PlanPhilly Archive
Free transit on Election Day? SEPTA votes no
Other cities offer free transit on Election Day: Dallas, Houston, Tampa, Minneapolis, Austin, and Asheville, among others.
8 years ago
The $7,500 grant from Philadelphia’s Innovation Fund will help develop a prototype bike corral
8 years ago
City Council passes $71M housing bill
City Council passed a package of housing bills on Thursday after over a year of debate.
8 years ago
Life in the slow lane: The bureaucratic nightmare of building a bike network
How long does it take to build a bike lane?
8 years ago
State gives $12M for Philly transportation projects
In a few years time, Market Street in Old City may look brand new, thanks to a $3 million state grant announced Tuesday.
8 years ago
A NE Philly school designed by a friend of Ben Franklin to be reborn as Albanian cultural center
It was a schoolhouse where Revolutionary-era leaders offered a "polite education" to young men in the then-new city of Philadelphia
8 years ago
In neighborhoods and online, library loyalists organize to reverse cuts
The organizers are calling for the city to supercharge its annual contribution to the library budget by more than 36 percent
8 years ago
With no cash for trash, city mulls partnerships with private groups
Fewer public trash cans result in more litter on streets and in parks.
8 years ago
Hidden habitat reclaimed as Discovery Center opens in Fairmount Park
Next in our series about Philly's changing public spaces, Ashley Hahn explores the Discovery Center, a new environmental education center in East Fairmount Park.
8 years ago
A Nicetown factory goes to auction
“It was the heartbeat of this neighborhood.”
8 years ago
Changes to plumbing code expected to sharply reduce Philly construction costs
Cheaper and more environmentally-friendly plastic infrastructure is now the norm.
8 years ago
The Discovery Center, a new kind of environmental and leadership education center opening this month, is unlike anything else in Fairmount Park.
8 years ago
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