April 27, 2012 This article was created in partnership with Philadelphia Neighborhoods, Temple University's capstone multimedia journalism class.By Jade C. McKenzie and Connor ShowalterFor PlanPhilly The future for West Parkside has improved »
April 19, 2012 By Alan JaffeFor PlanPhilly “Look Up” is a PlanPhilly feature that encourages appreciation of our architectural and historical environment. The photo essays focus on a different Philadelphia area neighborhood and its distinctive »
March 25, 2012 By Alan JaffeFor PlanPhilly Since the Philadelphia School District announced in November the possible closings of nine public schools, parents and students have stood up to defend those schools that have made great educational an »
March 22, 2012 By Ashley HahnFor PlanPhilly People like to think of the Parkway as the start of Fairmount Park, a piece of nature grafted into the city. A pair of Red-tailed Hawks think Logan Square makes mighty fine habitat to raise a family.R »
March 21, 2012 By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly The West Park plans will guide future development in the Centennial District of Fairmount Park and nearby neighborhoods. Lower South looks at the future of the sports complex, Navy Yard, Port »
March 3, 2012 By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly As of Saturday morning, top city planners still had not decided whether to recommend that the planning commission “adopt” the entire long-range plan for the Central Delaware Waterfront or “acc »
February 27, 2012 By Alan JaffeFor PlanPhilly “Look Up” is a PlanPhilly feature that encourages appreciation of our architectural and historical environment. The photo essays focus on a different Philadelphia area neighborhood and its distincti »
February 22, 2012 By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly The public can comment on plans for Lower South Philadelphia and West Park plans until March 1. The public can still comment on dra »
February 15, 2012 By JoAnn GrecoFor PlanPhilly Tuesday afternoon, Mayor Michael Nutter and Michael DiBerardinis, deputy mayor for environmental and community resources, offered a Valentine's Day present to the citizens of Philadelphia by announ »
February 7, 2012 By Ashley HahnFor PlanPhilly The Divine Lorraine is one of our city’s most photographed ruins, most romanticized relics, and among our most widely visible icons of blight. Now imagine what it would mean to bring this building »
February 1, 2012 By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly City planners Tuesday unveiled drafts of the first two district-level portions of the city's new comprehensive plan, outlining future goals for neighborhoods near Fairmount Park and in sout »
January 20, 2012 By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly Beneath asphalt, railroad lines and cobblestones, archaeologists working for PennDOT have unearthed the schist and brick foundations of the Dyottville Glass Works ovens.This is where worker »
January 20, 2012 By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly City planners say they hope more Philadelphians will become interested in the plans that will shape major projects, zoning changes, and potential government funding for neighborhoods in Low »
January 9, 2012 By Jared BreyFor PlanPhilly First-District Councilman Mark Squilla’s office has confirmed that enough opposition votes were verified to officially put the possibility of forming a Callowhill Reading Viaduct Neighborhood Improvem »
January 6, 2012 By Patrick KerkstraFor PlanPhilly This report is a product of William Penn Foundation funded reporting partnership between Plan Philly and the Notebook.The old West Philadelphia High School at 48th and Walnut is a monument to a »
