PlanPhilly Archive

The developer still wants to build the 172-room hotel, but was forced to hit the pause button on construction after it lost funding.

East Mount Airy, East Germantown, West Oak Lane and the area around Fairmount Park will be affected.

The city is still pushing for Graffiti Pier to join its public park network, but Conrail is considering “all viable options” after the pier’s partial collapse.

The increase follows a reassessment of 580,000 properties throughout the city.

Dedicated funding and development opportunities from a main street designation would bring new life to the six boroughs, making them a destination along a busy thoroughfare.

The Landlord and Tenant Office may not have the insurance it needs to continue operating.

The city posted a new request for proposal in October but decided not to select a developer for the infamous site.

Grants for solar panels, turning tree waste into lumber and cleaning up litter are coming to the region. Some advocates say more is needed.

Cemetery volunteers are working to make the urban forest open to families with loved ones buried there. It will be a long road ahead.

With more than a month left of the program, over a dozen county agencies have waitlists. “Demand is outrageous,” one official said.

Researchers analyzed nearly 700,000 records of home sales in the city from 2000 through 2021.

Scammers targeting the Philadelphia region are claiming to be the “Pennsylvania Turnpike Toll Services” and are looking for money.

Funding for the new program was included in the budget lawmakers passed last week.

Wednesday will be the final day of excessive heat and humidity "for a while," per the NWS Mount Holly branch.

Units at the Arlene Thorpe Townhomes are permanently affordable thanks to a public-private partnership led by the Women’s Community Revitalization Project.