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It’s a procedural win for opponents of the renovation, who argue turf athletic fields and a new tidal wetland will radically change the park.

West Monmouth used to be a cobblestone street so clean you could eat off it, according to Lawrence West. Now almost 40% of the street’s houses are gone.

After 20 years in South Philadelphia, the public-private partnership said the move will make it more centrally located in the city.

The project from TierView Development needs zoning approval before construction can start.

City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier hopes the Summer Winter Community Garden deal will be a model for securing more garden land.

The program is geared toward customers with incomes too high to qualify for some existing energy assistance programs.

A private developer wants to sell his vast portfolio. City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier is pushing for the city to buy it.

Businesses may have to start locking alley dumpsters if the law changes as an effort to reduce litter and illegal dumping.

The program was added to the current city budget following negotiations between Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration and City Council.

From illegal sidewalk parking to bike lane obstructions, violations captured by photo trigger an automatic report that gets sent to the PPA.

The hospital’s emergency department will undergo $19 million in renovations, including a new 30-bed medical-surgical unit.

After more than two years of construction, a massive cap is forming over the busy highway.

The acquisitions were finalized at the end of last month. They are part of a renewed commitment to overhaul the struggling stretch.

OCF Realty is again trying to redevelop 1601 Washington Ave. as part of a broader movement away from the corridor’s industrial heritage.

Residents dropped off both trash and recycling outside a locked city-run sanitation center in Northwest Philly flanked by striking union members, police and city workers.