PlanPhilly Archive

The transit agency weathered unexpected disruptions in 2019. A look back at the year that was.

SEPTA retiring top boss Jeffrey Knueppel led Philadelphia’s transportation agency through big challenges including “wild weather,” changing technology and global events.

Philadelphia saw a record-setting year for construction in 2019, capping off a decade-long period of growth for the city’s real estate market.

A three-alarm blaze that left two dead in South Philly tested Philadelphia's capacity to respond to emergencies in diverse communities.

South Philly residents are pulling together to help families who lost their homes Thursday to a fiery explosion.

A block of South Philadelphia is battling a fire after a rowhouse collapsed in flames.

A bill mandating community benefits agreements for major development projects was passed by City Council on the last day of its four-year term.

As Philadelphia grows and changes, so must the city’s approach to commemorating history, writes Monument Lab’s Paul Farber.

Philadelphia real estate developers sought to tear down more buildings in 2019 than any year on recent record.

A regulatory snag is delaying the rollout of speed cameras on deadly Roosevelt Boulevard.

SEPTA’s Market-Frankford Line is out of commission in Center City after a train fatally struck a man who fell onto the tracks at the 8th Street Station.

Alterra Property Group wants more housing, less parking in South Philadelphia Passyunk Square development, plans grocery store to rival Acme.

Wells Fargo Bank and the City of Philadelphia have settled a 2017 lawsuit brought by the city over the bank’s alleged discriminatory lending practices.

Alterra wants to build hundreds of apartments and create new commercial spaces on one of the last major underdeveloped parcels in Passyunk Square.

Gramian ascends to the top PennDOT post after years of working on projects in and around Philadelphia.