Urbanism History Repeating Itself: What Market East’s Original Urban Planner Thinks About the Beleaguered Corridor In 1964, John Gallery was tasked with helping solve the commercial ills of East Market Street. Six decades later Philadelphia is still looking for a cure
Urbanism Op-Ed: How Philadelphia Is Streamlining Capital Projects Under One Roof Aparna Palantino, director of the City’s new Capital Program Office, makes the case for pushing public infrastructure plans across the finish line
Urbanism SEPTA Crisis: The Opposite of Growth is Decline Nathaniel Popkin on what’s at stake as the transit funding crisis deepens
Urbanism The Revolution Will Not Be Alphabetized: Saying Goodbye to Philly’s Lettered Bus Route System As SEPTA implements its “Bus Revolution,” Keshler Thibert takes a look back at the origins of the city’s mass transit designation network
Urbanism New PATCO Station Caps Franklin Square’s Revival. Will It Last This Time? Kyle Bagenstose explores 300+ years of highs and lows at Philadelphia’s most under-appreciated square
Urbanism What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: “Getting There” on Philly’s Public Transit Roller Coaster History can teach us about SEPTA’s looming “death spiral.” After all, Philadelphia has been here before
Urbanism For Whom the Trolley Bell Tolls: Resurrection of Rail Travel on Route 23 Unlikely Is it time for SEPTA to bury the old Route 23 trolley line? Kyle Bagenstose explores the pros and cons
Urbanism Partial Collapse of Graffiti Pier Leaves Future Park Plans in Limbo Structural damage at Port Richmond’s outdoor art space shocks and concerns its supporters
