Big Property Tax Hike Possible In Gentrifying Areas
Some to lose out in the switch from assessed to actual value, the Barnes' move now underway, estimating the cost of Pier 9 renovations, trolley tracks to be replaced in West Philly, and the Dilworth Plaza project is indeed making progress > more
Girard Avenue Streamliners Return Sunday
After a six-month absence for a $1.2 million track upgrade, the vintage electric streetcars will run--on a temporarily shortened route > more
Inside SEPTA’s “Nerve Center”
Steve Weinik gives us a glimpse inside a little known, very important, and incredibly cool corner of Philadelphia, SEPTA's multi-modal control room, the only one of its kind in the US > more
Heartache And Violence
"It really could be something," said the former owner of the Buck Hosiery building that burned Monday. Now, four years on, the neighborhood is burning up piece by piece. Nathaniel Popkin condemns our failure to protect neighborhood and industrial architecture > more
Viaduct Phase I: Design Visions For The SEPTA Spur
First images of a transformed SEPTA spur from the landscape studio of Bryan Hanes > more
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