Urban Planning

A complicated history and challenging location face potential developers of the soon-to-be-empty Police Administration Building.

After fighting off developers for years, residents will have the final say in preserving Crebilly Farm at the ballot through an open space tax referendum.

The goal of the increased service is to help bring ridership back to pre-pandemic levels.

Construction, contractors, and neglect limit your ability to walk on the designated paths along the Delaware.

Infrastructure funding is sexy again.

Advocates estimate dozens of community gardens are tangled up in private liens. Negotiations and a GoFundMe are afoot.

After 50 years at the corner of 7th and Arch streets, the museum will occupy a portion of the long-vacant historic Family Court building next to the Free Library.

The community’s longstanding goal to cap the Vine Street Expressway now has official backing.

The Spring Garden Street Greenway would connect the Schuylkill River Trail and the Delaware River Trail, creating safe passage across Philadelphia.

The iconic Police Administration Building will soon be vacant. Its future will be informed by a public engagement process expected to stir painful memories of its past.

The nonprofit that maintains the park says there’s been a lot of positive feedback, but people experiencing homelessness feel targeted.

Behemoth developments in residential communities destroy the fabric that has held people together over generations.

Philly was one of the first cities to grant jurisdiction to an appointed board. Some residents are left frustrated by the process, while other neighborhoods work around it.

The long-standing problem is rooted in racial discrimination. Homes in primarily Black neighborhoods are undervalued by an average of nearly $26,000.

The convenience store chain paid more than $5 million to SEPTA for the naming rights to the Delco Regional Rail stop.