Development

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

The re-opening of a new rail bridge in Southwest Philadelphia will connect one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods to jobs and green space downtown. Will local residents be the ones who benefit?

Historic properties deserve preservation, but a circa 2019 loophole unfairly limits nearby residents’ input, says an attorney and concerned neighbor

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?

The City’s rules make street improvements like parklets and streeteries onerous for organizations. A pair of transportation researchers found no good reason to keep them