PlanPhilly Archive

The amendment to the zoning code would change the math on residential development in the booming rowhouse neighborhoods southwest of City Hall.

The Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office will resume sales of distressed real estate next month and move all auctions online for the first time ever.

The suspended SEPTA employees were among seven transit police officers who traveled to the Jan. 6 Trump rally that ended with the storming of the Capitol.

Federal authorities arrested one trafficker at 30th Street Station. He was traveling with a duffel bag containing 10 pistols he purchased in his home state of North Carolina.

Philadelphia native Ebony Harris thought buying rental properties would build generational wealth for her and her family. Then the pandemic hit.

Litter is a racial justice issue created by systemic disinvestment. Philadelphia needs to take a systemic approach to solving it.

Located in an area hard hit by Philadelphia’s opioid crisis, the MFL station’s elevators were destroyed by urine and needles, SEPTA officials said.

As the skies brighten and the air warms, MLK Drive welcomes cyclists, runners, and walkers back to a car-free place to move.

Councilmember Cherelle Parker introduced a resolution for hearings on the race gap in home appraisals. Nine out of 10 Philadelphia appraisers are white.

SEPTA’s police union is calling on agency officials to reverse a policy that delays the arrest of alleged criminal offenders on the SEPTA system.

FDR Park is one of Philadelphia’s largest parks and has seen its popularity grow as the pandemic draws people to green spaces.

PAU founder Vishaan Chakrabarti on how Philadelphia can rebound from the pandemic and emerge with a more equitable and ecological way of life.

The city released a request for proposals seeking designers to guide a major redesign of a stretch of the Parkway between Logan Circle and the Philadelphia Art Museum.

A bill passed Thursday will create a still-unfunded hotline designed to connect people affected by gun violence to available support resources and services.

Thousands of university students live in Philadelphia — off campus. Their pandemic parties and study sessions are not pleasing the neighbors.