PlanPhilly Archive

The museum needs variances to continue operating out of private residence in Germantown.

The news comes after a string of demonstrations, a federal lawsuit, and a protest encampment.

A developer walked away from the project after spending nearly a decade trying to breathe new life into the site.

The group of gardeners and advocates hopes to hold a similar conversation with Republican mayoral candidate David Oh.

Piers 38 and 40 will be part of a new development from Bart Blatstein.

“The community has to have a determining voice,” one critic said. “This policy doesn't do that.”

The study comes as the Sixers push to build a new arena in Center City Philadelphia.

Over $4 million in federal grant money will flow to nonprofits and local governments to support environmental justice in the Philly region.

The independent groups said they want City Council to stop the billion-dollar project from moving forward.

Officials and business executives broke ground on the industrial and logistics campus at the former refinery site this week.

Economists say that’s not likely to change for a few more years.

The endorsement is part of a broader effort to execute a community benefits agreement the team wants to finalize before construction starts.

The Sunrise activists want Philly’s next mayor to put solar panels on rec center roofs, open libraries longer, and turn vacant lots into gardens.

Several other cities have already banned or started phasing out gas-powered leaf blowers over their unhealthy emissions.

The city selected KBK Enterprises to redevelop the historic property in 2016. But the building remains vacant and blighted.