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Speeding accounts for roughly one in five severe crashes in Philadelphia, and 80% of the city's fatal or serious collisions happen on a set of corridors planners call the High Injury Network — the streets now getting speed cushions and cameras first.

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 2, 2026

The Zeckendorf brothers bought the Mayflower Hotel for around $400 million in 2004 and cleared its rent-controlled tenants one by one with buyouts starting at $650,000, until a single 350-square-foot apartment held out and ultimately cost them $17 million to empty.

By Terra Daily Editorial Team · Sep 1, 2026