Changing Communities

Speculative development is on the rise in Philadelphia with many neighborhoods on the cusp of rapid gentrification.

The new affordable-housing is a five-phase, $125 million development partially funded by a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant from HUD.

“This program here will give those kids an opportunity to do the right thing.”

Opponents, however, fear the bill will simply preempt local control of an inherently local issue.

With less than a month and a half left until the scheduled opening of the renovated Cherry Street Pier on Oct. 12, the 99-year-old structure on the Delaware River waterfront.

The Blue Acres program funds the demolition of homes in flood prone areas throughout nine New Jersey counties and conversion of the land into open space. 

Guest: Anand Giridharadas Do-gooder billionaires–people like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Michael Bloo ...

Just around the corner from the South Philly intersection where Pat’s and Geno’s compete for tourists, hides one of the more unusual delights of the neighborhood.

Shopping the 'thrifty Dutch way' at a farmers market in Gilbertsville is coming to a close.

Hungry people, experts will tell you, are always silent.

The proposed development will replace a city-owned parking bounded by Race Street and the Vine Street Expressway, between Eighth and Ninth Streets.

In New Jersey, more than $1 billion of relative property value has disappeared, with Long Beach Island losing $541 million and nearly $531 million gone in Ocean City.

Rebuild is finally underway.

It’s a short walk from the municipal building in downtown State College where Ed LeClear works as borough planning director to a two-st ...

Patients using medication-assisted treatments slowly being accepted into group recovery homes.