Urbanism Can We Undo 1954? As the Northeast’s car-centered suburban form wasn’t inevitable–it didn’t start out that way–Sandy Smith wonders if it can now be reversed. Upcoming work on the Central Northeast District Plan might be a place to start
Urbanism The Other Parking Problem Bike to your neighborhood grocery store? Good luck finding parking, says Sandy Smith
Urbanism SEPTA Buses Not As Green As They’d Like You To Think SEPTA’s recent sustainability award and it’s advertising claims belie a bias against clean electric trolleys and electric trolleybuses, says writer Mike Szilagyi. Even hybrid diesel buses, he says, are hardly green
Urbanism Making Pedestrian Oriented Avenues The Future For Lower Northeast The growing district needs livelier retail avenues, says writer Elizabeth Schlingmann. On Castor, a plan to increase density and building height to draw growth away from traditional single family streets solves two problems at once
Urbanism Raising Expectations In The Lower Northeast One of the most diverse places in the city is growing; on the Daily this week we have coverage and analysis on plans for Frankford, Northwood, Lawncrest, Summerdale, and Oxford Circle
Preservation Tyson Theater To Become Retail Outlet, Will Preserved Theater Survive? This restored vintage theater on the key shopping street in the lower Northeast is reborn again–for shopping