Urban Planning

The city repossessed the properties from a group of entities controlled by one of the neighborhood’s most notorious landlords.

The funding will go toward renovations of the Valley Green Road Bridge in Wissahickon Valley Park and the Bells Mill Bridge near Morris Arboretum.

A lack of commuters meant 8.1 million square feet of empty office space in 2023, up from 4.2 million in 2019, according to the annual Center City District report.

“We will continue to listen to our riders and stakeholders to ensure that our network provides equitable access for all,” SEPTA CEO Leslie Richards said.

The report found that property assessments in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods were more likely to be inaccurate.

Prospective homebuyers still face an uphill battle finding a house in the Philly area. High prices and mortgage rates continue to be a burden.

Worried about your carbon footprint, but not sure where to start? Turns out there’s plenty you can do at home.

Transit systems like SEPTA aren’t absent from urban planners’ guise of how public infrastructure impacts users physically and emotionally.

The designation requires that releases of PFAs and PFOs into soil or water be reported to federal, state or tribal officials if they meet or exceed certain levels.

Township officials want to change zoning laws to clamp down on the rise of smoke shops, which have become a growing nuisance to community members.

The 300,000-square-foot building is the first of dozens planned for the demolished site of the largest refinery on the East Coast.

Pew’s latest “State of the City” report shows the homeownership rate is still above 50% even as an inventory crisis crunches the housing market.

The person said Monday that alarms went off on the Dali’s refrigerated containers, likely indicating an inconsistent power supply.

Collins Lofts is the third redevelopment Odin Properties has completed in the North Philly neighborhood.

Climate activists say PGW’s plan for the infrastructure conflicts with the city's climate goals.