Hahn checks in on The Oval, a summertime experience geared at making the Parkway better for people.
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Listen 4:53Theater manager calls cops on black couple retrieving kids
A black family says a Philadelphia movie theater manager called police when they tried to retrieve their children from a theater after getting a refund.
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Korean War vets gather in Philadelphia to remember ‘Forgotten War’
More than 5 million soldiers and civilians died during the conflict, including more than 600 from the Philadelphia region.
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New Castle County police: Leash your dog or pay up
To ensure the safety of visitors to New Castle County parks, police officers are cracking down on their enforcement of the county’s dog off-leash code.
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It must finally be summer: City pools open starting Tuesday
While there’s anticipation every year for the announcement of pool openings, hotter-than-usual temperatures expected for much of the summer are adding to the frenzy this year.
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Philadelphia Rail Park: From Photoshop to reality
On a breezy, beautiful morning close to a thousand Philadelphians gathered together to inaugurate the first quarter mile of the Philadelphia Rail Park.
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Centennial Commons carves out space for East Parkside neighbors to connect
Ashley Hahn heads to Parkside Edge to see how this project aims to find new ways of connecting neighbors to W. Fairmount Park and strengthening the civic infrastructure.
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Listen 4:39Museum encourages Philly students to ‘befriend’ art with donation of reproductions
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has donated 24 high-quality art reproductions to city schools, part of 74 leftovers from its Inside Out summer outreach program.
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Listen 2:06Proposed new Delaware Avenue bike trail wins some early fans
The proposal would effectively replace the bike lane along the east side of Delaware Avenue with a two-way cycle track separated from the roadway by a series of plantings
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‘Tape Riot’: A theater piece that plays off the city’s built environment
A group of European artists drop into town to reimagine the city’s built environment — using masking tape and modern dance — in the middle of an evening commute
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Listen 2:44Rail Park opens, carrying the freight of a changing neighborhood
Ashley Hahn takes a deep dive into the Rail Park’s growing pains and lessons learned. The Rail Park's first section will open June 14.
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