PlanPhilly Archive

Philadelphia will get a service center with USDA employees on hand to help urban farmers as part of the Biden-Harris administration economic development plan.

The call comes a year after the Sixers announced its proposal for the $1.3 billion project on Market Street.

Pay attention to emergency alerts, don’t drive into floodwaters, and get to higher ground if possible.

The hulking building is being transformed into a new mixed-use development. The first phase of the project is now complete.

Emergency management officials plan to use 13 libraries and 21 rec centers as cooling centers this summer.

The decision follows a string of shootings by landlord-tenant officers over the last several months.

The suit seeks to bar SBG Management Services from renewing lease agreements and collecting rent until all properties are repaired.

Crews are expected to start this week on improving the intersection of Broad Street, Germantown Avenue, and Erie Avenue.

Drought declarations are not just based on rain. They also consider soil moisture, stream flow, and groundwater, which tends to lag behind rain.

Officials with the borough of Conshohocken claim they were blindsided by the move and reject any alternatives proposed by SEPTA.

Prices remain high, but aren’t growing at the rate they were during the pandemic.

Weekend pedestrian traffic in downtown Philadelphia during May was 94% of what it was in 2019, according to cell phone data compiled by the Center City District.

The affordable housing complex in West Philly is nearly empty roughly two years after owners announced its closure.

Even leisure and hospitality, which has been slower to recover since the pandemic began, has seen a full recovery.

New Courtland hopes to bring one-bedroom apartments for seniors and retail space to the site.