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Then: The demolition of a pair of buildings on a Chestnut Street block feels symbolic to preservationists.
And: After the long reopening battle, some Philly parents dropped their kids off for school yesterday.
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“Far smaller amounts” of COVID-19 vaccines than what they asked for from the state of Pennsylvania. That’s the vaccine supply situation currently facing Philly’s collar counties, according to the commissioners of all four counties.
This story of an apparent imbalance is playing out after the DOH presented numbers that led to even more confusion about a rollout that has rolled along a bumpy road. Will there be more doses for Southeastern Pa.? No guarantees as of now. Read on for Justin McDaniel’s story on suburbs demanding more vaccines.
What about getting vaccinated in Philly? For hundreds of thousands of patients who visit Philadelphia doctors to get treated for high-risk conditions like cancer and diabetes in the city, that’s meant they’re unable to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from the very doctors entrusted with their care. Just because they don’t live in the city. Philly’s distribution mechanism operates independently from Pa. and Jersey.
Read on for Aubrey Whelen’s story on the deal with the city and the suburbs.
The buildings at 730-32 Chestnut St., recently home to a Christian ministries bookstore and National Watch & Diamond exchange shop, will be demolished to make room for a 42-unit seven-story building, per city records.
Once a center for hooped-skirt and dress trimmings dealers, and milliners in the 19th century, the surroundings have garnered their fair share of preservationist attention over the years.
Read on for reporter Katie Park’s story on what advocates are saying about failed attempts to name the area a historic section.
Where can you get a vaccine in the Philly area if you’re eligible? Use our lookup tool and find out.
Here’s how you can prepare for your COVID-19 vaccine appointment when you get one.
Here are the updated coronavirus case numbers, as COVID-19 spreads in the region.
This is how to safely visit your grandparents once they’re vaccinated.
What you need to know today
Yesterday, some Philly parents dropped their kids off for school exactly 4 days shy of the full one-year mark after the pandemic shuttered classroom time with teachers far and wide.
The federal stimulus package could extend health insurance or reduce the cost of insurance to millions of Americans.
Here’s what you can safely do once you’re fully vaccinated, says the CDC.
The reason why this county is going broke after thriving? Spotlight PA investigates.
The 7-foot, 1,600-pound bronze statue of Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali boxing was revealed.
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🦅 Jalen Hurts on Carson Wentz leaving the Eagles from a place that is not from whence he came: “It ain’t too much of my business.” That IS interesting.
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Opinions
“No, the monarchy won’t topple overnight. And Black people across the world won’t magically find the shackles loosened. But every time a person in power acknowledges the pain of racism is real, that’s one more lie that can’t be swept under the rug,” columnist Elizabeth Wellington writes of Meghan Markle’s power in vulnerability.
It’s time for companies to finally look at the appalling lack of women in top positions and do something about it, PwC managing partner Deanna Byrne writes.
Dignity means empowering women of color with criminal records to achieve all that they’re capable of by supporting them, attorney Tracie Johnson writes.
What we’re reading
Some folks miss the old crush of bodies at a concert. But for many, the thought is unnerving. Here’s what the experts told Vox about managing crowd anxiety for when we eventually transition to socializing in groups.
The Langley sister crew used to roll deep together before the pandemic. But the pandemic separated them like so many of us, and they’ve been socially isolating for the whole year of this.
After getting fully vaccinated recently, these never more ready to reunite ladies got together for the first time in what felt like forever. Naturally, we couldn’t miss it.
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