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Draft of University/Southwest District Plan presented to PCPC
The draft of the University/Southwest district-level comprehensive plan – which calls for dense development near transit hubs, more transit, cycling and pedestrian amenities, and protecting single-family housing stock within neighborhoods –…
PCPC receives prestigious award for comprehensive plan, zoning code and citizen outreach
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission received the American Planning Association's National Planning Excellence Award for a Best Practice at the APA's national conference in Chicago this week. The PCPC was recognized…
A day of casino testimony underway
Local officials urged the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to think about more than slots and table game receipts when it considers six proposals for Philadelphia's second casino license. They said it…
Deputy Mayor: Casinos haven't generated neighborhood development
Casinos have not stimulated economic development in their neighborhoods, said Philadelphia Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Director of Commerce Alan Greenberger. “Casinos are economic drivers in the sense that they…
Those seeking Philadelphia's remaining casino license face city deadline Thursday
Anyone who wants a shot at the second Philadelphia casino license must let the city know by the close of business Thursday – a week before the Nov. 15 deadline for…
Adopt or accept the waterfront plan, what's the difference?
As of Saturday morning, top city planners still had not decided whether to recommend that the planning commission “adopt” the entire long-range plan for the Central Delaware Waterfront or “accept” some…
UPDATED: DRWC says a very basic amenity would help bring more people to the waterfront
The Central Delaware's new and improved parks and events have proven popular, but to bring more people to the river, say DRWC board members, a more basic amenity is also necessary:…
Full riverfront master plan soon to be released. Can the decades-long schedule be halved?
Two weeks from Monday, the full draft of the Master Plan for the Central Delaware Waterfront will be published on the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation website. It will be ready for…
Conversion of grand bank building into fancy pool hall passes city planning
Developer Paul Giegerich thinks a former Chestnut Street bank could be a pretty swank spot for a game of pool, and the Philadelphia City Planning Commission and Preservation Alliance agree with…
Once controversial parking garage proposal passes PCPC with no fuss
What had been a controversial proposal to build a parking garage next door to historic Arch Street United Methodist Church got planning commission approval Tuesday - and the blessing of the…
Deputy Mayor Greenberger to discuss how the comprehensive plan will impact Fishtown, river wards
Deputy Mayor for Planning and Commerce Alan Greenberger is guest speaker at the Feb. 17 Fishtown Neighbors Association meeting. Greenberger, who is also the chairman of the planning commission, will review…
Here we go again: Residential, restaurant, office space proposed for Arch
Talk about moving on. A couple years ago, the Planning Commission was being wooed by developers who wanted to plop a monolith called the American Commerce Center, a mixed-use tower which…
Prioritizing projects for the city's new master plan
Philadelphians who gathered at Moore College of Art Monday night got to tell city planners how to spend nearly $4 billion over the coming 25 years.The tricky parts: That's only…
A change at the top of Planning Commission
Deputy Mayor Alan Greenberger today stepped down from his position as executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.Greenberger has been in charge of both the PCPC and the Commerce Department,…
New DRWC operating budget includes funding boost from city
The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation's recently adopted $7 million 2011 operating budget includes a 100 percent increase in city funding and counts on collecting $154,000 more in parking fees and $27,000…
What Market St. East could be
June 23 By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhillyThe lead architect of the city's plan to revitalize the Market East corridor gave the public a second look at his still-in-draft-form vision…
Bringing netherworld to life
Planning Commission Director Alan Greenberger leads PlanPhilly on an eye-opening walking tour of the transit concourses beneath Center City. June 17, 2009By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhillyAs if there's…
A Love Park make-over?
April 20, 2009 By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhillyThe happy couple visiting from Southern California smile hopefully at the stranger near Philadelphia's famous big, red letters.“Will you take our…
