Development
“Diverse Thought Yields Better Results”
AR Spruce, led by Maleda Berhane, demonstrates how real estate development can — and should — incorporate more people from more backgrounds to remake our city
By Katie Gilbert
Philly, The First Startup, Makes a Comeback
Yes, we're still a city of cheesesteaks and Iggles. But we're also curing cancer and rebuilding a stagnant economy through the life sciences. How'd this happen?
By Charles F. McElwee
Reports of the Death of American Downtowns are Greatly Exaggerated
Call it the new economic geography. Drexel’s Metro Finance head on how some U.S. cities are moving toward healing through economic diversity, cultural growth, and physical rebuild
By Bruce Katz
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
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
Why Cities Should Invest in “Second Places”
Forget "third places," we need better places for people to work
By Diana Lind
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
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
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
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