PlanPhilly Archive

A new study from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve finds major home repair needs in the region with impacts particularly significant for low-income renters.

Experts point to the success of Center City shops, including longtime staples like Macy’s, as evidence that brick-and-mortar retail is still very much alive.

Executive Deputy Secretary Yassmin Gramian will assume the top job at the Department of Transportation effective Dec. 6.

Activists appealed to stop SEPTA’s Nicetown gas generator from operating, but L&I Review Board has given SEPTA the greenlight.

City Council’s committee on poverty reduction held a hearing on housing. Residents spoke about barriers to homeownership, affordability and other issues.

Philadelphia’s first city-wide composting facility will open in the spring, marking a major milestone in a march towards zero waste.

PECO used eminent domain to seize 600 University Avenue. It’s only the second time the utility has used its taking power since 1973.

John Grady’s departure from PIDC leaves a vacancy at the top of a powerful local institution. A successor is expected to be announced in January.

The yearlong program is an expansion of an ongoing pilot in City Councilmember Cherelle Parker’s district, which covers parts of Northwest and Northeast Philadelphia.

It’s official: PennDOT secretary Leslie Richards will be the new general manager of SEPTA starting January 2020.

A bill that aims to “phase down” Philadelphia’s controversial 10-year tax abatement on residential construction got introduced at City Council Thursday.

The increasingly powerful body does a lot of lawmaking, but some issues — like the city’s distressingly high poverty rate — refuse to budge.

Philadelphia’s 10-year property tax abatement on residential construction could be dramatically different by the end of this year.

A Chinatown resident opposes PATCO’s plan to reopen Franklin Square Station because of threats to green space and other possible impacts.

The new modifications to the Central Delaware zoning overlay indicate the city’s been learning from its developers’ mistakes. Here’s what the bill changed and why it matters.