PlanPhilly Archive
Inspired by King of Prussia, West Chester ramps up campaign to restore rail service
The committee has spent the last four years figuring out how to restore the Chester County suburb's Regional Rail service, which was cut in 1986
8 years ago
Judge could force SEPTA to end ban on political ads
A fed. judge may force SEPTA to scale back its effort to keep politically charged advertisements off its bus shelters and vehicles when he issues a decision later this month
8 years ago
City to survey land in flood-prone Eastwick before soliciting developer bids
The vacant land in question sits in a 100-year-floodplain.
8 years ago
Needle drop boxes land in Kensington parks and SEPTA stations
Sharps deposit boxes are Philadelphia’s newest tool in its four-week-old recovery campaign for opioid-plagued Kensington.
8 years ago
20 years after a deadly robbery, a neighborhood market is reborn
Aslam Market is a treasure trove of unique staples such as Nepalese dumpling — momo— mix, Indian sweets, Burmese sweet curry, and Indonesian instant noodles.
8 years ago
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
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