Urban Planning

Residents gathered to protest the temporary closure of Somerset Station — a lifeline to jobs, appointments, and school for those who have continued to use it mid-pandemic.

A successor to the Reading Railroad Company filed permits to demolish the historic train station months after a group filed a conservatorship petition to save it.

A study conducted using the Litterati app found 1,000 pieces of advertising litter on the ground. Pizza sellers were the main driver of stray menus documented by researchers.

Pro-housing development activists call on the mayor to veto a bill they argue will hamper efforts to address the city’s growing affordability challenge.

Could having a Delawarean in the White House help create a long-hoped for rooftop park over I-95 through Wilmington? Some city lawmakers hope so.

In a virtual meeting, Kensington residents, city officials, and SEPTA leaders spoke about the challenges faced at the station, which will close Sunday.

The amendment to the zoning code would change the math on residential development in the booming rowhouse neighborhoods southwest of City Hall.

The Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office will resume sales of distressed real estate next month and move all auctions online for the first time ever.

Litter is a racial justice issue created by systemic disinvestment. Philadelphia needs to take a systemic approach to solving it.

FDR Park is one of Philadelphia’s largest parks and has seen its popularity grow as the pandemic draws people to green spaces.

PAU founder Vishaan Chakrabarti on how Philadelphia can rebound from the pandemic and emerge with a more equitable and ecological way of life.

The city released a request for proposals seeking designers to guide a major redesign of a stretch of the Parkway between Logan Circle and the Philadelphia Art Museum.

The plan from AmeriStarRail would privatize Amtrak service on the Northeast Corridor, adding new stops and faster, more frequent trains.

L&I issued permits clearing the way to demolish a jewelry shop and adjacent commercial building at 8th and Chestnut streets in the city’s historic diamond district.

In 2020, SEPTA ridership plummeted a staggering 90%. And they weren’t the only transit agency to experience drastic loss in riders and revenue.