Urban Planning

The administration and Council came to an agreement to officially kill the 1 percent construction tax.

Speculative development is on the rise in Philadelphia with many neighborhoods on the cusp of rapid gentrification.

Philly will join other cities from around the world to set goals to combat climate change at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.

For the mayor’s proposal to move forward, the construction tax’s sponsors would have to recall the construction tax bill on Thursday, Sept 13.

The term "preservationist" can seem old-fashioned, preoccupied with the era of the Founding Fathers, or at least the Gilded Age.

Observers of Philadelphia’s real estate scene know how this story usually goes.

Opponents, however, fear the bill will simply preempt local control of an inherently local issue.

With less than a month and a half left until the scheduled opening of the renovated Cherry Street Pier on Oct. 12, the 99-year-old structure on the Delaware River waterfront.

A condo tower proposed for 709 Chestnut St. received glowing reviews from the Civic Design Review Committee and the city’s Planning Commission staff at a presentation.

Just around the corner from the South Philly intersection where Pat’s and Geno’s compete for tourists, hides one of the more unusual delights of the neighborhood.