Thomas Paine Plaza, the public space outside the Municipal Services Building, is so unremarkable that you’d be forgiven for not knowing…
Cyclists, walkers, children and dogs were happy to take over the four-lane expanse of North Broad Street during Philly Free Streets…
Many organizations and people are behind this year’s Philly Free Streets event. The city goes “car free” on Broad Street from…
By now you've heard about or experienced the inconvenient road closures around the Benjamin Franklin Parkway thanks to the NFL Draft.…
How do you balance the sensitivity required to operate an active cemetery, with the need to preserve and share the rich…
Philly's annual celebration of the city's unique, 10,200-acre park system is back this year with eight days of service projects, events,…
PlanPhilly is a partner for this year's TEDxPhiladelphia event, and we're sharing ways we think Philly is becoming a "New Workshop…
Just before the first snowfall of the season, volunteers gathered in East Mount Airy to clean six acres of former farm…
The Waterfront Winterfest at Penn's Landing, opening Nov. 29, had me at "homemade Thanksgiving leftover 'Hot Pockets'" and "caramelized pumpkin…
With the days feeling shorter, a mid-day outdoor lunch break might be just the thing sun-starved 9-to-5'ers need, even despite our…
In a neighborhood where discussion usually centers around the student housing boom, Philadelphia Parks and Rec and City Council President Darrell…
By the summer of 2015, the corner of 37th and Mount Vernon streets in Mantua will have a revamped and greened…
For years Center City District has made attempts to improve wayfinding and directional signage throughout its territory. Most recently the organization…
Last week Schuylkill Banks flipped the switch and turned on the newly revamped enhancement lighting on four Schuylkill River Bridges. With…
Last night Schuylkill Banks and friends "threw the switch" and and lit the new, enhanced lighting on four Schuylkill River Bridges…
Nestled in the zigzagging streets of Francisville is the bright, colorful and recently revamped Franscisville Playground – a playground that has…
This October marks the beginning of a double feature for the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. On Oct. 1 Mural…
Eyes on the Street pounded the pavement Friday to see as many of the Park(ing) Day installations as possible. We started…
If you've passed through The Porch at 30th Street Station recently, you may have noticed some funky looking seating structures that…
Like many Philadelphia neighborhoods, Northern Liberties has always had to work to control its litter problem. In the past few years,…