In West Fairmount Park, a network of trails—hiking, biking, cross country—weaves across itself with seemingly little rhyme or reason. But the Fairmount Park Conservancy is leading a project with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation to make the trails more sustainable and promote their use with better signage. Plan Philly’s Jared Brey and Hidden City’s Brad Maule lace up the boots and hit the trail

With planning to begin on the underground City Branch railroad connecting to the Reading Viaduct, we asked our contributor Stephen Stofka to provide an alternate vision for light rail extending from the heart of Center City to Fairmount Park and beyond. He says it could cost a fraction of the cost of green space and is practically “shovel ready”

Chris Mote is there as the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust removes an 1870s guardbox from Washington Square–one of only a dozen that still dot the city–for a two month restoration at a shop in Mt. Airy