This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly. Markward Playground is a small park near the Schuylkill River. I often go there for a walk or to look at the view, so I was upset to learn that this park ...

In most ways, the former Umpqua Bank building at the corner of Wall and Riverside is a monument to law and order. A red metal sign screwed to the brick wall declares that "sitting or lying near or ...