Development

Thousands of West Philly residents fear displacement from affordable homes owned by one landlord. Mayor Parker’s $2 billion housing plan might help to prevent that fate

Four state bills to ease our housing crisis are near the finish line. Here’s what we need to get them done

Can the transformation of a historic bank restore dignity and jobs to a neighborhood that could use the help?

A new rendering of the Sixers and Flyers stadium in South Philly has our urbanist wondering: Whatever happened to building gardens on city rooftops?

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

Twenty percent of Philadelphians regularly experience hunger — in part because they live in food deserts. National urban thinkers lay out an idea we should steal for reinventing the grocery store, from Mamdani’s New York to Atlanta, Georgia

The city proved itself a remarkable host this summer. Now, a corporate leader notes, it’s time to keep competing on the world stage

A Philadelphia preservationist argues a City Council policy that changed zoning processes for historic buildings is both intentional and highly effective

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?

A Point Breeze resident responds to her neighbor’s dismay over the historic reuse of their local church. The city’s zoning law? She says it works