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Urban Planning

Rendering of Wells Fargo Center exterior
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Sports

Wells Fargo Center adding LED screens, lights in final phase of transformation project

New LED screens, lighting, and canopies at the Wells Fargo Center will be completed by early 2024.

3 years ago

Construction of Philadelphia rowhomes can easily affect surrounding houses
Housing
Neighborhoods
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Pa. could pass a ‘lemon law’ for homes to protect residents from shoddy construction

A recent building boom has made this a big issue in Philadelphia, where hundreds have dealt with “construction destruction.”

3 years ago

Map of Philadelphia showing trails
Environment
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

Connecting the gaps in Philadelphia’s river trails: What’s open now, and what’s planned for the future

Neither the Schuylkill or Delaware pathways are continuous — yet.

3 years ago

A view of the Roundhouse building.
PlanPhilly
History
Philadelphia
Policing
Preservation

The Roundhouse moves closer to historic preservation with committee vote

The curvy building is considered both an architectural marvel and a symbol of police brutality.

3 years ago

Chinatown has been separated by the Vine Street Expressway since the 1980s. Officials are hoping money in the Infrastructure and jobs bill will be slated to cap the expressway
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads

Concept phase nearly complete for Philly’s plan to cap section of I-676

The city just released three possible designs for the massive project in Chinatown.

3 years ago

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Rowhouses in Philadelphia’s Spring Garden neighborhood
Government
Housing
Philadelphia
Real Estate

Philly still has roughly 8K property assessment appeals to review

The city received nearly 20,000 “First Level Reviews” following a three-year pause in assessments that led to widespread sticker shock

3 years ago

People walk down a sidewalk
Pennsylvania
Streets & Roads
Transportation

‘Phoenixville is connected’: Borough set to embark on two major transportation projects

The Borough of Phoenixville is looking to complete two transportation construction projects, thanks to a pair of timely grants.

3 years ago

Plants and flowers are shown near a building in a garden
Delaware
Environment
Outdoors

Delaware Nature Society receives federal dollars for Wilmington pollinator gardens

As the impacts from climate change loom, the Delaware Nature Society hopes community gardens can mitigate heat and stormwater.

3 years ago

a dog running in a park
PlanPhilly
Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Philly’s FDR Park gets federal grant for stream and wetland restoration

$1.5 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help fund work in the natural areas of FDR Park, part of a $250 million park renovation.

3 years ago

A rendering shows a bike trail along a river.
Delaware
Outdoors
Streets & Roads
Transportation

New bike trail in New Castle County funded with federal infrastructure dollars

The ADA-accessible path will connect Newport, Wilmington, and New Castle.

3 years ago

The Family Court Building redevelopment will incorporate the African American Museum in Philadelphia’s (AAMP) relocation along with the Free Library of Philadelphia’s expansion and a 60,000 square foot Children and Family Center
History
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Real Estate

Developers selected for Family Court Building project incorporating AAMP, Free Library, and ‘premier lifestyle hotel’

The city will provide $50 million dollars in capital funding for the Family Court Building project starting in 2025.

3 years ago

South view of the Park at Penn's Landing at dusk, showing the mass timber building at its center. The building is slated to be Philly's first net-zero carbon building. (Hargreaves Jones and Kieran Timberlake via Delaware River Waterfront Corporation)
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads
Billy Penn

Everything you need to know about Philly’s I-95 park cap project, officially breaking ground next week

A look at logistics, funding, planning, and travel disruptions for the long-planned project reconnecting Center City with the waterfront.

3 years ago

A person looks out of a SEPTA Regional Rail train
Philadelphia
Transportation

SEPTA adjusts Regional Rail train schedules ahead of fall season

The majority of Regional Rail routes will see changes under the new schedule.

3 years ago

Leslie Richards speaking at a podium
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

Fix real-time tracking and countdown clocks on SEPTA? Insiders say it’ll take a ‘massive shift’ toward customer service

the collapse of public transit,” said a local software developer, “everyone’s job description’s got to be rewritten.”

3 years ago

Overbrook Environmental Education Center cofounder Jerome Shabazz at a 2022 Earth Day unveiling of a new Mural Arts mural at the West Philly center. (Overbrook Environmental Education Center/Facebook)
Infrastructure
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

A Philly environmental leader’s grand vision to turn vacant lots into a new park system

Jerome Shabazz of the Overbrook Environmental Education Center is working with Temple, Drexel, and city officials on the effort.

3 years ago

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