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PCPC adopts Callowhill/Chinatown North plan for mixed use, green space.
Under a new strategic plan adopted by the city planning commission Tuesday, the Callowhill/Chinatown North of the future would include 21 new acres of parks and green space, development that mixes…
DRWC unveils Penn Street Trail renderings, and will soon hire designer for Spring Garden Connector
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation planners unveiled renderings of the Penn Street portion of the Central Delaware Waterfront Trail at Friday's board meeting.This section of the trail will connect a greenway…
UPDATED: Waterfront stakeholders talk about ways to entice developers to provide access and build the proposed trail
Owners of property along the Central Delaware waterfront would be encouraged, but not forced, to allow public access to the river if current language under consideration for a zoning overlay is…
Squilla hopes to finalize waterfront overlay legislation in mid-November
A zoning bill that would shape future development along the Central Delaware Waterfront could be finalized by mid-November, said First District City Councilman Mark Squilla.Squilla has held meetings to discuss…
City Planners suggest using Reading Viaduct cut - an old industrial railway tunnel - to get transit riders from Schuylkill to the Delaware
What if Philadelphians could take bus rapid transit from the Schuylkill River to the Delaware River, traveling part of the way beneath the surface in a former industrial railway tunnel –…
RFP goes out for Spring Garden Connector project, plus other riverfront project updates
An RFP went out this week seeking a designer for the Spring Garden Connector project - improvements with the goal of making walking or biking from Northern Liberties to the waterfront…
New Waterfront Corporation Design Review Committee will evaluate development proposals for the Central Delaware
The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation Thursday launched a committee that will review development proposals for the Central Delaware Waterfront and evaluate how well the proposals fit with the Central Delaware Master…
Planning Commission approves changes to Marina View plan of development
Developer Ensemble Real Estate has amended its original plan for Marina View Towers - a residential project at 230 N. Columbus Avenue, near the Benjamin Franklin Bridge – by adding more…
CDAG: Develop "height bonus" guidelines for granting exceptions to waterfront's 100-foot limit.
Key waterfront stakeholders held a meeting with First District Councilman Mark Squilla this week to revamp wording for the new Central Delaware Overlay.Central Delaware Advocacy Group President Matt Ruben told…
Design and development of new Pier 53 park to begin; divers have started analysis of this and other Central Delaware piers
The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation Thursday awarded a $1.5 million contract for the design and building of a new Pier 53 park to Applied Ecological Services, Inc. - a national…
A progress report on the Central District portion of the city's comprehensive plan
The process for creating the Central District portion of the Philadelphia2035 Comprehensive Plan is about half-way finished.It's big geographically, and includes not only the city's central business district, but also…
1,458-unit, four-tower residential and retail complex proposed for former World Trade Center site
Developer Waterfront Renaissance Associates plans to build a 1,458-unit, four-tower residential and retail complex at the corner of Columbus Boulevard and Spring Garden Street – the spot where WRA had once…
Planning Commission won't approve extra height on waterfront unless developer does something for the public in return
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission did not approve the plan for a 180-foot tall residential tower Ensemble Real Estate wants to build on the site of Piers 34 and 35 South…
Delaware Ave./Columbus Blvd. traffic study proposes more turn lanes, longer lights on weekends, and better-marked bike routes
A Delaware Avenue/Columbus Boulevard traffic study recommends adding left-hand turn lanes onto the I-95 Northbound ramp and Washington Avenue, adjustments to the time it takes for traffic lights to cycle and…
Large wooden pegs found beneath waterfront parking lot may be construction materials from 17th Century shipyard
Archaeologists working on the site of a former Philadelphia shipyard that was in business before the arrival of William Penn have found large, wooden pegs that might have been intended to…
'More park, less way'
Currently, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway is mostly a string of popular cultural institutions that residents and tourists visit, then leave, said participants in a Tuesday night discussion on the parkway's future.…
Planning for the "donut hole" of Callowhill-Chinatown North
Work has begun on a blueprint aimed at bringing new vitality to the Callowhill industrial area, the northern part of Chinatown, Poplar and a swath of “super blocks” of low-density commercial…
Archaeological search for more of West Shipyard underway
Note: An earlier version of this story said that a portion of a 1750 shipway found on the site in the 1980s was not found. In fact, it was a bulkhead…
Planning Commission gets first look at Toll Brothers plan for former Stamper Square site
Toll Brothers gave the city planning commission a look at the 69-unit condo building the Horsham-based company hopes to build on a long-vacant Front Street site in Society Hill. The spot…
CDAG hears from Ensemble on Marina View and project for Piers 34/35 and Pier 40
Ensemble Real Estate's Louis Cicalese told the Central Delaware Advocacy Group that he made massing changes to bring the Columbus Boulevard facade of his proposal for a 12-story residential development at…
