Jim Saksa
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Relics of a polarizing legacy within reach at Frank Rizzo estate sale
In total, some 2,500 items will be sold over three days, kicking off on Black Friday, the nation’s appointed deal-hunting day. → Read More
Relics of a polarizing legacy within reach at Frank Rizzo's estate sale
Hundreds expected at sale Romani expects a massive crowd. When he sells off the estates of famous athletes or Main Line millionaires, about a 100 people usually show up, sometimes as many as 500. Romani expects at least 1,000 for the Rizzo sale. “We've heard stories of people coming here the night before, “ Romani said. “Somebody on Facebook said they are going to eat Thanksgiving dinner, and… → Read More
Proposed Washington Avenue overhaul wins resident support
Maybe it was the free tomato pie and trays of hoagies. Maybe it was the fond memories of New Year’s Day parades past evoked by the brigade banners hung along the Mummer Museum’s walls. But after planners from the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation presented an initial concept for remaking the eastern end of Washington Avenue that could remove as many as 60 on-street parking spaces, not a… → Read More
Proposed Washington Avenue overhaul wins resident support
DRWC has sought to redesign a series of “connector streets” to the river — and Washington Avenue is the latest effort. → Read More
State, city offered Amazon a $5.7 billion incentive package to build Philly HQ2
Until now, Mayor Jim Kenney and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf have refused to discuss details of the incentives offered in their HQ2 proposal. → Read More
Wharton Prof: There's no amount of money that would've swung Amazon
This article originally appeared on PlanPhilly. → Read More
Philly's HQ2 loss could be a long-term win for city, experts say
Philadelphia won’t get the 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in investment that many hoped Amazon would deliver to the city. Instead, its HQ2 package is headed to a pair of rival cities along the Northeast corridor. Amazon announced on Tuesday that it will split its second headquarters into two large satellite offices, one in New York City and the other just outside Washington, DC. While those two… → Read More
Philly's HQ2 loss could be a long-term win for city, experts say
Mayor Jim Kenney responded to the news with a thank you to Amazon. → Read More
From trucks to trails, Philly’s new $181 million bond will pay for improvements citywide
A new dock for dragon boats, HVAC systems for the city’s homeless shelters, and a cap for I-95 along Penn’s Landing are among the capital projects. → Read More
From trucks to trails, Philly’s new $181 million bond will pay for improvements citywide
A new dock for dragon boats, HVAC systems for the city’s homeless shelters, and a cap for I-195 along Penn’s Landing are among the capital projects Mayor Jim Kenney will fund with the $181 million municipal bond Philadelphia voters approved on Tuesday. The bond dollars constitute a relatively small slice of the $4.7 billion capital budget for next year. But the bond proceeds will help the city… → Read More
Philly adds electric bikes to bike share fleet
Like Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival, Indego has gone electric, adding 10 pedal-assist bicycles to its bike share fleet. → Read More
Philly adds electric bikes to bike share fleet
Like Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival, Indego has gone electric, adding 10 pedal-assist bicycles to its bike share fleet. Unlike Dylan in… → Read More
Surge in Philly suburbs brings Democrats gains in Harrisburg, but GOP holds General Assembly
The wake of the blue wave that swept Democrats into control of the U.S. House of Representatives trickled down to Pennsylvania state legislative races, but wasn’t powerful enough to upend GOP control of the General Assembly. → Read More
Inspired by King of Prussia, West Chester ramps up campaign to restore rail service
The committee has spent the last four years figuring out how to restore the Chester County suburb's Regional Rail service, which was cut in 1986 → Read More
Inspired by King of Prussia, West Chester ramps up campaign to restore rail service
Down a long, quiet hallway, Jo An Kelton sat alone in Room 2b and called the Advisory Ad Hoc Committee to Reestablish Rail Service to West Chester to order. Two members would call in by phone to this converted old classroom inside the otherwise empty former school serving as West Chester’s administrative offices while Borough Hall undergoes a renovation. The fourth committeeman couldn’t make it,… → Read More
Pennsylvanians abroad run into online roadblocks for absentee voting
Pennsylvanian expats have run into a roadblock trying to access absentee ballots: The Department of State website can’t be accessed from a foreign country. → Read More
Even if a blue wave hits, Republican lawmakers favored to keep control in Harrisburg
“Do you walk that slow?” Tina Davis is impatient. It’s cold and blustery on this Sunday morning in Levittown, but it’s not the weather that has her so eager to get going. Davis is a Democratic state representative challenging long-time incumbent Robert “Tommy” Tomlinson for the Pennsylvania 6th Senate District seat, and she’s the underdog. If she wants a shot at winning, Davis knows she needs to… → Read More
Ex-pats of all stripes embrace Philly’s brand of Americana at the Eagles' London game
Scenes from a Philly-themed bar in London during an American football game. → Read More
Roosevelt Boulevard speed cameras represent rare bipartisan win
Between 2011 and 2015, Roosevelt Boulevard’s 16-mile stretch has tallied six percent of the city’s total of crashes and 13 percent of its traffic fatalities. → Read More
Roosevelt Boulevard speed cameras represent rare bipartisan win
It’s rare that Philadelphia can go more than just a few days without another person being killed in a car crash. Seventy-eight people died… → Read More