PlanPhilly Archive

Philadelphia Housing Authority plans to move forward with relocation of Westpark residents over the next 90 days. Where people will go is an open question.

I own a home in the Lea Elementary catchment. My family will benefit from Penn’s proposed $5 million investment in the school. I don’t think it’s fair.

In the shadow of the Rail Park, neighborhoods are changing. The park’s backers hope to shape the area’s evolution and curb displacement.

Called “Camino De Oro,” the new building will provide affordable apartments to seniors in the North Philadelphia neighborhood.

Sometimes disasters lead to change. But in Philadelphia, officials failed to take steps after the last deadly group home fire.

Philadelphia Water Department officials defended a 2018 rate increase by saying it would help the city meet water main replacement goals.

The transit agency is on a hiring binge that it hopes will restore its workforce after two years of pandemic-related attrition and hiring freezes.

Homebuyers have paid a premium to live in the Penn Alexander catchment. Will the same trend reshape the Lea school catchment if Penn invests there?

The Valiants of Philadelphia, a fraternal society of Black and Latino firefighters in Pennsylvania, helped organize the safety effort.

The plan, introduced Thursday on behalf of Council President Darrell L. Clarke, makes few significant changes to the existing district lines.

Philadelphia officials have publicly mourned the loss of life but said nothing concrete about changes to fire safety policy before now.

The Philadelphia Police Department’s iconic headquarters symbolizes police brutality to many. Now Philadelphians will have a chance to help guide its redevelopment.

The shuttered course is more than a century old, with a rich history as an esteemed public course that welcomed players of color decades before other courses and the PGA.

Philadelphia City Council is starting up its weekly meetings with tough budget negotiations ahead and COVID-19 keeping them virtual.

Fixing Philly’s ailing public school buildings has been a big item on City Council’s collective to-do list for years. A new bill targets the problem.