Urban Planning

An apartment building at 509 Vine St., known as the Boekel building, is turning into a new kind of hotel.

The owner of a popular Fairmount cafe and artisanal market has gotten permits to build a 55-foot-tall apartment complex on a vacant Poplar Street lot.

Signed into law Wednesday are programs designed to offer incentives to home and business owners and help the city advance its climate goals.

Revel offers registered vehicles through an app. It runs a $19 check of your driving record before unlocking anything. And no wheels if you’re under 21.

A Wilmington Area Planning Council report found black and Latino populations have been historically disadvantaged by the region’s transportation network.

The project was originally planned with an affordable housing component, but is now being pitched to investors as a luxury property.

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.