Urban Planning
30th Street Station’s $550 million redesign: New food hall, new escalators, new outdoor plaza
Amtrak confirmed the flippy board is returning, but it’ll be nonfunctional and silent.
2 years ago
The neighborhood high school closed in 2013 along with nearly two dozen others.
2 years ago
Sixers aim to minimize arena parking concerns with a new ‘smart routing’ partnership
Using plate-reading and associated software, ticket holders who drive in would be sent to to the lot closest to their route of arrival.
2 years ago
How you can help make your Philly-area neighborhood greener this weekend
Volunteers are needed to help PHS Tree Tenders groups plant 1,800 trees in Philly and surrounding suburbs.
2 years ago
Cinnaminson business owner trying to fight off township’s bid to take over properties
Cinnaminson Township is using eminent domain to aid a developer who wants to build a Chick-fil-A and a small shopping plaza.
2 years ago
Listen 4:05A levee could be built in flood-prone Eastwick. Delaware County has concerns
The city of Philadelphia will not move forward with the project unless negative impacts on Delaware County are addressed, an official said.
2 years ago
Listen 1:03Wilmington to receive $3 million to upgrade sewer system
The funding will help the city upgrade 120-year-old pipes in an effort to prevent flooding.
2 years ago
The Whitman Park story: How 20th century Philadelphia failed on public housing
Local authorities proposed building 2,500 units in mostly white neighborhoods. Racism kept it from happening.
2 years ago
$71 million Delaware Memorial Bridge resurfacing project finished, all lanes to reopen this month
After two years of disruptions, drivers will soon be able to travel over the newly resurfaced twin spans more smoothly.
2 years ago
End of an era: West Philly’s UC Townhomes slated for demolition
The news comes after a string of demonstrations, a federal lawsuit, and a protest encampment.
2 years ago
City announces relocation of unpopular 6th and Market curbside bus station
The city said the “volume and nature of complaints” left the temporary location “completely untenable.”
2 years ago
Listen 8:19I-95 traffic to shift to new travel lanes just 5 months after interstate collapse
The first half of the new bridge at the Cottman Avenue interchange will open Monday night.
2 years ago
‘Sometimes you just get tired’: City releases RFP to redevelop troubled Logan Triangle
A developer walked away from the project after spending nearly a decade trying to breathe new life into the site.
2 years ago
The group of gardeners and advocates hopes to hold a similar conversation with Republican mayoral candidate David Oh.
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