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Under the Clothespin: Sneak Peek

From Eyes on the Street: Artists Miriam Singer and Emilie Ledieu have been busy building Under the Clothespin, a whimsical cityscape mosaic, in the Centre Square subway entrance. Here’s a sneak peek at their soon-to-be-revealed project.

City Council will consider creating a Land Bank

Council members Bill Green and Maria Quiñones-Sánchez introduced legislation aimed at overhauling the City's tax-delinquency and vacant-land problems. Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown proposed selling advertisements on the sides of school buses.

Interface Studio has a cutting edge idea for cars and people
School closings timeline a sticky issue
Inga Saffron on “The Grand Adjustment” at TEDx
Civic engagement on sign controls gets underway
Megaprojects: Can't we all just get along?
Winning Bacon Student Competition team talks about plan for the I-95 corridor
Manayunk Towpath improvement project nears completion while canal dredging gets underway
Art Commission approves Family Court addition, Dilworth Plaza subway concourse

Events

"Visibly Invisible"
February 7, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Bike Delaware Meeting
February 7, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Corzo Center at the University of the Arts ǀ Our Gadgets, Our Identities
February 7, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Regina Lee Blaszczyk: “From Parlor to iPhone: Our Gadgets, Our Identities.”
February 7, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Drexel University ǀ URBAN ROOTS film screening and panel
February 7, 2012 - 6:30pm - 9:30pm
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February 7, 2012
[News] Civic engagement on sign controls gets underway
Members of the Design Advocacy Group shared their thoughts on sign regulations with the Sign Control Working Group headed by former ZCC director Eva Gladstein. A reformed chapter on sign controls is expected to be submitted to City Council in May. 
[News] Citizens Planning Institute graduates 30 more citizen planners; next round of classes starts soon
The Institute is designed to help citizens become better advocates for planning and zoning related issues in their neighborhoods.
[News] Interface Studio has a cutting edge idea for cars and people
Local architects break out of the box with wild parking garage design
[News] Lower Schuylkill Master Plan
The Master Plan Study for the Lower Schuylkill River District is a collaborative effort to create a blueprint for high-quality sustainable redevelopment of the historically industrial corridor along the east and west banks of the Lower Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, PA.
[News] School closings timeline a sticky issue
School Reform Commission chair Pedro Ramos told community members in South Philadelphia Thursday night that the District is working to make its final school closings decision “in as timely a way as possible.”  
[News] Inga Saffron on “The Grand Adjustment” at TEDx
Eyes on the Street continues its TEDxPhilly: The City video series with Inga Saffron, Architecture Critic for the Inquirer. Saffron thinks the future for cities like Philadelphia does not lie in skyscrapers and megaprojects, but in scaled development and high-quality public space. 
[News] Art Commission approves Family Court addition, Dilworth Plaza subway concourse
Representatives from architects EwingCole and neighborhood groups once again squared off over new plans to add one more story to the controversial Family Court Building. The Commission also got to add its voice to an ongoing sign saga on Walnut Street.
[News] Megaprojects: Can't we all just get along?
To conclude its presentation of In the Footprint: The Battle for Atlantic Yards, the Annenberg Center brought together Philadelphians to discuss paving the way for smoother development processes.
[News] UPDATED: Old City Scoop The Poop campaign gets city blessing for pilot program, chooses new mascot
Scoop The Poop organizers say city streets and transportation officials have given them the green light for a year-long pilot program. They are awaiting further details.
[News] Winning Bacon Student Competition team talks about plan for the I-95 corridor
A two-person team from the University of Toronto won this year's Ed Bacon student competition for their approach to re-imagining the I-95 corridor. 
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