Philadelphia needs more trees. Here is a guide to understanding why there aren’t more trees and what can be done about it.

Hepatitis A is spreading through fecal matter on Philadelphia streets. As outbreak worsens, the city is installing mobile bathrooms.

I was upset to learn that Markward Playground has planted “Mosquitos” — the sonic device that targets young people my age, those 25 and under.

The sprawling 1,100-unit project would include multifamily rental buildings at the western end of the site, followed by diverse array of single-family town homes

Despite resounding calls for changing the tax subsidy, none of the six pending proposals for reform have moved forward.

Najee Spencer-Young cried when she heard that Amy Sherald had painted her portrait on the side of Center City building.

A new bill aims to increase the transparency and efficiency of Philadelphia’s politicized process for selling vacant city land.

A $250 million luxury tower is rising on South Broad Street. City officials were on hand to praise the new development, which benefited from the 10-year tax abatement.

Germantown High developer Jack Azran says that apartments with exposed brick walls, shared work spaces and a new school could fill the shuttered school by 2022

A $200 million, 10-year vision reimagines the only Olmsted Brothers-designed park in Philadelphia and prepares it for a hotter and wetter tomorrow.

A major new residential development planned with social impact in mind will soon break ground on fast-changing Washington Avenue.

A residential development targeting young professionals is slated to replace a beloved Vietnamese bakery and other shops on the corner of Washington Avenue and 16th Street.

Philly rose 11 spots to place 19 in a survey of the park systems belonging to the nation’s 100 largest cities.

If the legislation gets the needed approval votes, it would be the second district-wide ban, making food trucks illegal in most of the Northeast.

A separate budget projection indicates that the CCD expects these revenues to increase by 58 percent by 2022.