The Navy Yard, home to one of the nation’s largest private microgrids, prepares for the future with a new energy plant. Michael Bixler reports

Philadelphia’s future under President-Elect Trump “depends on the exercise of political power in Washington,” says Richard Schragger, the author of City Power: Urban Governance in a Global Age, in an interview with Nathaniel Popkin

Former Mayor and Governor Ed Rendell will on Tuesday receive the 2014 Edmund N. Bacon Prize, given annually to someone for their accomplishments in planning, development, design, and community improvements. Rendell’s advocacy and investment in infrastructure earned him this year’s Prize. Hidden City co-editor Brad Maule talks with him about Bacon, water mains, Penn’s Landing, preservation and more in this Q&A

In just five years, the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities, under Rina Cutler, has assembled an impressive list of civic accomplishments. But with significant transportation funding in political limbo, SEPTA’s fare system still working on “proof of concept,” and Bike Share a year from launch, there are challenges ahead. Nathaniel Popkin speaks with Cutler and MOTU chief of staff Andrew Stober about the possibilities

Little fanfare accompanies the short trek between Fairmount Park’s East Park and Lemon Hill sections, but under your feet (or tires), the 33rd Street superstructure, including an unusual brick skew arch tunnel, is still doing the job it was created to do at the turn of the 20th Century

With public support building, Saturday’s Rally for the Rail Park block party culminates a year of progress toward a Reading Viaduct Park. Key questions linger, however, as Nathaniel Popkin reports

All across the city, we’ve come to rely on temporary interventions. Is this merely an honest approach or evidence of shrunken expectations?

What’s the most unhealthy part of Philadelphia? A new study says anywhere along the Delaware River. In a Soapbox column today, Chris Mizes argues that while planners are taking into account public health by promoting mixed uses and walkability, when it comes to the waterfront especially, we’re missing the bigger issue