PlanPhilly Archive

People facing eviction won another two month reprieve as Philadelphia eviction courts remain closed, due to pandemic

City officials are trying to balance social distancing needs against the health risks of prolonged exposure to heat.

“The 52nd Street neighbors were terrorized,” said Saj Blackwell, a West Philadelphian who had a canister of police tear gas land in her yard.

“Mommy, you’re Black,” my three-year-old boldly said to me. It came out of the blue while we were sitting in our living room. I wasn’t ready. I had to be.

Jose de Marco sent the funerary wreath to Philadelphia Managing Director Brian Abernathy after a man died of coronavirus in a city homeless shelter.

Starting July 13, SEPTA rail riders will be able to tap in and out at card readers at stations and on platforms.

Councilmember María Quiñones-Sánchez and other community leaders say Mayor Jim Kenney must invest in housing and cleanup in the opioid hotspot.

State Rep. Martina White plans a bill that would create two pilot programs using a system in which cameras record and ticket drivers who park in bus lanes.

I’m a Black woman living in a mostly white Philly neighborhood during the pandemic and civic unrest. I won’t tone myself down to make you more comfortable.

SEPTA’s board also approved a new fare restructuring plan, a freeze on base cash fares, and the introduction of a new three-day transit pass.

Urban anthropologist Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman argues that in order for cities to be “human-centered,” white urbanists need to actively be anti-racist.

The agency managing certain city land sales will launch new online platforms to allow formal applications to buy land for side yards or community gardens.

Trains will run hourly weekday service on most lines as the transportation agency gets back on track for the region’s move into the green reopening phase.

Imad and Bahaa Dawara, charged with setting fire to their hookah lounge in Old City, also were accused by employees of making them work for tips alone.

Damage from the June 21 fire that resulted led to closure of the complex, the company’s bankruptcy, and a planned sale of the 1,300-acre property.