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City Council tells ICE to release Philadelphia man

City Council is calling on immigration authorities to release a 44-year-old Philadelphia man who has been detained for months and is at risk of being deported to a country he has never visited. In a resolution adopted Thursday, lawmakers also urged the city’s...

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Bathrooms rock: Franklin Square to get $7.8M in upgrades

Straddling Philadelphia’s Old City and Chinatown neighborhoods, Franklin Square has a handful of park improvements on the way. The one that generated the most excitement at Wednesday’s announcement was the new bathrooms costing $2.2 million.

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Local Lawmakers Press Penn to Uphold DEI

Local lawmakers walked out of a meeting with University of Pennsylvania officials on Tuesday due to what they said was insufficient support for diversity, equity and inclusion, WHYY reported. Pennsylvania state senator Art Haywood and state representative Napoleon...

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Senator Saval Announces $2 Million for Multimodal Transportation Initiatives

Philadelphia, PA − Monday, February 24 − Today State Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) announced $2,031,000 in state grants for five infrastructure projects that will help make traveling through Philadelphia safer and more accessible. These grants are awarded through the Commonwealth’s Multimodal Transportation Fund and administered by the Department of Community and Economic Development.

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State money will improve Murphy Rec Center

The Lawrence E. Murphy Recreation Center will see significant upgrades thanks to a $600,000 state grant. The beloved recreation center at 300 Shunk St. in South Philly’s Whitman neighborhood will undergo repairs and upgrades while plans formulate for a $7.5 million...

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The Politics of Brutalism

Amid the flurry of orders President Trump signed on his first day in office was a memorandum: “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture.” It called for federal public buildings to respect “classical architectural heritage,” implicitly taking aim at a more recent...

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