
Urban Planning
Nation’s first black-owned shopping center celebrates 50 years
The shopping center on Broad and Oxford Streets might not look out of the ordinary to the average passersby. But that hasn’t stopped po ...
7 years ago
Listen 1:55Trash talk: Bigger fines, free neighborhood cans in Philly
Residents are tired of construction companies — or their neighbors — dumping debris in vacant lots and public parks.
7 years ago
Don’t call it Cedarbrook: Mount Airy shopping district gets a facelift
This week, a new chapter began with the ribbon-cutting on a $310,000 revitalization project.
7 years ago
Nuns plan to demolish Cape May Point retreat center
An iconic building owned by nuns may be returned to nature.
7 years ago
Trump’s development tax break presents ‘unusual’ opportunity for Philly, Drexel fellow says
The Treasury Department this month issued proposed guidelines for the program, which includes 82 zones in Philadelphia, 300 in Pennsylvania.
7 years ago
Health by zip code? Some Philly neighborhoods are ‘primary care deserts’
A report released Tuesday focused on several shortage areas in primary care access for Philadelphians.
7 years ago
Listen 2:06New proposal for Italian Market improvement district introduced
On Monday night, Vern Anastasio and his allies officially pitched the “South Philly Market Improvement District.”
7 years ago
The Gallery: Past, Present, and Future
Our very first episode considers the forces that shaped the Gallery mall in Philadelphia, and what forces will shape its future incarnation.
Air Date: October 23, 2018
Listen 14:56Roosevelt Boulevard speed cameras represent rare bipartisan win
Between 2011 and 2015, Roosevelt Boulevard’s 16-mile stretch has tallied six percent of the city’s total of crashes and 13 percent of its traffic fatalities.
7 years ago
Mapping Philly’s most walkable neighborhoods
Ann Strickland, 87, has lived in the southwest corner of Eastwick for 37 years.
7 years ago
City to redevelop industrial corner of booming Passyunk Square
Philadelphia officials are looking for a developer to remake a valuable tract of city-owned land just off South Philly's thriving East Passyunk corridor.
7 years ago
New map shows Philly renter spike sharper than other big cities
Over the last decade, Philadelphia saw a rise in rentership well above the national average, and higher than most of the nation’s other large cities, according to new data
7 years ago