
Urban Planning
Philadelphians can opt for renewable natural gas come January
The Energy Co-op is expanding its renewable natural gas service area to Philadelphia. The fuel comes from methane captured at landfills.
6 years ago
Closed Sharswood school to be cleaned, reborn as veterans’ housing
Help USA, a nonprofit, is moving forward with a $20 million redevelopment of the former General John Reynolds Public School in North Philadelphia.
6 years ago
Listen to a live conversation between Philly developer Ori Feibush, Paul Farber of Monument Lab, preservationist Faye Anderson and artist Karyn Olivier.
6 years ago
Listen 65:21Food cart owners say City Hall is pushing them out of Philly. Here’s why.
New restrictions from Philadelphia City Council are making business tough for many Philadelphia food carts.
6 years ago
What Philly can learn from Copenhagen’s response to the climate crisis
City officials from Philadelphia visited Copenhagen for the C40 World Mayors Summit. Here’s what Philly can learn from the city’s design.
6 years ago
Finally, the final design phase is beginning for Park at Penn’s Landing
Funding is in place, preliminary engineering is done, and a survey asking about current and future waterfront uses is linked on the park’s website.
6 years ago
Lights! Elevators! Signs! SEPTA’s 15th Street Station gets $28 million makeover
The $28 million renovation moves the transit agency closer to meeting goals for accessibility and design.
6 years ago
SEPTA is building a parking garage for 69th Street Station’s 35,000 daily riders
Construction on the $37 million three-story garage should begin by summer 2020 and last about 18 months.
6 years ago
Shore town approves N.J.’s largest solar farm on Superfund site
A sprawling solar farm could soon become operational on an Ocean County Superfund site that's roughly the size of Hoboken.
6 years ago
As congestion worsens in Philly, car-related emissions spike
Philadelphia’s congestion problem is growing on the streets and in the air.
6 years ago
Despite loud opposition, business improvement districts for Fishtown, South Philly advance
Business owners in Fishtown and South Philadelphia could soon be paying an assessment for new services.
6 years ago
Too loud, too bad: SEPTA doesn’t enforce ban on playing music without headphones
SEPTA’s policy on loud music is that it is officially prohibited on transit. But SEPTA Police doesn’t actively enforce against the violation.
6 years ago
‘I don’t have the support’: Blackwell defeated on bid to mandate more parking
Researchers have found that requiring more space for cars encourages less dense and more expensive housing development.
6 years ago
2019 traffic deaths higher in North, Northeast Philly than the rest of the city
Fifty percent of all severe crashes occur on just 12% of Philadelphia streets. That means certain roads — and certain neighborhoods — are at higher risk for traffic danger.
6 years ago
Poll: Two-thirds of N.J. residents view climate change as a crisis
A newly released poll has found that more than two in three New Jersey residents feel that climate change is at a crisis level.
6 years ago