PlanPhilly Archive

The e-bikes can reach a top speed of 17 miles per hour. Philadelphia will start rolling them out in late May.

When the School Reform Commission went against neighborhood desires and closed Fairhill along with 21 other schools in 2013, officials promised to sell the buildings.

SEPTA is mulling the elimination of its $1 transfer fee for switching transit lines.

The building will be designed by ISA Architects, a firm with a history of success on odd lots such as the narrow Chinatown lot.

The $4.5 million needed to dredge shallow areas around Boathouse Row and the national racecourse means silt threatening the city’s regattas will be removed.

The building will include a green roof and 54 underground parking spaces, as well as four electric vehicle charging stations.

The 52 new dwellings rising at 1208 Chestnut St. in Center City come as the eastern portion of Center City densifies and redevelops.

Housing costs are growing for low-income renters but not higher-income renters and homeowners, worsening income inequality in the Philadelphia region and nationally.

The tweak is intended to prevent developers from gaming the system and encourage the creation of better food markets in areas that need them.

After months of lobbying, a German company could be on the cusp of making a new method of car sharing legal in Philadelphia.

Philly Water Bar will open every Thursday this summer, from noon to 1 p.m., in the courtyard at City Hall.

A lawsuit filed in federal court is challenging Philadelphia’s tradition of reserving city construction work for a number of chosen labor unions.

A decade after SEPTA put its first surveillance cameras up, the transit authority has closed the book on its leanest year for payouts yet.

Anyone who owns property in Philly can sign up to receive a free solar assessment of their home or business. 2019 is the last year to qualify for a 30% federal tax credit.

Richards got their start as a planner in New York, where they facilitated the creation of an urban farm cooperative lead by Black and Latinx Bronx residents.