PlanPhilly Archive

The entrepreneur began to build her yarn empire at 15. But the idea for a vending machine came to Outterbridge during the coronavirus pandemic.

The department launched a YouTube channel where they will release surveillance video hoping that the public will identify people suspected of committing crimes on the system.

The four-lane park drive has seen an increase in speeding drivers, illegal street racing, and fatal car crashes during the pandemic.

Famed opera singer Marian Anderson will soon be immortalized with a statue outside of the Academy of Music.

Philadelphia will launch an expanded street cleaning pilot over the coming weeks — and begin asking residents to move their cars to make way for mechanical sweeper trucks.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation study found Philadelphia’s roadways ranked among the top among large cities.

The Healing in the Hood basketball tournament will be held at Kingsessing Rec Center Sunday.

Philadelphia’s Black clergy are coming out to support tenants as the federal moratorium that had shielded renters from eviction comes to an end.

After COVID-19 shut down travel for much of 2020, an ensuing rental car shortage is remaking Philly’s summer 2021 plans — and sparking some new businesses.

Philly throws legendary block parties. Here are the tips you need to know to master summer’s favorite urban art form.

Philadelphia elected officials urge residents to apply for rental assistance as the courts resume lockouts and the federal eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday.

ACT UP, which organizes weekly housing protests near Mayor Kenney’s Old City apartment, said this was the first to be dispersed by law enforcement.

New research published in the Journal of American Medical Association found that repairing even one home can reduce crime by 21.9% on the block.

Can documentaries change a city? A group of Philadelphia media-makers believes so, and they have the pitches to prove it.

There’s currently no municipal composting program in Philadelphia. Advocates say this is a good start.