PlanPhilly Archive

Fewer public trash cans result in more litter on streets and in parks.

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.

“It was the heartbeat of this neighborhood.”

Cheaper and more environmentally-friendly plastic infrastructure is now the norm.

The Discovery Center, a new kind of environmental and leadership education center opening this month, is unlike anything else in Fairmount Park.

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A City Council committee voted unanimously to advance a package of affordable housing bills.

Nic Esposito, head of Mayor Jim Kenney’s Zero Waste and Litter cabinet, isn't shy about the work it will take to clean Philadelphia's notoriously filthy streets.

A new voluntary inclusionary zoning bill is projected to bring $18 million to the Housing Trust over the next five years.

It’s not hyperbole to say that no contemporary transit proposal has received as much hype as the Hyperloop.

An exhibition of murals by local artists urges people to register to vote.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reaffirmed the city’s ability to force property owners to maintain appearances of their vacant buildings, reversing a 2015 lower court ruling.