Urban Planning

If signed into law, property owners would be required to prepare and execute a rat abatement plan before demolishing or fully rehabbing a building.

The nonprofit is not pressing charges after essential farming equipment was stolen, opting instead for a community-based solution to a string of burglaries.

The city’s Law Department is weighing its options on speeding up repairs, but a City Council member wants action sooner.

Philadelphia planners have reversed course on a plan for traffic flow on Washington Ave, and it’s going to compromise the safety of neighbors.

Some Kingsessing residents are looking for the city’s help to recover after their homes were flooded last week in a massive water main break.

The Growth Collective will use the money to support seven development companies, all of which are Black-owned and operated.

After four years of planning and fundraising, the Add B. Anderson school is getting a green space and play equipment to bring nature into the city.

It’s too soon to say how Washington Avenue will ultimately look, and what impact it will have on the neighborhoods surrounding it.

From FDR Park to Graffiti Pier, and the Floating Water Workshop to Cobbs Creek Golf Course, an update on big projects in the works.

Councilmember Cindy Bass wants to put a six-month moratorium on most building demolitions in her district. The move may be unprecedented.

Baltimore uses a local preservation tax credit to stabilize neighborhoods. Could the approach help Philadelphia?

City officials sparked outrage when they reversed course on a planned “road diet” for one of the city’s most dangerous thoroughfares.

The mayor says the neighborhood has been “neglected for decades and decades.” He says improvements will be noticeable within six months.

Steps from the Wayne Junction Station, at the southern border of Germantown, sits a large empty lot surrounded by the neighborhood’s industrial past and unfolding future.

A bill that passed in Philly City Council last week dramatically shifts the future of Ridge Avenue and Roxborough.