New investment in Philadelphia has spurred rising demand for housing, while rising costs have burdened nearby areas traditionally marginalized economically.| Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s current affordable housing crisis is hardly unique in modern America, but the city’s status as among the nation’s poorest large cities makes the challenge especially acute. Mayor Cherelle Parker’s proposed solution, detailed March 24th this year, is promising but problematic. Facing not just traditional obstacles of costs and political will, the proposal has been […]| Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
The closing of downtown Philadelphia’s last department store and the collapse of plans to locate the 76er’s arena on east Market Street have opened major questions, not just about the future of Market Street East but about the role of the city’s core more broadly. Historically, department stores played a major role in anchoring the […]| Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of occasional blogs connecting contemporary issues with Greater Philadelphia’s storied history as documented in the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Underlying these posts is the question whether we have learned sufficiently from the past to make the right decisions going forward. In the effort to identify regional […]| Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia