Urban Planning

City Council President Darrell Clarke’s first big legislative move of 2021 was to reup a push for more control over real estate development in the city.

SEPTA made a push in 2020 to make transit more equitable and now Regional Rail may get the same treatment.

The waste facility would have been in a predominantly Black area where the township converges with other towns. They gave the plan a cold reception.

Arts & Crafts Holdings and Scioli Turco filed for conservatorship under a Pennsylvania law that allows parties to petition for control of an abandoned property.

In a year when many land use matters were disrupted by the pandemic, City Council created six new neighborhood overlays aimed at shaping development.

A lawn is among the amenities included in the city’s proposed redesign of the intersection of Broad, Erie, and Germantown. The design aims to improve safety and add green.

A “contractual impasse” has brought the multimillion-dollar effort to a halt — with less than 5% of the dredging complete.

Mantua residents are working with city transportation planners to improve safety on a dangerous corridor. Changes are expected to come later this year.

Biden’s nominee, former NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg came to Philly last year to keynote the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia’s Vision Zero conference.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought de-facto segregation and substandard housing. Black Philadelphians knew the struggle all too well. They still do.

During 2020’s racial reckoning, Black gardeners and white urban designers working on a city plan realized they needed to confront harmful racial dynamics.

With the latest round of federal aid, the authority ought to be able to keep things together into 2022, a spokesperson said.

City-owned lots at the center of a soured redevelopment deal that ended with federal corruption charges are back on the market — with an unexpected twist.

The bikeway runs along the middle of North American Street, connecting Northern Liberties to Fairhill.

If you want a voice in community development, find avenues to engage beyond the comment threads, writes Camille Boggan.