The city’s Law Department confirmed that it has retained outside lawyers to provide “legal services” to Councilman Kenyatta Johnson related to “an ongoing investigation."

Philadelphia Contemporary tapped Sharon Johnston to design its first building. Here’s what we know so far about the organization’s first permanent home.

The signs arrived at a rough moment for right of ways. Less than a month ago, the city was sued in federal court over the poor conditions of the sidewalks.

The win came in the form of an amendment that requires all units built before 1978 to have their properties regularly inspected to secure a “lead safe” certification.

The city’s Law Department confirmed that it has retained outside lawyers to provide unspecified “legal services” to Councilman Kenyatta Johnson.

Mega-townhouses are popping up on Old City’s shop-lined streets and some fear the development trend could pose an existential threat to the historic neighborhood.

The School District of Philadelphia says students attending the climate strike on Friday will be marked as absent, unlike in New York.

We all have ideas about why people leave Philadelphia. A new study from the Pew Charitable Trusts puts numbers behind the anecdotes.

The $420 million remake of The Gallery aims to reinvent the shopping mall’s relationship to Center City.

The rise of backyard meat smokers demands new etiquette in a crowded city.

The most significant of Philly’s new code reforms could help lower construction costs that are among the highest in the nation.

Philly just selected the artist who will make over SEPTA’s 5th Street/Independence Hall Station. PlanPhilly got a peek at the winning design.

This fall, North Philly will watch as ground is broken on the final phase of a $120 million redevelopment.

SEPTA police officers will have Glock 17s on loan from the Philadelphia Police Department to replace the Sig Sauer P320 as their service weapon as soon as Monday.

Becoming “furniture” or “toothpicks” isn’t in the cards. But the long-serving pole will liely get an afterlife of sorts, a PECO spokesperson said.