Floating a solution to Philadelphia's parking-space quandary
Philadelphia has a parking problem. At face value, we have a tremendous number of spots: 2,172,896 at the most recent count…
Remember Asian-Americans in those cultural-competency conversations
“Where are you from?” “You speak great English.” While these statements no doubt can come from a good place from a…
Chess, and the power of girls to identify themselves as leaders
Bobby Fischer once famously said, “Chess is life.” In the city of Philadelphia, these words take on more truth than their…
What if it rained? How a rec center changed one life, and could change more
Every time it rains, the Hunting Park Recreation Center has to shut down activities because of a hole in the roof. …
Our Morning Commute: Multimodal living with kids in Philadelphia
For the last seven years, my children and I have primarily moved around Philadelphia by bike, foot, and public transportation. Though…
In Common: The Oval stretches car-free play onto the Parkway this summer
Our series about Philly's changing public spaces continues with a trip on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Ashley Hahn checks in on…
Make no little pints: Bringing taste and memory into community storytelling with Watershed Ice
What’s the next level of community reporting? For many, printed text and visuals make complex issues clear. Others absorb information best…
Looking at Philadelphia from the prism of `The Divided City'
Author Alan Mallach will appear in conversation with PlanPhilly's Jake Blumgart from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 26 at Pipeline Philly,…
The Gayborhood: A place-time continuum
PlanPhilly has been looking at pop-ups and the neighborhoods in which they take place. On Thursday, June 21, the Food Trust…
Design Advocacy Group's views on the Philadelphia Historic Preservation Task Force
We applauded last year when Mayor Kenney created a Historic Preservation Task Force and asked it to recommend how to avoid losses like…
In Common: Centennial Commons carves out space for East Parkside neighbors to connect
Next up in our series about Philly's changing public spaces, Ashley Hahn heads to Parkside Edge to see how this project…
In Common: Rail Park opens, carrying the freight of a changing neighborhood
What does it mean to create a new park in a changing, sometimes contested neighborhood? Next in our series about Philly's…
WHYY Listening Post: "The Gang Goes to Burholme"
What happens when people have access to a microphone and a platform, with an invitation to tell the invisible listener about…
In Common: Finding a new LOVE
First up in a series about Philly's changing public spaces, Ashley Hahn heads to LOVE Park looking for love and finds…
Philly Parks: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
In Philadelphia, park love knows no bounds. Unseasonable rain didn’t stop hundreds of people from coming out to clean up their…
From LOVE Park to Graffiti Pier, we are losing the iconic public spaces that make us Philly
Public spaces are the glue that keeps a city connected. It's the streets, squares, and parks that work to bring us…
The Whitewashing of Center City: Where have all the black businesses gone?
By Erica Atwood Philadelphia has been my home for more than 20 years. Born and raised right across the bridge in…
Where have all the public bathrooms gone?
By Charles Ellison It's been 11 days since Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson were arrested for waiting while Black at a…
A primer for Philadelphia’s pop-up season
After the sexy newness of a pop-up leaves town, can neighborhoods sustain the benefits for local businesses? It’s a question I’ve…
Stop talking about Kensington Avenue like it’s a wasteland
By Sam Woods Thomas During my three years managing commercial corridors for the The New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC), on…
