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Urban Planning

A group of people are pictured walking in a Philadelphia park
PlanPhilly
Environment
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Philly parks draw visitors from 6 countries during international conference

The Greater & Greener conference brought close to a thousand park leaders and professionals from six countries to check out Philly’s parks.

4 years ago

Aerial view of the pavilion on Mill House Deck at the Fairmount Water Works on a sunny day.
Architecture & Design
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

Big new event pavilion at Fairmount Water Works will be replaced next year, after some express concerns

Some are worried it ruins the view, but it’s only temporary, the city says, to accommodate the rush of pandemic-delayed weddings.

4 years ago

The former refinery is visible in the distance, with a bare, dirt field in the foreground.
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Environment
Infrastructure
Philadelphia

South Philly refinery re-do features trucking, despite calls for carbon-free development

Community groups representing areas that endured refinery pollution for 150 years say they have not gotten a say in the redevelopment plans.

4 years ago

Looking east toward City Hall from Eakins Oval.
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads

Philly officials want you to reimagine the Ben Franklin Parkway

The engagement initiative is part of a long-term plan to transform the area from Logan Circle to the art museum into a more welcoming, “people-centric” space.

4 years ago

A new initiative aims to help address the affordable housing crisis in Chester County. (Chester County Partnership to End Homelessness)
Homelessness
Housing
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania

Chesco commits to rehousing 150 households and building 350 affordable units

The country is currently short roughly 1.5 million housing units. A new Chester County initiative aims to help address the affordable housing crisis.

4 years ago

A rendering of the affordable housing development, Be A Gem Crossing
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

‘It’s a blessing’: Affordable housing to replace nuisance motel in North Philadelphia

North10 Philadelphia is building "Be a Gem Crossing" at Westmoreland Street and Germantown Avenue. It will replace a motel that neighbors have tried to close for two decades.

4 years ago

When Save Washington Avenue Coalition (SWAC) members blocked just one lane of traffic on Washington Avenue, the group claims the effects on congestion and traffic were immediate and dramatic. (Courtesy of SWAC)
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation
Eyes on the Street

Opinion: Councilmember Squilla should rethink his stance on Washington Ave.

Slimming down Washington Ave. ignores its role as an evacuation route and a key connection in South Philadelphia, according to these “road diet” opponents.

4 years ago

The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Families for Safe Streets, Feet First Philly and the South of South Neighborhood Association gathered at 17th and Washington Avenue calling on Mayor Kenny and City Council to stick the with mixed lane configuration that was planned to make Washington Avenue safer for pedestrians and cyclists on June 2, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation
Eyes on the Street

Opinion: For our children’s sake, make Washington Avenue as safe as possible

These parents raising children in the Washington Avenue corridor want Councilmember Johnson and Mayor Kenney to ensure safety for pedestrians.

4 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
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

City to apply for funds to cap portion of Vine Street Expressway through Chinatown

The federal grant would come from a program designed to reconnect communities separated by highway construction.

4 years ago

Route 42 in New Jersey
New Jersey
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Report outlines causes of I-295/Route 42 wall collapse in N.J.

A report by independent engineers blames the wrong materials and a heavy rain for causing the wall collapse at a long-term road project in Camden County.

4 years ago

A pedestrian waits to cross Roosevelt Boulevard
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads

Rising U.S. traffic deaths put focus on one Philly road

Sobering statistics could give new momentum to plans to redesign what is known in Philadelphia as the “corridor of death," Roosevelt Boulevard.

4 years ago

A cyclist rides down Washington Avenue
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Latest wrench in the plan to narrow Washington Ave. has some cheering, others fuming

In a bitter fight over the width of a road in South Philly, a City Council member deals a blow to the plan favored by bicycle and pedestrian safety advocates.

4 years ago

Lafayette Court housing in Cape May, New Jersey (wikimedia commons)
Housing
Income Inequality
New Jersey

HUD awards nearly $100 million to housing authorities across New Jersey

The federal funding is for renovating existing buildings, as well as completing large-scale projects.

4 years ago

The condemned apartment buildings are on the 800 block of Adams Street, one block off I-95. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Housing
Infrastructure
Real Estate

372 code violations: Wilmington condemns apartment block, forcing dozens of tenants into shelters

Inspectors descended on Adams Street after a brick wall collapsed between two of seven buildings owned by landlord A.J. Pokorny.

4 years ago

City officials ceremoniously broke ground on rehabilitation of a building at FDR Park in South Philadelphi, on May 18, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Outdoors
Public Spaces

FDR park renovation officially begins with Welcome Center groundbreaking

One official called the project’s planned public restrooms “the culmination of a dream.”

4 years ago

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