Former Chamounix Drive crossing of the run at the bottom of Chamounix Valley. Tucked away deep inside Fairmount Park, on the west bank o...

Source: 1909 G.W. Bromley atlas, courtesy Phila Geo History Glance at any map of West Philadelphia and there it is, almost a bull’s eye...

I found this article about stations as third places, and I'd like to offer my comment on it: The article in question has a bit of con...

Photo: Philadelphia Inquirer Fun news : another oil price shock is coming . How can I tell? Simple. The price at the pump is already ...

* Author's note: I originally used the phrases "battery cages of poverty" to describe towers-in-a-park and "barracks and ...

In the news today, SEPTA's head, Joe Casey, is blasting the House Transportation bill. The problems with this bill are well known ....

I am starting a rail asset stock for North Jersey, and in  the course of my research discovered the current NJ Transit network is only abo...

This is Part III of a very long-term commuter rail plan. Part I dealt with Pennsylvania rail assets, with Part Ia as an addendum; Part II ...

Note: This post originally appeared Tuesday. I have been very busy lately. Looking up at the louvers in the atrium roof. Drexel Unive...

Note: This post originally appeared Friday. The deepest part of South Philadelphia, south of the Schuylkill Expressway, is full of surpr...

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...