{"id":15536,"date":"2025-10-26T10:30:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T10:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/15536\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T10:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T10:30:06","slug":"nicetown-tioga-streetlights-brighten-philadelphia-whyy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/15536\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicetown-Tioga streetlights brighten Philadelphia &#8211; WHYY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This story is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/whyy-news-climate-desk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WHYY News Climate Desk<\/a>, bringing you news and solutions for our changing region.\n<\/p>\n<p>From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to know about climate change? What would you like us to cover? <a href=\"#Section1\">Get in touch<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>After planting vegetables in their so-called \u201cgarden oasis,\u201d Safiyah Abdul Latif and her friends love to relax with a cup of tea under the pergola at the Jannatain Garden in Nicetown.\n<\/p>\n<p>Now, the neighbors can enjoy the lush community green space and its cozy fireplace after the sun sets. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has installed two solar-powered streetlights around the garden, and on corners across Philadelphia\u2019s Nicetown-Tioga section.\n  <\/p>\n<p>Abdul Latif, who helps run Jannatain Garden, recalled the first time she caught sight of the motion-censored street lights, which gradually illuminated the hideaway with each step she took.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just a little dim light, and I said, \u2018Oh, this is not going to work.\u2019 As I walked toward the light, the whole area lit up. I was just amazed that it gave off such lighting, especially being solar,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-720197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/philadelphia-solar-streetlight2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a blue headdress stands near plants that are underneath a solar-powered streetlight\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/>Safiyah Abdul Latif says the new solar streetlights makes the neighborhood feel safer. (Zo\u00eb Read\/WHYY)\n<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society installed 13 solar streetlights last month as part of a pilot program to help increase safety and deter people from dumping trash near vacant lots in Nicetown-Tioga. The organization cares for more than 10,000 vacant lots across the city as part of a contract with the city.\n<\/p>\n<p>The new solar lights aim to take pressure off the electric grid and reduce the community\u2019s carbon footprint. The sun-powered streetlights cost about $2,000 each up front, but have no running costs, remain reliable during power outages and use bulbs that last longer than those in traditional streetlights.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions for our changing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70,4372,11483,5206],"class_list":["post-15536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-solar","tag-streetlights","tag-whyy-news-climate-desk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}