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 her handmade map, South Philly artist Kim Alsbrooks brings Fairmount Park into the 21st Century by way of the Centennial Exhibition. The hand drawn map recalls ancient maps with an artistic focus and favors attention to bicycles

The first weekend in November means peak fall foliage in the Delaware Valley—it’s clockwork by nature. While colorful scenes abound from West Philly to FDR Park and back up to Mayfair, perhaps nowhere in Philadelphia makes you want to zip up your autumn sweater and lace up your boots as does the Wissahickon under its annual kaleidoscope. Brad Maule left only footprints and took only these photos along the Cresheim Creek section of Wissahickon Park

New trail investment to be spurred by a William Penn Foundation grant will mean an unimpeded walk (or ride) from Walmart to Penn Treaty Park. More funding is needed, as Steve Currall reports

The groundbreaking for FringeArts’ repurposing of the historic pumping station at Race Street is just one of many ongoing projects on the Delaware Riverfront. Greg Meckstroth reports on this and the others in progress

An earlier effort to encourage residential and mixed use development north of Penn Treaty Park hasn’t panned out. But as trail and greenway projects advance, officials reconsider the right approach to former industrial parcels