Urban Planning

In a town whose history is intertwined with a massive train accident, residents have clashed with SEPTA in an effort to preserve a relic of the Ambler Train Station.

The commercial and industrial complex at the former refinery site is now officially under construction.

The endorsement is part of a broader effort to execute a community benefits agreement the team wants to finalize before construction starts.

The Sunrise activists want Philly’s next mayor to put solar panels on rec center roofs, open libraries longer, and turn vacant lots into gardens.

The city selected KBK Enterprises to redevelop the historic property in 2016. But the building remains vacant and blighted.

Opponents argue the city’s analysis will be biased towards building a downtown basketball arena for the Philadelphia 76ers.

The loop winds through nearly 5 miles of green space alongside the Schuylkill.

Efforts have targeted the "High Injury Network," which includes the 12% of city streets with 80% of all traffic deaths and serious injuries in Philly.

The "15-minute city" is an urban planning concept that aims to increase quality of life and reduce planet-heating pollution. But it faces obstacles and conspiracy theories.

Residents of a flood-prone Philly neighborhood learned more about a proposed 15-foot levee near their homes during a meeting Wednesday.

An explosion at the site of the Flat Rock Dam project left six workers in critical condition. The project would reconnect the Manayunk Canal to the Schuylkill River.

The break was reported around noon Thursday between Woodhaven and Comly roads.

El Centro de Estudiantes has called three buildings home since 2009. It will now have what it hopes will be a permanent home.

The Sixers originally hoped to be moving toward construction in June, but have since delayed the franchise’s self-imposed timeline twice.

The park will be one of eight along the Delaware River that could be connected with a continuous greenway trail.