If you want to get a good grasp on what the presence of Interstate 95 means for a city like Philadelphia, it’s helpful to figure out how it got there in the first place. On one level, the Interstate ...

In February, Philly was one of five U.S. cities awarded a Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant. Essentially, the honor meant that Philly showed some great promise as a potential smart city, ...

Yesterday’s announcement makes the casino, once dubbed the "eighth greatest wonder in the world," the fifth to close in Atlantic City since 2014. Four casinos shuttered within that year, all but ...

New York-based artist Jake Berman wants cities to start examining ways to bring their public transit systems into the future—by looking at the past. And for Philly, that means an oft-forgotten ...

How “green” is Philly? It’s environmentally friendly enough to rank 8th in the nation for LEED-certified residential projects, according to a new study. Real estate website ADOBO recently revealed a ...

“Modernism” is not a term that immediately leaps to mind when considering Philadelphia. Yet from the PSFS building—the nation’s first International Style skyscraper—to environment-altering ...

The Million Woman March took place in Philadelphia in 1997, drawing hundreds of thousands of women to Philly’s streets. AP Photo/Chris Gardner This Saturday, a day after the Inauguration, thousands of ...

In order to meet its growing demand, Philly will need to add 38,407 new apartments by 2030. Problem is, Philadelphia is one of the toughest cities to add necessary households for renters. The ...

The mass demolition was justified by a combination of factors, explains Brownlee, who is currently writing the second edition of his seminal book about the Parkway’s history, Building the City ...

The University of Pennsylvania’s Hill College House, the only Philadelphia-based project of noted Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, is ready for its close-up—again. Hill College House was ...

Louis Kahn was a man of many talents: a gifted artist. A playful pianist. And in the words of Philip Johnson, one of the most influential and “beloved architects of all time.” Frank Gehry, speaking ...

Philly’s skyline has come a long way since 1987. That’s the year that One Liberty Place became the tallest building in the city, breaking the gentleman’s agreement that no building should ever surpass ...