Redevelopment

Group Redeveloping Altoona's Silk Mill Says State Funding Is Key For Revitalization Effort

Min Xian

For many former industrial cities in Pennsylvania, redeveloping old industrial sites is a way to attract new businesses and talent. One of the projects…

The new Bellefonte Waterfront Development is located along Spring Creek between Lamb Street and High Street. It will include a six- or seven-story hotel, restaurants, stores and apartments.

Business, Economics and Finance

The New Bellefonte Waterfront Development Could Start Construction As Early As Next Spring

Min Xian

The Borough of Bellefonte has entered a sales agreement with developers on the waterfront project.The new Bellefonte Waterfront Development is located…

Tonetta Graham on her Strawberry Mansion porch, in philadelphia, PA.

Business, Economics and Finance

Why This Resident Isn't Worried About Philly Hipsters Moving Into Her Neighborhood

This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly.—If Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion section gentrifies, Tonetta Graham knows her block is bound to change.…

James Earl Davis, a Professor of Urban Education at Temple University and his golden doodle, Baldwin, pictured in his home in East Germantown.

Business, Economics and Finance

Black Middle Class Finds Refuge In East Germantown’s Diversity, Gentrifying On Their Own Terms

Annette John-Hall

Temple University education professor James Earl Davis and his partner moved into their stately 150-year-old Victorian home in East Germantown in 2001, at…

A view of Society Hill taken from inside the Society Hill Towers.

Business, Economics and Finance

From Slums To Sleek Towers: How Philly Became Cleaner, Safer, And More Unequal

Harry Schwartz, 84, remembers when his neighborhood, Society Hill, was one of the poorest parts of Philadelphia. But by the time he moved there as a young…

Developers for the Patton Crossing project first proposed a master plan last year. The mixed-use plan drew much opposition from the neighborhood.

Business, Economics and Finance

Urbanization Or Overdevelopment? Patton Township Building Project At A Crossroads

Min Xian

Susan Buda works at the Park Forest preschool and lives in the adjoining Park Forest neighborhood in the State College area.On most days, she bikes to…

Housing Boom A Mixed Bag In State College

Anne Danahy

Aviva Franz, a sophomore at Penn State, is leaving her apartment in the Metropolitan on a breezy fall day. She moved into the new, upscale building in…

Business, Economics and Finance

State College Plans New Civic Hub On South Allen St

Emily Reddy

Most State College residents think of their downtown as a long, narrow area bracketed by College and Beaver Avenues. The State College Borough Council…