
Urban Planning
Eastwick residents want Biden’s infrastructure plan to fund Philly’s first climate migration
The infrastructure bill signed into law creates aid opportunities for communities like Eastwick harmed by flooding.
4 years ago
Let the tree planting begin again: PHS is putting another 1,350 in the ground
Fall and spring are the best times to plant. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is providing trees that are 10 to 15 feet tall, for immediate impact.
4 years ago
Black Clergy of Philadelphia not satisfied with city’s Rebuild plan progress
Last month, the clergy organization gathered to discuss the same problem: deteriorating facilities and lack of programs in areas where gun violence is the most prevalent.
4 years ago
Jon Bon Jovi helps break ground on new Project HOME residence in Kensington
The artist's JBJ Soul Foundation is a funding partner of 62 new homes on Lehigh Avenue. They will offer an affordable, safe space to make a fresh start.
4 years ago
The funds aren’t directly allocated to cities, but Philadelphia could see significant impact from the legislation.
4 years ago
Planning for a $15 million rec center begins with board game in Fairhill
A board game is helping Philadelphia officials determine the future of a public works project in a community often left out of public decision-making.
4 years ago
Listen 3:52Delco challenges tax-exempt properties, says school districts are shortchanged millions
Each of the properties of concern are owned by municipalities but are said to have for-profit businesses operating on the premises.
4 years ago
City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart released data showing significant differences in garbage pickup between various neighborhoods in Philadelphia. What does it mean?
Air Date: November 11, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:301,700 units of housing are set to vanish in the next 5 years. There’s little Philly officials can do
Observers see a slow-moving storm set to destabilize a housing market that is already strained by unmet demand for decent, affordable options.
4 years ago
Listen 2:03Why is the National Parks Service teaming up with PGW on a fossil fuel project in Philly?
The government’s ambitious rhetoric around climate is too often dangerously out of step with its own actions.
4 years ago
Philly chooses firm Design Workshop, to ‘reimagine’ Ben Franklin Parkway
The firm, Design Workshop, is expected to move forward with the long-awaited redesign in early 2022.
4 years ago
Delaware’s ambitious goal to plant 1 tree for every resident
In most states, planting a tree for every resident would be a monumental task, but in Delaware the new tree-planting mission might be more doable.
4 years ago
Dining tables over parking spaces: Streeteries move toward permanence in some Philly neighborhoods
Philadelphia’s pandemic-inspired experiment with expanded outdoor dining is poised to end with streeteries made permanently legal in certain parts of the city.
4 years ago
Philly public works program lights the way to contracts for diverse talent
Rebuild Ready has helped 96 Philly businesses scale up to be able to compete for contracts with local government. Nearly 90% are owned by people of color.
4 years ago
After drinking water crisis, Newark is winning war on lead
An ambitious program to replace thousands of residential lead water lines in New Jersey's largest city is about to be completed years ahead of schedule.
4 years ago