The fledgling Philadelphia Land Bank is the city’s best chance to put the lion’s share of its vacant and tax-delinquent properties…
Which would you choose for your block: A weed-choked illegal dumping ground or a quasi-legal market farm growing everything from sunflowers…
Philly passed a new milestone on the long road to realizing its future Land Bank: On Friday the Philadelphia Housing Development…
Philadelphia is inching toward realizing its Land Bank, signed into law by Mayor Nutter in January. The Philadelphia Land Bank is…
PlanPhilly is a partner for this year's TEDxPhiladelphia event, and we're sharing ways we think Philly is becoming a "New Workshop…
Philadelphia will be the biggest American city to establish a municipal land bank once Mayor Nutter signs the land bank bill…
UPDATED, 12/5/13 8:15am: The Inquirer reports that Council President Clarke and Councilwoman Quiñones-Sánchez have negotiated a deal to advance the land bank…
The historic but fragile Gretz Brewery complex has stood at the corner of Germantown Avenue and Oxford Street since the 1880s,…
A Point Breeze resident in the neighborhood’s Newbold section wants to turn the vacant lot behind her home into an herbal…
This fall there is renewed hope for progress in the creation of a municipal land bank. Come October 28, land bank…
This week Philadelphia has served as both host and case study for the 2013 Reclaiming Vacant Properties conference. With 40,000…
The warm weather is here just in time to get everyone outside for the sixth annual Philly Spring Cleanup Day.…
One stunning effect of Philadelphia's property tax delinquency problem is diminshed property values across the city that reduce the city's tax…
In an edge-of-your-seat bidding process, the City successfully bid on 1010 S. Saint Bernard St., home of the Saint Bernard Community…
Good morning, Streeters. Here's your Friday am Buzz: Dutch artists Haas & Hahn have finished painting a nearly-contiguous, color-block mural across…
1800 Block of Fairmount, morning | phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr GroupGood morning, Streeters. If you're wondering if we…
Happy Friday, Streeters. Here’s what’s making news today. The bill authorizing the city to use eminent domain on 17 vacant properties…
Autumn street| Eyes on the Street Flickr GroupGood morning, Streeters. It’s GIS Day and we’ll be hanging out with mapmakers…