PlanPhilly Archive

A new low-interest loan program aimed at helping Philadelphia homeowners fix aging or damaged homes will provide $40 million worth of repairs to qualified applicants.

Nicholas Baker wanted to save Philly’s ornate subway entrances. It took 10 years, but he did it.

A North Philadelphia auto body shop that exploded into flames on Monday operated for years without proper permits or safety measures in place, according to city records.

For any more evidence of Philadelphia’s changing cityscape, look no farther than the intersection of Ludlow and 23rd streets in Center City.

A separate budget projection indicates that the CCD expects these revenues to increase by 58 percent by 2022.

A once-obscure city office that critics link to Philadelphia’s pay-to-play political culture will soon be taken over by the Philadelphia Land Bank.

Mayor Jim Kenney’s annual budget address proved to be a quiet affair, with little in the way of cheering, jeering, or laughter.

Philadelphia is currently the only large municipality without a comprehensive street sweeping plan.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney proposes his last budget before running for re-election Thursday. Here are the top seven items to expect.

The legislation is intended to foster the creation of affordable housing and reduce evictions.

At the current pace, it will take the City of Philadelphia 50 years to sell off its publicly owned vacant land.

First announced as part of a new strategy to crack down on Center City gridlock, the proposed officers would be dispatched to Center City, University City and Manayunk.

EcoWURD is a multimedia environmental justice journalism initiative exploring the intersection of race, income & the environment.

Globe Dye Works, the former yarn-dyeing factory turned live-work-manufacturing and design space in Frankford continues to write its own history.

After 20 years of bureaucratic battles and courtroom litigation, the condo tower planned for the Washington Square parcel faces what may be its final hurdles.