PlanPhilly Archive

Bay windows, curb cuts, community benefits, zoning, L&I inspectors. Lots of issues were tossed around. The session wasn’t soda-tax dramatic, but still…

I was upset to learn that Markward Playground has planted “Mosquitos” — the sonic device that targets young people my age, those 25 and under.

The sprawling 1,100-unit project would include multifamily rental buildings at the western end of the site, followed by diverse array of single-family town homes

A soaring tower designed with aging baby boomers in mind is coming to a prime Center City intersection. 

Despite resounding calls for changing the tax subsidy, none of the six pending proposals for reform have moved forward.

Workers facing layoffs at Hahnemann and Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery will walk into radically different job markets.

Some of Philadelphia’s most desirable neighborhoods come with a risk of increased exposure to auto-related air pollution.

WHYY’s PlanPhilly spoke with seven Philadelphians, including politicos, neighbors and activists, about their vision for the site’s future. Here’s what they told us.

The compromise that helped end City Council’s two-year-long fight over how to finance affordable housing is beginning to bear fruit.

It wasn’t immediately known why the men were on the landing or why the fire escape collapsed.

SEPTA makes “the economic case” for fighting congestion with increased parking enforcement and other measures.

Mayor Jim Kenney has convened a working group to examine safety and air quality protocols at the South Philadelphia refinery rocked by a massive explosion on Friday.

Najee Spencer-Young cried when she heard that Amy Sherald had painted her portrait on the side of Center City building.

A new bill aims to increase the transparency and efficiency of Philadelphia’s politicized process for selling vacant city land.

Two Philly natives have invested $100,000 in dockless e-scooters. Now they just need their hometown and state to legalize them.