What was once thought of a pipe dream is set to become reality: The state of Pennsylvania, City of Philadelphia, and the William Penn Foundation have committed to raising the last $10 million needed ...

Campus expansion plans from the likes of UPenn and Drexel are often greeted with mistrust and worry from longtime neighbors, even when it seems that the expansion plans might benefit the surrounding ...

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 ...

Philadelphia has an incredible stock of public art, ranging from colorful city murals to downright head-scratching sculptures scattered throughout the city. But in honor of International Sculpture Day ...

After managing to remain open as multiple casinos closed up shop along the once iconic Atlantic City boardwalk, Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort will meet the same fate, closing its flashy, extravagant ...

Time and time again, Dan Nichols has told the story of how he became an architect. "I first learned of Wright when I was about 10 years old growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, in an old ...

Karen Thompson and Lizzie Woods are standing at the corner of Front and Chestnut streets in Old City, an intersection that, depending on which direction you're facing, looks into a landscaped park, a ...

Fairmount Park is the Goliath of urban parks. The entire system, which includes 63 parks, clocks in at 9,200 acres, making it the largest urban park in the nation. Seriously: It's five times bigger ...

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 ...

Residential and mixed-use projects make up 54 percent of the immense amount of construction taking place throughout Center City. According to Center City District’s recent annual report, at the end of ...

Independence Hall in 1952, after the demolition of a building to make way for Independence Mall. Photo courtesy of Independence National Historical Park Here in Philly, July Fourth involves an entire ...

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 ...