PlanPhilly Archive

The high-profile decision on fare increases will be one of the first major moves made under Richards’ leadership.

Residents can report dangerous construction and take steps to prevent accidents. Here are five straightforward tips for keeping your home and neighborhood safe.

As of this month, Philadelphians can choose a cleaner option for heating their homes and cooking: natural gas produced in landfills, known as biogas.

With the debt burden lifted, the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is one step closer to adding programming to attract younger people to the house and museum.

Local officials are seeking contractors to help replace the city’s 105,000 street lights with more energy-efficient LEDs.

Embattled Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon wants city employers to be required by law to provide paid family leave.

On her first day in City Council, the Working Families Party member introduced a resolution calling for hearings on rent regulations in Philadelphia.

John Longacre’s ill-fated 2015 beer garden attracted anti-gentrification protesters to the lot. Now Ori Feibush plans to build an apartment complex.

I see garbage every day in Elmwood where I live. There are things we can do to help.

SEPTA is discontinuing skip-stop service on the MFL line as of Feb. 23 so riders won’t have to worry about boarding a train that doesn’t make their stop.

A proposal to make Jewelers’ Row a historic district is reigniting a battle over the future of the changing Center City neighborhood.

After a lengthy court battle with a shadowy slumlord, the city is now the rightful owner of dozens of blighted Germantown housing developments.

The iconic trolley cars that have crisscrossed most Girard Avenue for nearly 15 years are going away for upwards of 18 months.

Philadelphia police are hunting e-bikes as Indego works to make it harder to steal electric bikes from the city’s bike share system.

It’s normal for busted water mains to stop the flow of water, but a main break in Old City is slowing the flow of cash small business owners.