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Penn planning students study the removal of expressways in six North American cities

Class concludes that, at the very least, partial highway removal would re-connect neighborhoods and promote economic growth in Washington, D.C.; Toronto, New Orleans; the Bronx, NY; New Haven, CT; and Montreal. Studio professor Harris Steinberg says the class is one way to promote a similar discussion in Philadelphia.

Public hearing tonight on design for AMTRAK's new transmission line, electrification system

Project will involve reconstructing the Bryn Mawr Substation adjacent to the SEPTA parking lots and rebuilding the Paoli Substation. AMTRAK will relocate the 138 kV transmission lines that power trains between Philadelphia and Paoli to the AMTRACK right-of-way with two lines above the existing 12kV catenary.

 

 

Parkside: Local businesses help community start to make a comeback

“There’s been a real effort in this little pocket to as much as possible to have local ownership of the businesses and local ownership of the homes,” the president of the Business Association of West Parkside said. “So we can keep that going, the businesses need good employees, the employees need good businesses."

 

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