May 1: Jane’s Walks weekend | A new Philly monument | Transit’s value to business

Join PlanPhilly for Jane’s Walks today and this weekend. Today’s walk starts at 4 at University High School. You can also come along for another one on Baltimore Avenue right after, concluding at Dock Street. 

A very nice row of buildings on Lancaster Ave might get torn down to build student housing.

Check out this map of Philly’s most photogenic streets

Help plan a new Philadelphia monument at Monument Lab.

Financing is lined up for a big mixed-use conversion in Strawberry Mansion.

Calculating the value of good transit for business.

Funding is not the biggest problem for the Spring Garden Street Greenway center-running bike lane.

Sightline Daily looks at some excellent examples of street space repurposed as public gathering space in Vancouver.

WHYY is your source for fact-based, in-depth journalism and information. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on financial support from readers like you. Please give today.

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal