PlanPhilly Archive

In Philadelphia, fears about development and neighborhood change are often couched in terms of rising home values and increasing property taxes.

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.

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.

Funding schools is not the PPA’s primary mission, executive director Scott Petri said.

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.

Mayors get criticized all the time, but it’s not every day the critic is a billionaire rap mogul.

The corner of Second and Market streets in Old City is laden with history.

It aims to protect the vision of Edmund Bacon, the master planner who transformed the neighborhood into one of Philly's wealthiest during the urban-renewal era of '50s-'60s.

In its third year, the weeklong Philly Girls Play Chess camp is the creation of ASAP (After School Activities Partnership).

What good are big plans without any funding?

The exhibit has been a year-long endeavor involving commissioned artists, a wide array of community members, and civic leaders who have come together.

The Philadelphia Historical Commission just approved historic protections for eight of Wayne Junction's old industrial buildings.