Urban Planning

A new bill aims to increase the transparency and efficiency of Philadelphia’s politicized process for selling vacant city land.

Philly is looking for businesses with a track record of running dockless bike-share programs and making sure the bikes don’t end up strewn all over the city.

Right before summer recess, Council President Darrell Clarke introduced new legislation that would force some developers to offer perks to communities.

Philadelphia sends one-third of its trash to an incinerator in Chester deemed by researchers to be one of the dirtiest in the nation.

Grace Baptist Church of Germantown demolished its community center to make way for a new 15,000-square-foot, energy-efficient building to provide enhanced community services.

The future of the Germantown Special Services District is in doubt after commercial property owners voted to block its re-authorization.

Council President Darrell Clarke is moving forward with legislation aimed at limiting the development of apartment buildings in his North Philly district.

The renovation of the shopping center, part of a larger South Quarter Crossing project that will also encompass Quartermaster Plaza, is slated to break ground in early 2020.

A $250 million luxury tower is rising on South Broad Street. City officials were on hand to praise the new development, which benefited from the 10-year tax abatement.

City workers repairing a 400-square-foot cavern just below the asphalt on Baltimore Avenue at 43rd Street will need three more weeks to get the job done.

A bill requiring Philadelphia landlords to certify all rental units as lead-free could pass into law by the end of June.

Philadelphia has prosecuted 14 cases of illegal dumping in the last five months, ten more than in 2016.

As architects seek ways to squeeze housing into crowded Philly neighborhoods, they are turning to what ISA principal Brian Phillips calls the “leftover lots.”

Johnson’s ban on bay windows and balconies in Point Breeze and Grays Ferry could hit Mayor Jim Kenny’s desk to be signed into law as soon as next week.

Philly has nearly 470 community gardens. We'll discuss the benefits of urban farming, the challenges these gardens face, and what the city is doing to support them.