
PlanPhilly Archive
An appreciation: Jeremy Nowak challenged assumptions about what was impossible
Jeremy Nowak lived to challenge dusty assumptions and the soft thinking that emerges from the comforts of ideology.
7 years ago
A community-based public-land study comes to an end, and trust is rebuilt in Eastwick
The intent was to remediate -- through a nine-month community-based study exploring what could and should be done with almost 200 acres of public land in the neighborhood
7 years ago
Has Market at Fareway violated a 40-year covenant? Some in Chestnut Hill think so
They are suing the market's owner, Glengarry Properties, saying it has violated an almost 40-year-old deed-restricted covenant on the land.
7 years ago
A fresh look at the city’s tax-aid programs for its many homeowners
In Philadelphia, fears about development and neighborhood change are often couched in terms of rising home values and increasing property taxes.
7 years ago
Inside Philadelphia’s inequitable, deadly heat
According to Philadelphia’s heat-vulnerability index, Hunting Park is one of the hottest neighborhoods in the city, and one of the most vulnerable to heat's negative effects.
7 years ago
Old homes, high poverty make Philadelphia housing less than affordable for some
Poor-quality houses and unusually high poverty tilt the equation so that demand far outstrips supply here, making affordable homes hard to obtain and difficult to manage.
7 years ago
More parking tickets should mean more school books, activists tell PPA
Funding schools is not the PPA’s primary mission, executive director Scott Petri said.
7 years ago
After months of wrangling, a boost in city water rates will take effect in September
The city's water rate board has OK'd an increase in monthly water bills, with a slight bump in September and a bit more to come in 2019.
7 years ago
Philly hospitality industry doesn’t want Jay-Z’s MIA to go MIA
Mayors get criticized all the time, but it’s not every day the critic is a billionaire rap mogul.
7 years ago
Brainstorming how to make an Old City park as welcoming as its surroundings
The corner of Second and Market streets in Old City is laden with history.
7 years ago
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