
PlanPhilly Archive
Don’t call it Cedarbrook: Mount Airy shopping district gets a facelift
This week, a new chapter began with the ribbon-cutting on a $310,000 revitalization project.
7 years ago
Good news and the bad in Philadelphia’s transportation plan
Philadelphia deserves a serious transportation agenda.
7 years ago
Trump’s development tax break presents ‘unusual’ opportunity for Philly, Drexel fellow says
The Treasury Department this month issued proposed guidelines for the program, which includes 82 zones in Philadelphia, 300 in Pennsylvania.
7 years ago
A rainy 2018 yielded soggy fall harvest, Philly growers say
2018 has been one of the wettest years on record for Philadelphia.
7 years ago
Health by zip code? Some Philly neighborhoods are ‘primary care deserts’
A report released Tuesday focused on several shortage areas in primary care access for Philadelphians.
7 years ago
Listen 2:06New proposal for Italian Market improvement district introduced
On Monday night, Vern Anastasio and his allies officially pitched the “South Philly Market Improvement District.”
7 years ago
Philadelphia safer from job-stealing robots than peer cities, report says
If you work in Philadelphia, your job may be safe from the robots that pundits predict could put one-third of U.S. workers out of a job by 2030.
7 years ago
Roosevelt Boulevard speed cameras represent rare bipartisan win
Between 2011 and 2015, Roosevelt Boulevard’s 16-mile stretch has tallied six percent of the city’s total of crashes and 13 percent of its traffic fatalities.
7 years ago
Kensington’s hottest address? New homes to rise across from scene of scrapyard fire
Late Wednesday afternoon, Somerset LLC won a variance to enable their plan for the development of 153 housing units
7 years ago
Mapping Philly’s most walkable neighborhoods
Ann Strickland, 87, has lived in the southwest corner of Eastwick for 37 years.
7 years ago
City to redevelop industrial corner of booming Passyunk Square
Philadelphia officials are looking for a developer to remake a valuable tract of city-owned land just off South Philly's thriving East Passyunk corridor.
7 years ago
Police Commissioner rejects key Starbucks arrest report recommendation
The PPD agrees that anti-racist training could help officers de-escalate conflicts but can’t commit to providing that training.
7 years ago
New map shows Philly renter spike sharper than other big cities
Over the last decade, Philadelphia saw a rise in rentership well above the national average, and higher than most of the nation’s other large cities, according to new data
7 years ago
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