🍦 The Philadelphians who revolutionized ice cream

🛣️ The $100 Million Plan for ‘Avenue of the Arts 2.0’

South Broad Street between City Hall and Washington Avenue is slated for a spate of improvements meant to bring the corridor “up to the next generation.” Changes include planting trees and shrubbery in the median and widening the sidewalks. [WHYY]

👷 City Government Restructuring Update

The Parker administration has taken five former city offices — including ones focused on safer neighborhoods and criminal justice — and put their operations under the purview of the somewhat newly-minted Office of Public Safety. [PhillyVoice]

🔔 New PA License Plate Design

The red, cream, and blue “Let Freedom Ring” plate, featuring the Liberty Bell, will be rolled out next spring — a year ahead of the nation’s semiquincentennial celebrations. You can sign up to get updates on when it’ll be available to order. [PennDOT]

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Now that the week of the Fourth has passed, we’re returning from our one-week “Where Is It” hiatus. If you aren’t familiar with this weekly segment, it’s basically just a little guessing game: I show you a photo of some public art in the city, and you tell me where it’s located.

Let’s reveal the location of our most recent photo, submitted by Hey Philly reader Karen S.:

Hey Philly readers Endia E. and Brit B. were able to figure this one out — congrats! It’s at Amber & Berges Street in Kensington, painted on the corner of the Zembo Temple of Skate & Design, a local skate shop.

According to a post on the business’s social media page, the mural — created by local muralist Evan Lovett and another artist with the Instagram handle @getoffmylawnnn — is a nod to the work of editorial cartoonist Jack Hamm.

For this week’s challenge, I’m sharing a photo taken by Hey Philly reader Antonina A.:

So … where is it? Submit your guess here, or by replying to this email. This game operates on the honor system, so no looking up the answer online!

How Philly Changed Ice Cream

Ice cream was invented more than two thousand years ago, but 19th-century Philadelphians played a significant role in revolutionizing the process. So how come we don’t know about them? City Cast Philly podcast host Trenae Nuri talks with food historian (and host of the City Cast Las Vegas podcast) Sarah Lohman about Philadelphia-style ice cream, and the women and Black culinary professionals whose innovations made it what it is today.