PlanPhilly Archive

An estimated 12,000 people work construction in Philadelphia. These workers returned to new rules and a changed economic landscape on Friday.

Mayor Kenney has canceled a long-awaited street sweeping program that would have reinstated regular cleaning in neighborhoods. Litter is one of city residents’ top complaints.

The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the city’s budget. Kenney hopes to use tax increases to prevent major service reductions.

The city’s small business relief funds have touched virtually every neighborhood in the city –– but certain areas saw more benefits than others.

Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency shutdown orders closed garden supply stores in Pa., but there are plenty of safe ways to buy plants and learn how to grow.

Ubiquitous and necessary, the corner store or bodega is a staple of modern urban life. Now these small businesses face unprecedented headwinds.

After a stand-off over worker safety that threatened to derail commutes last week, the union that represents SEPTA employees has declared a victory.

Before the policy change, the Holiday Inn Express was restricted to homeless people who tested positive for COVID-19.

Quarantine life means no gallery shows, gatherings or classes so we turned our front yard into a place to share art. You can do it too.

Amid a health crisis that’s disproportionately ravaging African-American communities, the Black church is busy, even if its pews are empty.

Grants are available to groups organizing around the pandemic and to those struggling to operate in a changed environment or generate lost revenue.

The fare-restructuring proposal was discussed at a SEPTA board meeting held the same day as the burial of the agency’s fourth coronavirus victim.

Government accountability advocates say Wolf’s administration has fallen short during the COVID-19 crisis, withholding critical public documents.

The bike-share has logged more than 3.5 million rides and hit record numbers in 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic shut down the city.

2020 is shaping up to be a dangerous year for people walking near moving traffic with city crash data showing a startling 88% spike in pedestrian deaths.