Zoo Interlocking is the junction between the Keystone Corridor and Northeast Corridor and one of the most complex interlockings in the natio...

The controversial Roxborough development proposal that caused quite a stir last week is at the edge of one of the city’s more remarkabl...

Now entering the third part of this series, I'd like to focus on South Jersey's underutilized rail assets . Where I am going is lo...

In compiling my thoughts from the last post into a map , I realized that a couple of possibilities I hadn't included should be, mostly ...

Current "Kingsley Court" site plan The former Ivy Ridge Personal Care Center, ground zero of a Villanova socialite’s bilking o...

Lately, Alon Levy of Pedestrian Observations has been taking a long, hard look at the MBTA commuter rail operation and came to the conclus...

Parkside is at once one of the city’s most visible and most enigmatic neighborhoods. There are major regional attractions like the Mann ...

Credit drexelmasterplan. The dream--and the reality. The announcement last month of Drexel University’s draft master plan (by the Boston...

Courtesy The Transit Pass Last month, SEPTA proposed a new South Philadelphia Crosstown bus service, which would link South Philly ea...

It’s Christmastime in Center City! And you would hardly know that from looking at the papers. The city’s best light shows this year, decl...

Jacques Gréber's Parkway Plan. Wikipedia This will be a start–but that’s all it will be: a start. The architect and city planner H...

Papadakis Building. drexelmasterplan Take a look at Drexel’s three newest buildings: the recently-opened Papadakis Integrated Sciences ...

Paseo Verde, looking south from 9th and Norris. Image: WRT The Asociación de Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) has partnered with the J...

Photo credit: Peter Woodall Last week, a sort of miniature gaming den tried to open on Frankford Avenue in Fishtown. This was suppose...

Drexel Master Plan "In Progress" Image: drexelmasterplan Last Friday morning, Drexel University presented its nearly-complete ...

I am a regular contributor on Hidden City Philadelphia now! Yay! Going forward, expect link posts the way Steve Smith manages Market Urba...

As we watch the bulldozer and trash trucks arrive this morning at Dilworth Plaza , and read of a 5AM face off between Occupiers and police...

(aka the Logan Triangle) Philaphilia's GroJLart has on Naked Philly a feature about the ruins of the Logan Triangle, a region of sub...

Strawbridge's in better times. Courtesy Labelscar . As has been reported , the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News are moving, fr...