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Proposed casinos to get report card from Design Advocacy Group
The six Philadelphia casino proposals are about to get a report card from an organization of Philadelphia architects, urban planners and other design professionals. According to an analysis by the Philadelphia…
2013 Ed Bacon Awards Ceremony & Reception
Honoring John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado, & the 2013 Student Design Competition Winners Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the Philadelphia Center for Architecture VIP reception: 5:30-6:30 p.m.; ceremony & presentation: 7-8:30…
CDAG concerned Planning Commission isn't protecting Master Plan for Central Delaware
Members of the Central Delaware Advocacy Group worry that the Philadelphia City Planning Commission's recent acceptance of the development plan for a 180-unit, 11-story apartment building near the Ben Franklin Bridge…
PennPraxis celebrates 10th season with session on its future direction
To commemorate the 10th birthday of PennPraxis on Saturday, Executive Director Harris Steinberg and Penn School of Design Dean Marilyn Jordan Taylor invited planning and design experts, alums, and Philadelphia residents…
Design work on a new section of waterfront trail and a link between the waterfront and Fishtown begins
Design work is beginning on a new section of the Central Delaware multi-purpose trail – which will run along Delaware Avenue and Penn Street, from the foot of Spring Garden Street…
Architect who did Penn Treaty master plan selected for Columbia Avenue improvement project
Studio Bryan Hanes, the same landscape architecture firm that developed the master plan for Penn Treaty Park, has been selected to design the Columbia Avenue Connector – a project that…
Waterfront development group hires designer for multi-purpose trail
The RBA Group, a firm of architects, engineers and planners with offices in Philadelphia, New York and elsewhere, was hired to design a multi-purpose trail along the length of the…
SugarHouse to discuss expansion plan changes with planning commission
SugarHouse Casino executives want to modify plans for the next phase of the Delaware Avenue casino. They will give an information-only presentation on the desired changes to the Philadelphia City Planning…
UPDATED: Society Hill, city, reach sidewalk construction agreement
Society Hill Civic Association and the city have reached an agreement that the association says will allow new ADA-compliant sidewalk ramps and related work to be completed without detracting from the…
A self-supported boardwalk could allow the public onto Pier 53
In about a year and a half, Washington Avenue Green park may extend out onto Pier 53.Washington Avenue Green opened in October 2010 as a quick-hit “early action item” of…
Planning Commission favors zoning changes that would allow former AAA building to become apartments, retail
City Planning Commissioners said Tuesday that the Zoning Board of Adjustment should grant the changes needed for a mixed-use residential and retail development to rise from the former AAA building at…
Race Street Pier railing gap issue resolved; all punch list items to be finished by fall
Attention parents: The railing around Race Street Pier has been fixed so that no portion of its lowest rung is more than four inches above the decking.This is one of…
Kimmel Center restaurant, studio project may proceed, says city council
The Kimmel Center can make changes to its 200 South Broad Street building that center representatives say are needed to open a new restaurant and relocate the Innovation Studio.The restaurant,…
PennDOT gets more feedback on I-95 redo. Final designs coming by fall
Earlier this week, PennDOT representatives reported back to folks who live along the I-95 corridor, near the area between Shackamaxon and Palmer streets, with some mock-ups of what their ideas for…
Historic review of ADA sidewalk ramp project has begun
It is not possible to bring sidewalks up to ADA accessibility standards without using any of the short, foundation-hugging structures called cheek walls that critics worry could detract from the historic…
New Photos: Race Street Pier opens Thursday
Race Street Pier officially opens to the public today, but some folks got a good look at the just-finished park at last night's pre-opening gala, which raised about $75,000 for performing…
Public wants well-lit underpasses and under-highway recreation and dog parks
I-95 underpasses should be flooded with light . Fancier lighting, defining the passageway that connects a neighborhood with the waterfront, would be even better. Walls should be camouflaged with plants, where…
A stop work order has been posted at the Cash for Gold jewelry story across from SugarHouse
A new display has been added to the window of the jewelry store with the neon “cash for gold” signs across from SugarHouse Casino: A candy-striped stop work order from L&I.…
Mayor talks planning with city leaders at the Mayor's Institute on City Design
Thursday and today, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and about 50 other mayors, as well as design professionals, are in Chicago for the National Mayor's Summit on City Design, sponsored by…
PennDOT hosts two-day design workshop on I-95 reconstruction from Frankford to Allegheny
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and representatives from neighborhoods and organizations along the I-95 corridor are holding a public, two-night design workshop to finalize design ideas for the rebuilding of the…
