PlanPhilly Archive
Nation’s first black-owned shopping center celebrates 50 years
The shopping center on Broad and Oxford Streets might not look out of the ordinary to the average passersby. But that hasn’t stopped po ...
8 years ago
Listen 1:55Trash talk: Bigger fines, free neighborhood cans in Philly
Residents are tired of construction companies — or their neighbors — dumping debris in vacant lots and public parks.
8 years ago
Philly Council bill would outlaw cashless businesses
Councilman William Greenlee thinks cashless businesses are classist.
8 years ago
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.
8 years ago
Good news and the bad in Philadelphia’s transportation plan
Philadelphia deserves a serious transportation agenda.
8 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.
8 years ago
A rainy 2018 yielded soggy fall harvest, Philly growers say
2018 has been one of the wettest years on record for Philadelphia.
8 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.
8 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.”
8 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.
8 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.
8 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
8 years ago
Mapping Philly’s most walkable neighborhoods
Ann Strickland, 87, has lived in the southwest corner of Eastwick for 37 years.
8 years ago
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