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The Gayborhood: A place-time continuum
PlanPhilly has been looking at pop-ups and the neighborhoods in which they take place. On Thursday, June 21, the Food Trust…
In Common: Rail Park opens, carrying the freight of a changing neighborhood
What does it mean to create a new park in a changing, sometimes contested neighborhood? Next in our series about Philly's…
A primer for Philadelphia’s pop-up season
After the sexy newness of a pop-up leaves town, can neighborhoods sustain the benefits for local businesses? It’s a question I’ve…
How West Philadelphia businesses answer MLK's call to action
By Jabari K. Jones “We’ve got to realize that the moment is before us!” Those are the words that Dr. Martin Luther…
Neighbors helping Neighbors: East Parkside and Strawberry Mansion learn from each other
Every neighborhood has its sparkplug advocates, the do-ers who move mountains to improve their corners of the city, who doggedly find…
Architect Jeanne Gang on using design to strengthen community
Jeanne Gang is a rare bird among architects. Her 20-year old Chicago-based firm, Studio Gang, has cut a bold path, creating…
Jane's Walk 2017: Walk Philly with us May 5-7
"Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” ― Jane…
What does unauthorized immigration and sanctuary mean for Philly’s revival?
Community Contributor Domenic Vitiello makes the case for why immigration of all sorts is important to Philadelphia’s revitalization and what believing…
Finding community on Election Day
Even though it’s been a divisive election, planner and Community Contributor Michael Gaughan says we can look close to home to…
Jane’s Walk microgrant awarded to support Sharswood advocacy work
On the first weekend of May every year, PlanPhilly is the local hub for Jane’s Walk, a global festival of…
Remembering Greensgrow's Mary Seton Corboy: Grower of food, flowers, neighborhoods
In the pantheon of urban agriculture, few stand taller here than Mary Seton Corboy, founder and Chief Idea Officer of Philadelphia’s …
Taller Puertorriqueño to break ground on $11.4 million cultural center in fall
Back when John Street was Philly’s mayor Taller Puertorriqueño received a $1.5 million Cultural Corridors grant. For the better part of…
Streetviews: Q&A with LISC's Andy Frishkoff
For our last installment in our Agenda2015 Streetviews Q&A series, we sat down with Andy Fishkoff from Philadelphia LISC, a…
Homegrown Middle Class: How to design a milestone
To John Kromer the city's persistent poverty is best tackled at the neighborhood level. In a four-part series of commentaries Kromer,…
Pinning future for New Kensington on Orinoka Mills reuse
The story of Orinoka Mills is tangled in the many tired, typical Philly tropes about disinvestment, deindustrialization and decrepitude. Once known…
Philly tax credit a model | water woes | rowhouses for 6th and Fairmount | waterfront trail section delay | SEPTA baby
Water main break sinkhole at 21st and Bainbridge, July 2012 | Rob Lybeck, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupA corporate…
