PlanPhilly Archive

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.

Lisa Hall never did any extracurriculars while in school. She wants to change that for her two young children.

'I’m going to man up for what happened on May 13,' says W. Wilson Goode Sr.

Redlining has shaped Philadelphia dramatically, affecting not only the city’s demographics and widespread inequality, but also its psychology.

Robert Venturi, one of the most influential design minds of the 20th century, passed away on Tuesday, September 18 at the age of 93, after battling Alzheimer’s disease.

Added enforcement of traffic laws will focus on Market and Chestnut streets.

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Lydia Adorno and her family came from Manatí, a municipality in the northern coast of Puerto Rico. They now have a row home in NW Philly.