The Week in Parking
Philly is planning a parking spot alert app
Plus the week in parking tweets
A parking spot app will only help so much...
Billy Penn IllustrationWhat’s Philly doing with its Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant? Trying to make parking suck less.
Actually, the city has a bunch of ideas in the works, including making property data more accessible, affordable housing and things like smart street lighting in non-Center City neighborhoods.
But yes, also parking. As Curbed explained in this recap of the city’s Smart City roadmap workshop, one way Philly can leverage technology is through an app that alerts you to nearby open parking spaces. The really cool thing about this? The city already has plenty of surveillance camera infrastructure to kickstart a project like this.
Parking posts of the week
A duck boot on wheels at Temple
“Dear Parking Ticket People, you are killing me”
#PhillyDelivers?
Parking > coffee
Parking > good roads
Parking > work
Parking > fire safety
Well, yeah
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There’s no such thing as free parking
But there is such a thing as revenge parking
Philly’s Methodist churches are about to split: Some accept LGBTQ people, others banish them
The region's bishop says she just wants the 100k-person congregation to stay together.
RIP Kobe: Local celebs and athletes remember the Philly native NBA legend
Bryant, 41, and his daughter Gianna, 13, died when their helicopter crashed in California on Sunday.
The unusual redemption story of the man who gives voice to Philly’s waterfront
How a formerly incarcerated tough guy used writing to find his way.
A split-flap board you can customize, plus a cool tool for the Eagles
The Oat Foundry x Billy Penn pop-up gallery had interactive fun.
Philly declares all Indego e-bikes ‘stolen property’ and orders police dragnet
A memo instructs officers to “stop and ID” anyone caught riding one.
Teen-repelling ‘Mosquito’ devices to stay in Philly public parks indefinitely
A city review found support for the ‘sonic weapons’ — but they never asked young folks.
Former PA Lt. Gov. Mike Stack hits Hollywood with new standup comedy act
The onetime elected official, aka “Mikey Stacks,” has a whole page of cringey demo reels.
Giant, Aldi, another Trader Joe’s? All the new supermarkets planned for Philly this year
The city's grocery store boom is not slowing down.
How Philly teachers want the school district to fix the asbestos problem
A lawsuit filed this week asks for more oversight, more reporting, and more collaboration in the process.
‘Regular people’ over Wall Street: How the Working Families Party could shake up Philly City Hall
As the first third-party member of City Council in eons, Kendra Brooks’ presence has big implications.
Why U.S. senators will be eating Philly’s Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews during the impeachment trial
Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey occupies a desk of honor.
16 Philly locations in the new trailer for Jason Segel’s AMC series
“Dispatches from Elsewhere”? More like “Dispatches from Philadelphia.”
VIDEO: Martin Luther King Jr. at Girard College in Philadelphia, 1965
The civil rights leader spoke to a crowd protesting segregation at Girard Collge.
There’s a cool free light show inside the Ritz-Carlton’s historic dome
Grab a bottle from the champagne vending machine and check out the display.
She was told not to open a Black-owned bookstore in Fishtown. She’s doing it anyway.
Harriet’s Bookshop is now welcoming customers to browse its woman-centric shelves.
RIP Amtrak flippy board: Commemorate the anniversary of 30th Street’s loss with a modern solution
Thanks to Oat Foundry, you can get up close and personal with a split-flap display in Old City.
‘We’re not being heard’: Black Trump supporters say the president wins on jobs and economy
A Black Voices for Trump event drew upwards of 60 people of color to a North Philly church.
Supervised injection at Prevention Point? Ahead of major ruling, Safehouse lacks location and funding
The city’s push to open in Kensington still faces resistance. Meanwhile, the nonprofit has just $200,000 in the bank.
Once incarcerated, this Philly area man is opening the barber school of his dreams — so others can chase theirs
Final Touch Academy will offer scholarships and life lessons along with scissor skills.
Dmitri’s is back serving Greek favorites in Northern Liberties
The popular BYOB's original location closed for good last year.