PlanPhilly Archive

If the legislation gets the needed approval votes, it would be the second district-wide ban, making food trucks illegal in most of the Northeast.

The ‘community store’ version of the coffeeshop in Parkside will have space for local groups and hire from neighborhood.

A spate of demolitions inspired city officials to think differently about how to save Philadelphia’s historic buildings.

PPA director Scott Petri wants the authority to certify Uber and Lyft drivers as part of wide-ranging regulatory package aimed at making ride-hailing services safer.

Once politically impossible even in wealthy and transit-inclined Manhattan, congestion pricing is a relatively radical idea for car-centric Philly.

Italian Market boosters testified against an unwanted new neighbor: a driveway they fear could mark the beginning of the end for the historic market.

West Philadelphia Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell directed public land to be sold at below-market prices to developer Rick Young. Now he’s hosting a fundraiser for her.

Fare evaders caught by SEPTA officers receive a $25 ticket, down from $300, and do not face criminal charges. The change reflects a trend in Philadelphia policing.

Philadelphia agencies are going after drivers stopped in Center City bus lanes and they say that the result is faster trips through the city’s downtown core.

The Philadelphia Water Department has closed South 5th Street between Chestnut and Walnut in hopes of preventing a road collapse in the heart of the busy historic destination.

Councilman Mark Squilla has introduced a bill that could prevent the nation’s first supervised injection site from opening at the proposed Kensington location.

Tech 9 was a renowned battle rapper with a career that took him from verbal spars in Philadelphia to compete with the nation’s best in battles treated like prizefights.

One year ago, a family died in a Philadelphia rooming house fire. City officials promised reform. Nothing has changed.

Philadelphia’s ‘road map’ for Eastwick development moves a process 60 years in the making forward.

Through $5 million from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, a partnership will provide loans for residents to open small businesses, buy homes, and become real estate developers.