PlanPhilly Archive

SEPTA’s effort to replace all its tickets, tokens and other fare instruments with the Key Card continues to creep along.

It is a miracle that Philadelphia works at all. The whole idea is implausible.

The challenge of installing windows in the circular visitors center has delayed its expected reopening until spring.

A mayoral task force is proposing a short-term pilot project using some of Norfolk Southern’s freight rail tracks to link Phoenixville to the Norristown/Manayunk line.

This sprawling 1850s-mansion in North Philadelphia has served as a vibrant hub for African-American artists, but the building is struggling in the face of extreme weather.

In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Gambaccini shaped transportation networks across some of the nation's densest metropolitan regions

Rebuild is finally underway.

The Cherry Street Pier on the Delaware River waterfront is expected to open Oct. 12 with an open-air park, marketplace, food service and bar, and an artists colony.

Controversy surrounding the 10-foot-tall statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo across from City Hall has rekindled in recent weeks

The bike lanes on Pine and Spruce streets are Philly’s versions of the watched pot that never boils.

The West Philly property was envisioned as new police headquarters, but plans changed after the city undertook massive renovations.

But this stretch of Mole Street is actually quite singular: It is the only remaining block of rowhouses left in this part of Center City.