Tag: PlanPhilly

Sometimes disasters lead to change. But in Philadelphia, officials failed to take steps after the last deadly group home fire.

The transit agency is on a hiring binge that it hopes will restore its workforce after two years of pandemic-related attrition and hiring freezes.

Philadelphia officials have publicly mourned the loss of life but said nothing concrete about changes to fire safety policy before now.

The Philadelphia Police Department’s iconic headquarters symbolizes police brutality to many. Now Philadelphians will have a chance to help guide its redevelopment.

Fixing Philly’s ailing public school buildings has been a big item on City Council’s collective to-do list for years. A new bill targets the problem.

Philadelphia is home to hills large and small for sledders of all sizes. Here is a list of our top picks.

As rental construction surges in Philadelphia, home prices are expected to level out in the new year. That’s good news for people seeking to buy.

It looks like Philadelphia will not get a white Christmas tomorrow. A wet Christmas is more likely — and with climate change, this may not be a surprise.

The federal dollars will allow the EPA to move forward with remedying an environmental injustice.

Officials suspect a few things are behind the tree’s decline: its age, compaction around its roots where people walked around and had picnics, and climate change.

Ahn Tran welcomed a family of Afghan evacuees as tenants in one of his apartments, in part because of his experience as a Vietnamese refugee.

Many new municipal buildings in Philadelphia will need to meet a higher standard of sustainability, under a bill City Council passed Thursday.

The bill expressly bars residents and auto businesses from using public sidewalks and streets to repair and sell cars.

A coalition of community organizations wants the new owner of the South Philly complex to protect residents from pollution and gentrification.

City Council approved a bill that makes streeteries permanently legal in certain areas, including Center City, University City, and East Passyunk.