The Philadelphia Inquirer

Gov. Rendell, chair of the bi-state Delaware River Port Authority, has threatened a PATCO shutdown if the NJ delegation does not approve funds for dredging the Delaware's main shipping channel.

A neighborhood association hires a design firm to suggest changes to a developer's plans for a condo tower on top of a parking garage.

Philadelphis is attempting to reduce concentrations of poverty and increase property values through the development of suburban style homes. But is following this national trend right for the city of brotherly love and its most needy residents?

New Jersey's poorest city has been designated America's most dangerous for a second year in a row.

Philadelphia's Mayor proposes to include the director of the city's planning commission in his cabinent.

Philadelphia's Yorktown neighborhood, once an experiment in marketing to middle-class African Americans, continues to mean home to its residents as it nears the half-century mark.

Edmund Bacon, Philadelphia's most influential planner, died on October 14th, leaving behind a legacy of public service.

A City Councilman in Philadelphia proposes changes to the zoning code to protect the city's urban fabric in traditional rowhouse neighborhoods. Changes to requirements for provision of off-street parking are intended to encourage development.

Pennsylvania's new BluePrint Communities program gives community groups the resources to manage redevelopment.

A lack of city-wide planning has left neighborhoods struggling in the face of an onslaught of development

The Clearkin Construction Company was given seven days to vacate the property they'd maintained in Philadelphia for over 50 years to make room for housing.

Culture is drawing people to downtowns.

Architect Daniel Kelley headed a team that modernized and softened the "Brutalist-style" campus dorm buildings.

The historic Philadelphia-area city has been part of a concerted effort to rebuild, but housing, not retail, is where the money is.

Quarry sites around the Philadelphia area are being purchased for their redevelopment opportunities.

Philadelphia is experimenting with the latest trend in public housing: creating low-density, mixed income communities in historic-looking rowhouses.

Philadelphia citizens weigh in on the direction of parking policy in downtown.

The good news is that Center City's population has jumped. The bad news is that the increase is offset by a loss in office jobs.

Environmental issues are uniting conservatives and liberals even while the nation becomes more polarized.

First Illinois, now New Jersey. Will privatizing toll roads become the next new trend?