PlanPhilly Archive

An update to the FDR Park plan expands natural areas and drops a planned golf driving range. A new tidal wetland is set to break ground soon.

Thousands of PECO customers lose access to A/C or fans each summer when they can’t pay their electric bills. Experts want more limits on shutoffs in a warming world.

A former bank will become a commercial kitchen and event space. A textile factory will feature apartments and commercial space.

A complicated history and challenging location face potential developers of the soon-to-be-empty Police Administration Building.

Construction, contractors, and neglect limit your ability to walk on the designated paths along the Delaware.

Advocates estimate dozens of community gardens are tangled up in private liens. Negotiations and a GoFundMe are afoot.

After 50 years at the corner of 7th and Arch streets, the museum will occupy a portion of the long-vacant historic Family Court building next to the Free Library.

A precarious stock market and record inflation have contributed to some companies hitting the pause button on their search for space in Philly.

The city Gas Commission approved a new budget for PGW that includes a small but potentially historic allocation: $500,000 for a geothermal feasibility study.

In party hats, activists pushing for action on climate change rallied at Sen. Bob Casey’s office to support the Inflation Reduction Act.

The Spring Garden Street Greenway would connect the Schuylkill River Trail and the Delaware River Trail, creating safe passage across Philadelphia.

Philly is one of 14 cities and counties across the country chosen by a federal agency to collect heat data this summer, in an annual citizen science project.

The iconic Police Administration Building will soon be vacant. Its future will be informed by a public engagement process expected to stir painful memories of its past.

“Air conditioning … is no longer a luxury in an era of climate-driven, change-driven temperature increases,” says one expert about the urgent need.

Behemoth developments in residential communities destroy the fabric that has held people together over generations.