Our 2018 series about Philly's changing public spaces concludes in Queen Village where a new memorial is being developed to honor…
A veteran Philadelphia journalist once joked to me that a plan in Philadelphia is like raindrops in a storm. I’ve often…
Eleven year-old Addison Sullivan came for the toys. But by the time he left North 5th Street Revitalization Project’s Annual Winter…
Next up in our 2018 series about Philly's changing public spaces, Ashley Hahn checks out what’s welcoming neighborhood teens back to…
Philadelphia does not need Jeff Bezos’ endorsement to affirm that we have neighborhoods both of great need and great potential. Nor…
At 40th and Ludlow Streets, hidden for years underneath metal cladding, is one of Frank Furness’ earliest commissions in Philadelphia. U3…
Leon Caldwell, a socially minded real estate developer who was born and raised in West Philadelphia, spends a lot of time…
When I was growing up in West Philadelphia, I walked past a historic cemetery in my neighborhood almost every day. It…
Muhammed Aslam died in the South Philadelphia business he built. It was a cold December evening in 1999 and the shop…
Philadelphia deserves a serious transportation agenda. Recently, the City of Philadelphia released its Connect Strategic Transportation Plan. A lack of…
It's not just Gritty that has people around the country talking about Philadelphia. The city that gave the world a 7-foot…
Thomas Paine Plaza, the public space outside the Municipal Services Building, is so unremarkable that you’d be forgiven for not knowing…
If you feed them, they will come. On Thursday night, hundreds of hungry people braved the rain for a first-of-its-kind Night…
The Discovery Center, a new kind of environmental and leadership education center opening this month, is unlike anything else in Fairmount…
Next in our series about Philly's changing public spaces, Ashley Hahn explores the Discovery Center, a new environmental education center opening…
Robert Venturi, one of the most influential design minds of the 20th century, passed away on Tuesday, September 18 at the…
Speculative development is on the rise in Philadelphia. With many neighborhoods on the cusp of rapid gentrification, property owners and landlords…
To many, preservationist might seem a limiting definition, applying to those dedicated to saving individual buildings where famous people were born…
Learning how Philly government works can be a circuitous and sometimes frustrating thing. In my experience, it takes years. It takes…
In a time of such rapid development, it is important for community members to access spaces that have a sense of…