Urban Planning

Johnson’s ban on bay windows and balconies in Point Breeze and Grays Ferry could hit Mayor Jim Kenny’s desk to be signed into law as soon as next week.

Philly has nearly 470 community gardens. We'll discuss the benefits of urban farming, the challenges these gardens face, and what the city is doing to support them.

Germantown High developer Jack Azran says that apartments with exposed brick walls, shared work spaces and a new school could fill the shuttered school by 2022

The urban ruin is being revamped by the organization behind Spruce Street Harbor Park.

Philly’s street sweeping experiment has hit a sizable snag — a nine-foot-wide snag, to be exact.

Affordable housing isn’t just a city problem. Suburbs and rural areas are experiencing a shortage of affordable rentals too.

Community members see discarded syringes in the Old City walkway known as Commerce Street. With a $1.25 million redo, they hope to make it less secluded.

E-scooters aren’t street legal in Philly but that isn’t stopping Lime from rolling out a brawnier model designed to withstand rough city streets.

A $200 million, 10-year vision reimagines the only Olmsted Brothers-designed park in Philadelphia and prepares it for a hotter and wetter tomorrow.

A major new residential development planned with social impact in mind will soon break ground on fast-changing Washington Avenue.

“I don’t believe people should lose their homes over a fee,’ said Gordon. “We have two or three generations living in a home they could be evicted from because of the title.”

Volunteers work to keep gardens reclaimed from dumping grounds as green spaces open and available for neighborhood residents.

Ten years after the first plan to revitalize Chester's waterfront, there's a new one in the works. Why there's more at stake for the struggling city this time.

A residential development targeting young professionals is slated to replace a beloved Vietnamese bakery and other shops on the corner of Washington Avenue and 16th Street.

Minority communities, like those near incinerators in Camden and Chester, are disproportionately affected by emissions such as lead and particulates, a new study finds.