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The map here shows about half of all properties (data source errors currently make a complete list impossible) which were conveyed by the RDA since 1986, but remain vacant today. Click here to see the full map

Addressing the problem that permeates every facet of Philly life.

We find in the city's Redevelopment Authority a little fluke with big consequences.

The remnants of a slum empire are up for grabs.

How many vacant lots are there in the city? No one's quite sure.

L&I prepares to hunt down absentee owners.

Neighbors and Conrail works clean long-neglected Conrail railroad bed that runs from the Delaware River through Port Richmond, Kensington, and North Philly

A neglected railroad has become a neighborhood nightmare — and the city hasn't done a thing about it.

"The Abandoned City" series was developed through a partnership between City Paper, PlanPhilly and Technically Philly, and funded in part by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism.

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