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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 –…
University Southwest District Plan to be unveiled
The draft University Southwest District Plan calls for encouraging development in areas where it lags and better shaping it to community needs where the market is already strong – including areas…
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…
Planning Commission launches work on University City/Southwest district plan
Planning the future of the University City/Southwest District calls for a bit of a balancing act, said West Philadelphia planner and project manager Andrew Meloney at the first public input session…
Drexel University plans new residential, retail and parking at Chestnut and 32nd
Drexel University has the Planning Commission's approval to build three residential structures on the 3200 block of Chestnut Street.Commissioners this week approved an amendment to the university's institutional development district…
City Council adopts resolution allowing two construction projects at Drexel University
Philadelphia City Council today adopted a resolution allowing Drexel University to revise its master plan, allowing for new building projects.Drexel plans to build a new structure for the LeBow College…
City to begin South Street Bridge redo
Nov. 10Previous coverage By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly More than 18 years after design work began, Philadelphia is getting a new South Street bridge - a $67 million project…
