Urban Planning

They call it a win-win. A Delaware group is helping former prisoners find work and learn new skills while renovating homes for low-income residents.

The economic development agency’s incoming chief has her eye on creating “family-sustaining” jobs in sectors less likely to fall prey to automation.

Philadelphia’s vibrant urban farming community faces new pressures as land values increase. Three maps reveal challenges — and opportunities.

All 37,000 of the lead water pipes in New Jersey's capital city will be replaced over the next five years at an estimated cost of $150 million.

The new program is an example of the local solutions emerging in cities as leaders grapple with growing affordability crises.

The developer of the Laurel, Southern Land Company, will dismantle and painstakingly reconstruct a Rittenhouse landmark.

Philly photographer Shasta Bady shares her thoughts on SEPTA, the people who ride it and her new exhibit at Suburban Station.

Former City Councilmember Frank DiCicco led Philadelphia’s last major effort to restore neighborhood street sweeping back in the 2000s.

The vacant Delaware River waterfront land is where Foxwoods Resorts once planned to build a casino.

The Delaware River Port Authority announced Tuesday that toll rates on the four bridges it controls will remain steady with no increases planned.

Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration is working out the details for a cleaning program that would treat each neighborhood differently based on a number of factors.

The speed cameras will be installed at eight locations on Roosevelt Boulevard in North and Northeast Philadelphia.

From the Schuylkill Crossing to Graffiti Pier, there’s lots of progress planned for this year.

A social impact-minded landlord is offering telemedicine services to tenants in Philadelphia buildings.

The non-fatal collision was the ninth at a SEPTA grade-crossing since 2016.