Urban Planning

Kensington residents want a developer to put $1 million towards removing a wall they say divides the neighborhood.

Most scientists concur that climate change is causing more severe and more frequent storms –– and transit agencies like SEPTA are struggling to keep up.

The $13.3 million reconstruction of the Grays Ferry Bridge will include a protected bike lane — but only on one half of the bridge.

In Philadelphia, there many more trees in wealthy neighborhoods than in lower income ones. What are officials doing to make sure streets are equally green?

During the year-long closure, motorists and cyclists heading east from West Philadelphia will be detoured north. The bridge will close after 8 p.m.

Graffiti Pier is on track for reinvention into a public park unlike any other in the United States.

Some developers ignore permits, then keep on building.

Fashion District is a new kind of mall for Philadelphia. It’s a mix of stores and a co-working space for creatives reflects trends reshaping shopping plazas everywhere.

We might think that all suburbs are the same but a dive into the history of suburbia shows something more interesting than shopping malls and housing developments.

District 1199C wants a zoning change that would require the hospital property to be used for health care, and prevent developers from building apartments.

Hepatitis A is spreading through fecal matter on Philadelphia streets. As outbreak worsens, the city is installing mobile bathrooms.

The Flats is in the midst of a major $100 million project to tear down and rebuild more than 400 affordable housing units over ten years.

City Councilmember Blondell Reynolds Brown said the issues delaying a vote on a controversial regulation have been resolved. Landlords aren’t happy.

One of Philly’s last surviving public housing towers is moving towards demolition. Many tenants say the time is right.

Nonprofit developer Stephanie Sena will test her model for low-cost, infill housing on vacant land acquired from the Philadelphia Land Bank in 2018.