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Progress report on University/Southwest district plan
The Philadelphia Planning Commission's district-level comprehensive plan for University/Southwest will strive to focus mixed-use residential development around some of the city's busiest el stops, strengthen commercial corridors that have vacancies, improve…
Navy Yard to release 2013 Master Plan update Wednesday
UPDATED: On Friday, PIDC announced the The Navy Yard event has been rescheduled for Feb. 1. An earlier version of this story had the original date. The Philadelphia Navy Yard will…
Bartram's Garden opens this weekend, shows off new community gardens, education space and nursery
Bartram's Garden is unveiling a a new orchard, community gardens, plant nursery and education center at its start-of-the-season celebration this weekend.Last year, workers cleared invasive shrubs and removed unused tennis…
Mid-point report on Lower Schuylkill Master Plan
Philadelphians got a first look at a still-in-development plan to restore 4,100 acres of industrial land along the Lower Schuylkill to its former role as an economic engine, while simultaneously adding…
Philadelphia Planning Commission adopts first two district-level portions of the comprehensive plan
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission adopted the first two district-level portions of the city's new comprehensive plan, which will guide future development, use of public facilities, development of green space and…
Time running out to comment on first two Philadephia2035 district-level comprehensive plans
The public can still comment on drafts of the first two district-level portions of the city's new comprehensive plan, but time runs out March 1. The plans for Lower South -…
District-level comprehensive plans for West Park, Lower South, unveiled
City planners Tuesday unveiled drafts of the first two district-level portions of the city's new comprehensive plan, outlining future goals for neighborhoods near Fairmount Park and in southernmost Philadelphia.“This is…
Public gets another shot at district comprehensive plans for Lower South and West Park
City planners say they hope more Philadelphians will become interested in the plans that will shape major projects, zoning changes, and potential government funding for neighborhoods in Lower South Philadelphia and…
Ideas for the Columbia Avenue Connector project
The Columbia Avenue of the future will likely be lined with trees, but just how many specimens remains under discussion.Some neighbors of the Fishtown street are concerned about sacrificing parking…
Planning gives support to Toll Brothers' South Street condo/townhouse development
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission Tuesday endorsed zoning changes that Toll Brothers needs to build 59 condos and 68 town homes at 2400 South Street.Toll Brothers has a ZBA hearing…
Improved mass transit and shipping routes, more public access to waterfront, likely components of PCPC's Lower South plan
The district-level comprehensive plan for the Lower South portion of Philadelphia is beginning to take shape.There are some residential neighborhoods in Lower South. A new development, Sienna Place, calls for…
More opportunity for residents to shape Lower South, West Park district-level sections of comprehensive plan
City residents will next month get another chance to help shape the first two district-level portions of the city's new comprehensive plan, Philadelphia2035.The district-level sections build off of the goals…
