Changing Skyline: In new developments, Philadelphia's urban dreams meet suburban reality

Over the last eight years, urban planning has held a privileged place in the Nutter administration. His team has racked up a series of major accomplishments, from modernizing the city's outdated zoning code to producing a citywide master plan. But surely the gutsiest initiative, given Philadelphia's get-it-built-whatever-it-looks-like pragmatism, was the creation of a board to evaluate the urban design.