Urban Planning

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

Thomas Paine Plaza, the public space outside the Municipal Services Building, is so unremarkable that you’d be forgiven for not knowing its name.

Detailing the strategies Philadelphia hopes to employ to create or preserve 100,000 units of housing in the next 10 years, the city’s new housing plan dropped on Wednesday.

The City of Philadelphia released what may be its most ambitious and concretely detailed transportation plan yet on Wednesday.

High atop the municipal building at 1515 Arch Street on Tuesday morning, the long battle over the future of the Germantown Boys and Girls Club appeared to end in détente.

S. Philly residents are playing hardball with developer Ori Feibush over a $100 million residential redux of the 150-year-old Frankford Chocolate Factory on Washington Ave.

The $7,500 grant from Philadelphia’s Innovation Fund will help develop a prototype bike corral

How long does it take to build a bike lane?

In a few years time, Market Street in Old City may look brand new, thanks to a $3 million state grant announced Tuesday.

Fewer public trash cans result in more litter on streets and in parks.