The development of the streetcar (initially horse-drawn, later electric) made it possible for these middle class residents to move away from the industrial neighborhoods and form “suburbs” from which ...

Car-dependent suburbs suck. But that doesn't mean that all suburbs suck. It is possible to build suburbs that don't suck, and the US and Canada used to design great suburbs all the time.

Lawmakers say Upper Darby would be heading toward “financial calamity” without new tax increases, but it isn't making filling ...

The earliest suburbs were just a few blocks from downtown, accessible by horse and buggy. By the turn of the 20th century, streetcar lines reached a few miles beyond the city core, creating the first ...