PlanPhilly Archive

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.

The July 3 rupture raised a lot of questions for Philadelphians. Chief among them: Is the city’s water infrastructure too old or too shoddy to prevent such events?

When Schuylkill Yards was first announced – Brandywine Realty Trust’s proposal to turn 14 acres of largely empty, Drexel University-o ...

The Advanced Manufacturing Boot Camp, along with PennAssist, a program that launched in summer 2017, are viewed as experimental models for what Rebuild aims to accomplish.

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart announced her office would audit the Philadelphia Parking Authority’s on-street parking enforcement expenses

While beach towns in N.J. and Del. work to curb the use of plastic straws, bags, containers, and even balloons, researchers say it appears the real problem lies upstream.