PlanPhilly Archive
The neighborhood high school closed in 2013 along with nearly two dozen others.
3 years ago
How you can help make your Philly-area neighborhood greener this weekend
Volunteers are needed to help PHS Tree Tenders groups plant 1,800 trees in Philly and surrounding suburbs.
3 years ago
A levee could be built in flood-prone Eastwick. Delaware County has concerns
The city of Philadelphia will not move forward with the project unless negative impacts on Delaware County are addressed, an official said.
3 years ago
Listen 1:03PGW customers’ gas bills go up at the end of November. But the rate increase regulators OK’d is much smaller than what PGW asked for.
3 years ago
‘I want her to be wanted’: Zoning decision could jeopardize Philly’s Colored Girls Museum
The museum needs variances to continue operating out of private residence in Germantown.
3 years ago
End of an era: West Philly’s UC Townhomes slated for demolition
The news comes after a string of demonstrations, a federal lawsuit, and a protest encampment.
3 years ago
‘Sometimes you just get tired’: City releases RFP to redevelop troubled Logan Triangle
A developer walked away from the project after spending nearly a decade trying to breathe new life into the site.
3 years ago
The group of gardeners and advocates hopes to hold a similar conversation with Republican mayoral candidate David Oh.
3 years ago
Industrial piers in South Philly will get new life thanks to preservation easement
Piers 38 and 40 will be part of a new development from Bart Blatstein.
3 years ago
Listen 1:05Pa.’s new environmental justice policy doesn’t solve the problem, advocates say
“The community has to have a determining voice,” one critic said. “This policy doesn't do that.”
3 years ago
‘A world-class boulevard’: Master plan details new vision for Market East corridor
The study comes as the Sixers push to build a new arena in Center City Philadelphia.
3 years ago
Federal money coming to Philly for tree planting, lead paint awareness, and A/C units
Over $4 million in federal grant money will flow to nonprofits and local governments to support environmental justice in the Philly region.
3 years ago
Listen 1:05South Philly and Center City groups announce opposition to Sixers’ arena proposal
The independent groups said they want City Council to stop the billion-dollar project from moving forward.
3 years ago
Warehouse construction starts soon at demolished South Philly refinery
Officials and business executives broke ground on the industrial and logistics campus at the former refinery site this week.
3 years ago
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