The area near what is now High Street had a stream running through it, making it a natural choice to build a town.

Gerald Harris, mayor of Branch, said Feb. 2 he wasn’t aware of the change in the law that Act 1028 required. He said the city will follow the act in all future public meetings.

One challenge was the Town Branch flooding downtown during heavy rainfall. That’s why downtown streets now cover the creek as ...

Some properties already lease parts of the City Branch for parking. In its Central District plan adopted in 2013, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission called for turning the City Branch into a ...