PlanPhilly Archive

One week ago, the arrest of two black men at a Rittenhouse Square Starbucks pushed a provocative idea about the racialization of urban space into mainstream conversation.

The proposed regulation was initially introduced as a public-safety minded response to a recent North Philadelphia housefire that killed four residents of a rooming house.

It’s been more than six months since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico. Yet some of the 900 families who came to Philadelphia looking for refuge, are still facing homelessness.

After the sexy newness of a pop-up leaves town, can neighborhoods sustain the benefits for local businesses?

Francisville is under construction.Walk down almost any street in this North Philadelphia neighborhood, and there are houses—or multi-unit buildings—getting built.

“What's the game plan for our vehicular traffic?”

“I’d like to reframe a bit,” Carroll began to respond.

In the wake the fiasco, Starbucks has scrambled to respond

Philly ranks fourth among big cities for the raw number of court filings seeking to evict residents from their homes.