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You are viewing 8 articles for 2013 by the author Matt Golas
PennPraxis and PlanPhilly win annual Henry J. Magaziner Award
PennPraxis and PlanPhilly are the recipients of the annual Henry J. Magaziner, EFAIA, Award of the AIA Philadelphia Historic Preservation Committee. The award recognizes a person or organization that has made…
Inquirer / PlanPhilly tax delinquency chat with Patrick Kerkstra and Kevin Gillen
This is the transcript from the live chat session with journalist Patrick Kerkstra and University of Pennsylvania urban economist, Kevin Gillen at noon on Wednesday. The subject was “Ravaged By Neglect,…
How we estimated the economic value and neighborhood impact of tax-delinquent properties in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly hired Kevin Gillen, a senior research consultant at the Fels School of Government, to perform an independent analysis gauging the impact of real estate tax delinquency on the property values…
Hort Academy at Abraham Lincoln High wins Sustainability Award at Flower Show
Last October, PlanPhilly graduate intern Amanda Mazie wrote about VIADUCTgreene's grassroots efforts to get the public to imagine what it would be like to transform an abandoned rail viaduct's unplanned green…
National Audubon Society and Outward Bound Philadelphia want to preserve a virtually unknown and inaccessible lake in Philadelphia by creating an educational center for conservation and leadership development
IMPORTANT public meeting tonight! In compliance with the Open Space Protection ordinance, the Parks and Recreation Commission has received a formal "Alternatives Analysis" from Audubon/Outward Bound outlining plans to build…
Letter to the Editor: Wunsch responds to Farnham
To the Editor: Jon Farnham evidently believes that historic preservation is alive and well in Philadelphia. Reading his oddly ad hominem response to my December PlanPhilly interview, I was struck by…
Welcome to a brand new PlanPhilly!
What you are looking at today is a thoroughly new, innovative PlanPhilly website that is designed to better connect the planning, design and development communities in Philadelphia through an integrated content…
