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Philadelphia's Navy Yard launched an autonomous vehicle shuttle bus service on February 27, 2024.
Community
Billy Penn

As autonomous bus launches at Navy Yard, drivers’ union pushes back

As SEPTA workers look ahead to contract negotiations this fall, they’re considering language secured in an Ohio contract that would let the union veto the use of AVs.

10 months ago

The autonomous vehicle (AV) shuttle at Philadelphia's Navy Yard.
Community

Philadelphia Navy Yard begins autonomous, electric shuttle service

The Navy Yard’s AV shuttle can fit nine seated passengers and a wheelchair.

10 months ago

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Quetcy Lozada looks out on council chambers while seated at her desk.
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia to outlaw Kensington Avenue’s night life past 11 p.m., except bars

The stretch of 24-hour smoke shops, bodegas and take-out food joints along Kensington Avenue must close at night if City Council changes the law soon.

10 months ago

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Pedestrians walk in Philadelphia's Chinatown
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Proposed Sixers arena could cost millions in lost tax revenue, new analysis finds

The analysis comes as stakeholders await the results of two impact studies commissioned through the city.

10 months ago

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Clockwise from left: Pedestrians cross 10th Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of Philadelphia on July 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke), Philadelphia 76ers mascot Franklin in 2023 (AP Photo/Chris Szagola), 9th and Market Streets (Philadelphia Fashion District), Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid, left, and Boston Celtics' Robert Williams III. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Studio 2

Debating the 76ers Arena Proposal

The $1.3 billion plan for a new Sixers arena has been embraced by some, but met with a ton of opposition from residents of Chinatown and surrounding neighborhoods downtown.

Air Date: February 21, 2024 12:00 pm

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The exterior of the Mummers Museum
Community

During a WHYY Bridging Blocks event, Mummers discuss the tradition’s legacy in Philadelphia and learning from past controversies

WHYY and the Free Library of Philadelphia held a Bridging Blocks discussion Thursday on the Mummers, and how they want to shape the tradition for future generations.

11 months ago

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A monument in Germantown's Market Square
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘A no-brainer’: Philly’s historical commission designates new district in Germantown

The Germantown Urban Village Historic District is now part of the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.

11 months ago

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Chinatown celebrated the Year of the Dragon during the Lunar New Year Parade on Feb. 11. 2024. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Lunar New Year Parade in Philly’s Chinatown highlights the ‘Year of the Dragon,’ continued opposition against proposed Sixers’ arena

As lions danced and people marched, residents and activists within Chinatown voiced their opposition to the proposed Sixers arena.

11 months ago

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A group of people speaking together at a table
Urban Planning

Design workshop offers alternative ideas to 76ers proposal to build a new arena in Center City

More than a hundred designers, planners, professors and local residents came together Saturday to explore new visions for the Market Street corridor.

11 months ago

Brendan Happe of Philly Moon Men with his telescope on South Street.
Science

From pavement to the planets: South St. turns into observatory

Visual trips to Jupiter, Saturn, the moon and more are available for anyone who walks by Brendan Happe and his telescope.

11 months ago

A sign on a telephone pole reads
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Survey shows majority of Wash West residents oppose Sixers arena

The poll from the Washington Square West Civic Association means residents from two nearby neighborhoods are against the $1.55 billion project.

12 months ago

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Sisters Adrianna Hecht (l) and Laurenza Giosa moved WellFed to 444 North 4th Street after launching the business from their mom’s kitchen in 2020.
Health
Billy Penn

WellFed: the sister-owned service delivering healthy meals across Philly

Delivering healthy meals across Philadelphia, Adrianna Hecht and Laurenza Giosa are planning an expansion for their WellFed brand in 2024.

12 months ago

A view of the exterior of Shiao Lan Kung restaurant.
Community
Billy Penn

Chinatown restaurant Shiao Lan Kung to close in January

After 36 years in business, the Cantonese spot will shut down with the retirement of proprietor King Au.

12 months ago

A rendering and map of the Chinatown Stitch project.
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

The ‘Chinatown Stitch’ looks to rejoin a neighborhood divided by the Vine Street Expressway

Philadelphia plans to reunite a divided Chinatown by capping a section of the Vine Street Expressway.

1 year ago

Philadelphia's Chinatown neighborhood is seen at 10th and Cuthbert streets
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Rubber hits the road for Sixers’ arena proposal with marathon design review

The team announced its plans more than a year ago, but the official part of the process is just getting started.

1 year ago

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