Keystone Crossroads Archive

The seventh in a series of Keystone Crossroads posts from German cities. The German city of Bottrop is known for its coal mine, Pr ...

Pennsylvania’s property valuation system is, arguably, the least regulated in the country. Nearly all state governments eith ...

We have updates on some of the issues covered in our first year of reporting including the first city to emerge from Act 47 and new prote ...

We have updates on some of the issues covered in our first year of reporting including the first city to emerge from Act 47 and new prote ...

Downtown revitalization has brought increased inequality and housing insecurity.  It’s been a good couple of years for ...

Some states, including Pa., have laws limiting municipal broadband. Passed under the guise of constituent protection, some communities in ...

Nanticoke is the first city and 10th municipality in Pen ...

At least 50 Pennsylvania municipalities legislate against sleeping or camping in public places. The municipalities are among an un ...

It’s Friday and we bring you water, transportation, notable city quotes and the impact of the budget impasse on school districts. ...

It’s Friday and we bring you water, transportation, notable city quotes and the impact of the budget impasse on school districts. ...

At Keystone Crossroads, we write a lot of practical stories on urban design, policy and politics. But today we’re indulging our lit ...

As city leaders reconsider their waterfronts through the lens of a post-industrial economy, moving urban highways has become more of a pr ...

 Some Pennsylvania municipalities have rules about leaving undeveloped strips along rivers to protect water quality. Many don't. 

Recently, about a hundred hardy souls paddled down the Schuylkill River, from the quiet banks of Schuylkill Haven to the skyscrapers of P ...

Can you have flood protection and river access? One city found a way — at a steep price.