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📸 Speed cameras coming to Broad Street 🍻 New name for Xfinity Live 🏃♂️ Philly 10K to close roads
Plus, the fight over the future of FDR Park will continue in the courts.
Happy Thursday, South Philly.
In this week’s Scoop …
Xfinity Live is getting a new name as it undergoes a major expansion project.
The Philly 10K is Sunday, looping South Philly starting at 7:30 a.m. Expect road closures and SEPTA changes. We have details below.
A replica of the Rocky Statue at the Art Museum will be installed in the airport in the coming months. We’ve got photos.
There’s more drama to the Essen Bakery closure than we originally anticipated thanks to a recent news story.
Now, on to this week’s top story …
📸 Finally, calmer traffic on Broad?
The City of Philadelphia and the PPA announced this week that they will be installing speed cameras all along Broad Street, similar to the ones they’ve installed along the Boulevard in the Northeast. Those cameras have worked tremendously well up there, quieting traffic and reducing fatalities on what was previously the most dangerous road in the city and maybe the state.
That crown now goes to Broad Street — mostly North Broad, but two people have been killed by drivers along South Broad in 2025 too. One death occurred when a pedestrian was hit in the crosswalk by a driver near Oregon Avenue in April — they later died in July. Another occurred near Snyder in July when an e-scooter rider was hit by a driver.
The cameras will be located at the following intersections —