Development
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How Philadelphia’s Housing Market has Changed Since 2000
Newly released research from Pew reveals trends in Philly home prices, homeownership rates, and mortgage originations
By Octavia Howell![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/pipes-791x400.jpg)
The New Industrial Geography
Drexel’s Metro Finance head on how the U.S. cities primed for re-industrialization are headed for success
By Bruce Katz![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/tim-gouw-NSFG5sJYZgQ-unsplash-791x400.jpg)
New Urban Order: Why Cities Should Invest in “Second Places”
Forget "third places," we need better places for people to work
By Diana Lind![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Greyhound-Bus-791x400.jpg)
Ideas We Should Steal: How To Get an Actual, Permanent Intercity Bus Station
It turns out Philly already has a great candidate to replace the Greyhound station that abruptly closed last year — and an excellent model a few states away for how to make it happen
By Courtney DuChene![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Rittenhouse_Row_Walnut_Street_Shopping_Visit_Philadelphiajpg-791x400.jpg)
Guest Commentary: Rittenhouse Row is the Exception that Proves the Rule
A national retail expert and futurist visited Philadelphia to check out our premier shopping district. This is what he learned
By Michael Berne![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20240701_Fry_J_-_004_edit_150-791x400.jpg)
John Fry and the City
The appointment of Philadelphia’s preeminent change maker to lead Temple University has the potential to disrupt Philadelphia’s status quo — an outcome rooted in the eloquent example of his unlikely hero
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Urbanist_Party_Phanatic-791x400.jpg)
New Urban Order: Why We Need a National Urbanist Party
There is no Republican or Democratic way to pick up the trash piling up in cities — but maybe there should be.
By Diana Lind![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/4050_Apartments_TigerProdCourtesyDHCD-791x400.jpg)
How Do We Salvage the UArts Debacle?
A longtime university president proposes turning the university’s Center City buildings into an arts community that would make the city a destination for practicing artists
By Elaine Maimon