History In Northeast Philadelphia, A Rich History Of Train Tracks And Acquisitions Ed Duffy give us a panoramic view of railroad history in Northeast Philadelphia with this longform essay
History The Vanishing Of Northeast Village David Coyne traverses bramble and broken blacktop along Roosevelt Boulevard to reveal a military housing community that was evacuated and demolished in the 1960s
Urbanism With Pedestrian Improvements Starting Today, Can Mass Transit Be A Possibility For Boulevard? A century of transit proposals for the Boulevard have failed. Will recent tragedy coupled with an ongoing planning study lead to real transformation? Angela Taurino reports
Urbanism A Case For An Urban Expressway Turn Roosevelt Boulevard into a submerged expressway with a subway in the middle, argues veteran journalist and new resident of the Lower Northeast Sandy Smith
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
Urbanism Rina Cutler Wants Us To Think Big The city’s deputy mayor for transportation on old and new Philadelphia, city-SEPTA relations, City Hall station, the fare system, bus shelters, subway lines, and why America cities are losing
Urbanism High Speed Buses? Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), a relatively cheap and transformative investment, is under consideration for the Roosevelt Boulevard
