Urban Planning

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.

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.

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.

The funds aren’t directly allocated to cities, but Philadelphia could see significant impact from the legislation.

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.

Each of the properties of concern are owned by municipalities but are said to have for-profit businesses operating on the premises.

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart released data showing significant differences in garbage pickup between various neighborhoods in Philadelphia. What does it mean?

Observers see a slow-moving storm set to destabilize a housing market that is already strained by unmet demand for decent, affordable options.

The government’s ambitious rhetoric around climate is too often dangerously out of step with its own actions.

The firm, Design Workshop, is expected to move forward with the long-awaited redesign in early 2022.

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.

Philadelphia’s pandemic-inspired experiment with expanded outdoor dining is poised to end with streeteries made permanently legal in certain parts of the city.

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.

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.

A new report from the Philadelphia Controller's Office reveals which areas of the city have experienced the most consistent delays in trash pickup.