Jake Blumgart

In advance of a court hearing, a Philadelphia developer filed permits to build residential units with parking and a roof deck on the contested site of the Painted Bride.

The day after a devastating fire, congregation members swept away ash, scattered tiles, and other burnt remnants of the roof from the sidewalk.

A measure allowing these “accessory dwelling units” (ADUs) on historically designated properties won approval Tuesday from the city’s Planning Commission.

Kensington residents want a developer to put $1 million towards removing a wall they say divides the neighborhood.

In place of brick, builders are embracing new materials and wood-frame construction. The reasons why come down to changing economic, cultural and environmental dynamics.

Hepatitis A is spreading through fecal matter on Philadelphia streets. As outbreak worsens, the city is installing mobile bathrooms.

Nonprofit developer Stephanie Sena will test her model for low-cost, infill housing on vacant land acquired from the Philadelphia Land Bank in 2018.

Mayor Jim Kenney cut the ribbon Tuesday on the first completed project of his sugary beverage tax-funded Rebuild initiative: a restored Fishtown Recreation Center.

Philadelphia is pushing back against a court ruling that would require the city and the School District to pay $48 million to commercial property owners.

As temperatures soar and Philly officials invite residents to cool off in air-conditioned city buildings, Maryland lawmakers want to mandate landlords provide AC at home.

A new Philadelphia Federal Reserve study finds little evidence to support the idea that gentrification is massively disruptive to lower-income city residents.

The annual liberal political convention Netroots Nation attracts Democratic devotees, and presidential candidates, to Philadelphia for the first time.