PlanPhilly Archive

For the last seven years, my children and I have primarily moved around Philadelphia by bike, foot, and public transportation

Much has been made of the mysterious “missing” millions in City Hall. Much less has been made of the treasure hunt to find it.

With the council on its summer recess, here's a rundown of all the bills PlanPhilly covered during the spring session and where each currently stands.

The city is one of the first on the East Coast to implement the 2018 International Building Code

In Philadelphia, not having a safe, stable place to live prevents parents whose children have been placed in foster care from regaining custody 40 percent of the time.

Ashley Hahn checks in on The Oval, a summertime experience geared at making the Parkway better for people.

The goal is to significantly cut down on the annual rate of 24,000 evictions in the city

While new technologies have allowed farms to produce more milk, fewer people are consuming it, causing milk prices to plummet and creating a surplus that often ends up wasted.

When Indego initially began, city planners hesitated to place docks so close to the stadiums, for fear that they would quickly fill up before games.

The fate of a proposed 1 percent construction tax for Philadelphia remained up in the air Thursday, during the last City Council session before the summer recess.