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After a close call while walking across a Philly street, an urbanist says we grown-ups need to ditch the screen-based, plugged-in multitasking too

Why the City’s support of Center City’s Meantime on Market — now extended until the year’s end — is money well spent

City dwellers are now leaving walking tours to the tourists and group-exploring places less travelled. Why?

Former Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham devolved his city to greatness, and would like to do the same for the whole U.K. Should Philly defy other U.S. cities to do the same?

An urbanist believes the recent successes of FIFA Fan Fests, the NBA Finals, even Toy Story 5 prove synchronous watching is the new placemaking

Amid Washington, D.C.’s return to classical (and gilt-adorned) architecture, can Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center reinvigorate America’s waning affinity for modern design?

In the future, we’ll be working at night, skiing atop waste plants, buying single room homes, and measuring everything with AI, according to this year’s Bloomberg CityLab in Madrid

Spain’s capital may be centuries older than Philadelphia. But the vibrant city offers forward-thinking growth mindset ideas our comparatively smaller (and younger) hometown should steal

San Francisco’s new incentive program to bring retail back to downtown is an idea Philadelphia should steal

A new report makes the case that the right tax incentive structure — even in regulation-heavy CA — changes everything when it comes to building affordable housing.