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Upzoning A Potential Aid For Affordable Housing And Historic Preservation Woes

Changing zoning laws in historic neighborhoods to allow for more density and multifamily conversions could be one smart solution for affordable housing and historic preservation issues. Jacqueline Drayer takes a ...

For Callowhill Neighborhood, Whose BIDing Will Be Done?

Longtime Callowhill residents and real estate developers clash over the creation of a Business Improvement District as the neighborhood begins to transition. Kimberly Haas has the ...

Searching For Frankford Creek Along A Winding Trail

Sharon Barr goes looking for one of Philly's oldest tributaries via the Frankford Creek Greenway. What she finds is an urban trail struggling to connect with its ...

Rare Books Department At FLP Examines A City In Transition

Affordable housing, displacement and gentrification, demolition for redevelopment--sounds a lot like today's local headlines, but Philly has been dealing with these issues for decades. This and more is addressed in the new exhibition, "Philadelphia: The ...

How to Save A Slice Of Neighborhood Green Space

Queen Village resident David O'Donnell is on a mission to fill his neighborhood with verdant pocket parks. He shares his playbook on how to save slivers of green space with HC contributor Joe ...

New Schuylkill River Trail Extension Now Open

Michael Bixler takes us on a stroll down the newest segment of the Schuylkill River ...

Without Remediation, Diamond In The Rough A Risky Play

How safe is safe enough? Environmental researcher Coryn Wolk explores the potential public health risks at a youth baseball field built on top of an industrial alloy production site surrounded by an oil refining ...

Off The Grid: Exploring Fragments Of Philly’s Lost Roadways

Why does Moyamensing Avenue run diagonal? What's up with all of those funky intersections along Ridge Avenue? Contributor Tony Aiello tracks down traces of our street system from a time before the city's ...