Topic: new urban order

San Francisco’s new incentive program to bring retail back to downtown is an idea Philadelphia should steal

A new report makes the case that the right tax incentive structure — even in regulation-heavy CA — changes everything when it comes to building affordable housing.

The upper middle class isn't leaving cities. They’re just eschewing the civic reasons they chose to live there in the first place

What the latest Census reveals about the geography of urban and suburban population growth and shrinkage

In all the talk over closing and fixing Philly schools, there is no mention of building new ones that might serve the community better into the future. Can we look to New York City and Boston for solutions we should steal?

Six years after Covid, nationwide, urban recovery is real, but it’s uneven — and newly at risk. What cities are doing it right?

Atlanta’s 20-year-old Beltline proves comprehensive pedestrian-centered development — in contrast to Philadelphia’s piecemeal approach — has rich rewards

How can cities unlock land they already own for uses like affordable housing and conservation? The head of one promising initiative offers new tools — and potential solutions

What Market East could learn about enlightened development from ATL’s burgeoning South Downtown

A program that pays people to relocate to Tulsa, Oklahoma has grown the city’s population and quadrupled its investment. Is this an idea Philly should steal?