The Arena Deal That Wasn’t

Billionaires fighting. Pols flailing. Protestors screaming. Did the last three years really happen? What went wrong — or right — behind the arena wars

By Larry Platt

A Unique Opportunity On Housing

Drexel’s Metro Finance Director on how an 8-year-old tax incentive might be a key to solving America’s urban housing crisis

By Bruce Katz, Ross Baird and Michael Saadine
The New Urban Order

The Case for a Politics of Repair

We need more of what Governor Josh Shapiro gave us with the quick fix of I-95

By Diana Lind

Can We Talk About the Roundhouse Now?

With the 76 Place debate behind us, can we get down to actual neighborhood — and city — planning?

By Courtney DuChene
The New Urban Order

What to Read About Housing this Year

Several housing-focused books are coming out this winter and spring. Here, 12 worth your time in 2025

By Diana Lind

The Arena Concession … on Concessions?

The owner of the Phoenix Suns has made buying food and drink at home games radically affordable. Should Mayor Parker and City Council have made that an issue in their negotiations with the Sixers?

By Larry Platt
76 Place

Love Thy Neighbor? Not Thy Sixers.

A guest commentary from a prominent Philadelphia Black pastor on why he and some other faith leaders oppose the plan to put an arena in Market East

By Reverend Mark Kelly Tyler
76 Place

What Does Great City Planning Look Like?

It’s a process that puts the city and citizens first — unlike, according to urban planner Harris Steinberg of the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, what happened with 76 Place, the proposed Sixers arena.

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
The New Urban Order

The Surprising Facts of U.S. Housing

The latest U.S. Census data gives a clearer picture of American home ownership — and the perils of renting

By Diana Lind

The 2017 Law That Could Boost Housing Under Trump 2.0

Drexel’s Metro Finance head on what cities can learn from … Alabama

By Ross Baird and Bruce Katz