Urban Planning

The collapse of a bridge earlier this week in Tennessee is raising new alarms about the delicate state of infrastructure across the U.S.

A spate of demolitions inspired city officials to think differently about how to save Philadelphia’s historic buildings.

Once politically impossible even in wealthy and transit-inclined Manhattan, congestion pricing is a relatively radical idea for car-centric Philly.

Plans to redevelop a historic Trenton building into a high-tech manufacturing site were derailed this week as the city council voted against advancing a proposal.

Italian Market boosters testified against an unwanted new neighbor: a driveway they fear could mark the beginning of the end for the historic market.

West Philadelphia Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell directed public land to be sold at below-market prices to developer Rick Young. Now he’s hosting a fundraiser for her.

Fare evaders caught by SEPTA officers receive a $25 ticket, down from $300, and do not face criminal charges. The change reflects a trend in Philadelphia policing.

Archaeologists say the remains of at least 491 people were found on a construction site in Old City. Could there be more forgotten burial grounds waiting to be unearthed?

Redevelopment of the historic John A. Roebling and Sons site would bring high-tech manufacturing back to Trenton, says Princetel CEO. Officials are considering the plan.

Philadelphia agencies are going after drivers stopped in Center City bus lanes and they say that the result is faster trips through the city’s downtown core.

The Philadelphia Water Department has closed South 5th Street between Chestnut and Walnut in hopes of preventing a road collapse in the heart of the busy historic destination.

Councilman Mark Squilla has introduced a bill that could prevent the nation’s first supervised injection site from opening at the proposed Kensington location.

A deadly house fire at an illegal rooming house in North Philadelphia last March had city officials calling for reform. But one year later, nothing has changed.

Philadelphia’s ‘road map’ for Eastwick development moves a process 60 years in the making forward.

Philadelphia Housing Authority reopened Sharswood Tower on Wednesday. Residents returning home celebrated their zhuzhed up digs.