The Remarkably Long Journey To Bart
For a neighborhood to reverse severe decline, it takes more than urban pioneers, writes Nathaniel Popkin. Here's the case of the Northern Liberties, whose current state was neither inevitable, or even likely three decades ago > more
Patching Germantown Ave With Color
How City Hall proves a tougher employer than a Brazilian cartel for two Dutch artists, reaffirmations of adaptive reuse in GHo, Dilworth Plaza through the decades, the Corbett Effect on Philly, and why we need the Olympics > more
How Healthy Is Philadelphia?
Not our physical health, but our civic health. The big surprise: for a city of neighborhoods, our neighborliness is not what you might imagine > more
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