PlanPhilly Archive

The Center for Architecture and Design in Philadelphia honors Mindy Fullilove, while pondering how to remediate the PES refinery site.

As SEPTA honored Rosa Parks on her birthday, history remembers Caroline LeCount, who risked her life to desegregate 19th century Philadelphia’s streetcars.

City Council unanimously passed the measure to create a council-led Zoning Code Review Commission to help revise the regulations that govern land use.

While progressive donors and PACs came out for Krasner, police unions, former prosecutors and Sean Schellenger’s mother have supported Vega.

The positions are just a sliver of SEPTA’s 9,400-strong workforce, but the handful of part-timers collectively cost the agency about $1 million a year.

Philadelphia teens working with Photography Without Borders captured the range of emotions of life in lockdown.

The CDC order allows transit operators to refuse service to unmasked riders. SEPTA said it won’t do that but it urges compliance.

The program launched by the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations was inspired by an initiative born out of the 2008 financial crisis.

Brandywine Realty Trust and its architects at Gensler are trying something new with a narrow opening between two planned towers.

Experts say the number of people falling behind on their mortgages is growing to levels rivaling those seen during the 2008 housing crisis.

Philadelphia looks great in a layer of white. We’ve crowd-sourced 13 spots to brighten your snow day.

The concrete slabs on both ends of the block where 7-year-old Zamar Jones was fatally shot remind neighbors of the government’s promises — and struggles.

White was one among the lawmakers who signed a letter in December urging Congress to object to Pa.’s Electoral College votes and challenge Biden’s win.

Women account for a growing share of Latin American immigrants settling in the U.S. In Philly, three mothers share resources to thrive in their new home.

City Council President Darrell Clarke’s first big legislative move of 2021 was to reup a push for more control over real estate development in the city.