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Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Upper Makefield residents press for answers on pipeline leak: ‘We had the wool pulled over our eyes’

The state Department of Environmental Protection found Energy Transfer broke state law with the leak.

2 months ago

A view of the Roundhouse building.
Economic Development
Housing
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

Planning director discusses Roundhouse, Greyhound station, housing push

City planners are open to renovating or demolishing the historic former police headquarters.

2 months ago

a rendering of the Spring Garden Street bike lane project
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Spring Garden bike lanes still on track to connect Delaware to Schuylkill River trails, for now

The 2.1-mile protected bike lane project, which includes upgrading several high-injury network intersections, is expected to be completed by 2029.

2 months ago

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National Real Estate's Market East development in Center City
Changing Communities
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Market East’s future: Think big, go big

Philadelphia's planning director says plans need to include housing — and bringing the city together.

2 months ago

Several homes on a residential block
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia
Real Estate

Philly tax sales resumed nearly a year ago. The land bank still hasn’t bid on any properties

The public agency has funding to acquire new parcels for affordable housing and community gardens, but is still not a priority bidder.

2 months ago

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trees along a Philly block
PlanPhilly
Environment
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Philadelphians push the city to do more to plant and protect trees

One possible challenge: Officials say a $12 million federal grant to help implement the Philly Tree Plan is frozen.

2 months ago

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buildings near 18th and Market streets
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Economic Development
Philadelphia
Real Estate

Philadelphia has more ‘vibrant mixed-use’ buildings than peer cities. Is that a good thing?

Philadelphia has a smaller prime business district than most of its peers, but the largest vibrant mixed-use portfolio, a CBRE report shows.

2 months ago

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Apartment buildings in Center City.
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia

Philly added 8K housing units in 2024. Nearly half of them were in Greater Center City

The increase is partially tied to a building boom that researchers expect to abate this year as supply catches up with demand.

2 months ago

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Bags of trash are visible on the sidewalk.
PlanPhilly
Environment
Government
Philadelphia

‘This has to stop’: Philadelphians push City Council for more illegal dumping prevention

Residents say they are tired of repeatedly cleaning up their communities. They urged the city to invest in education and enforcement.

2 months ago

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Eagles fans waiting in the crowd for the parade to come to the Art Museum
Business
Philadelphia

Center City hotels sold more than 11,000 rooms around the Eagles’ Super Bowl parade weekend

Hotels generated more revenue this year than the last time the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl.

2 months ago

Rowhouses in Philadelphia’s Spring Garden neighborhood
PlanPhilly
Economy
Housing
Philadelphia
Politics

‘It’s all downside’: Philly’s housing market poised for pain if Trump imposes tariffs on Canada and Mexico, analysts say

The president appears ready to move ahead with steep import taxes after a monthlong pause.

2 months ago

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A housing development in Cranberry Township, Pa., Friday, March 29, 2024.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Studio 2
Housing

Yoni Appelbaum on how NIMBYism ‘froze the American Dream’

The Atlantic’s Yoni Appelbaum argues in his book "Stuck" that restrictive zoning laws and progressive NIMBYism have made housing unaffordable and trapped Americans in place.

Air Date: February 26, 2025 12:00 pm

Listen 51:56
Orinoko Civic House
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia

A Philly program for low-income renters is winding down. Housing advocates say that shouldn’t happen

For the last five years, the shallow rent program has helped keep vulnerable residents housed amid an affordable housing crisis.

3 months ago

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Protesters cycling
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

More bicycle lanes could come to Philly, connecting riders to the Schuylkill River Trail and Temple

Less than a year ago, Councilmember Jeffrey Young Jr. proposed eliminating a bicycle lane in Center City, but now he’s advocating to build more.

3 months ago

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The Bethany Lutheran Church cemetery
PlanPhilly
History
Housing
Philadelphia

This Philly cemetery sits on a residential Roxborough street. It’s now poised for historic designation

The burial ground helps tell the story of Manayunk and Roxborough before and after they became part of the city.

3 months ago

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