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Central, University/Southwest district plans adopted
Philadelphia now has long-range plans for future development within the Central and University/Southwest districts. The city planning commission adopted both comprehensive plans at its Tuesday (June 11) meeting. From now on,…
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…
PCPC: Pass Central Delaware zoning bill with additional river access streets
City council should pass the proposed Central Delaware Riverfront Overlay - legislation designed to shape future development in concert with the principles of the city's plan for the waterfront – the…
DRWC names Hargreaves to design Penn's Landing re-do
The firm that designed Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London and Louisville's Waterfront Park, which links that city with the Ohio River, will soon begin design and engineering work on a…
City gathers public perspective on casino options
The city won't pick a favorite from the six applicants for Philadelphia's second casino license at April's gaming control board hearings. “We've got no intention of saying 'This is the one,'…
320 apartments proposed for former S. Kensington Scrap Yard
On Thursday, April 11, Council President Darrell Clarke introduced a bill rezoning a small portion of the vacant lot between 2nd, Master, Thompson, and American streets from I-2 to CMX-3 to…
Draft plan for Central District released
The draft comprehensive plan for Philadelphia's Central District calls for revitalizing civic spaces in Center City, encouraging more development along Ridge Avenue and North Broad Street in West Callowhill, and making…
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…
Nutter: Grants requested by the city do not constitute lobbying
The William Penn Foundation recently suspended grants to city-related agencies after Philadelphia public school advocates filed a complaint alleging the foundation violated the city's lobbying ordinance when it paid a consultant…
Proposed park over I-95 and Columbus Blvd. easy to build, hard to fund
Building an eight-acre park over I-95 and Columbus Boulevard from Walnut to Chestnut streets would not be too complicated a task for engineers and construction crews, say two PennDOT experts. “Whether…
New - and reused - recommendations for West Market Street
A new Philadelphia City Planning Commission report finds that mixed-use development centered around transit stops, replacing large surface parking lots with more active uses and the relocation of some city services…
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…
City to rank trail network. There are now 75 proposed city-wide.
Philadelphia planners are developing a rating system to prioritize proposed trails. There are now 75 trails proposed city-wide. The idea is to focus the city's limited resources – financial and otherwise…
The current draft of the Lower Schuylkill Master Plan calls for developing the 3,700 acres along the river into three distinct areas
The current draft of the Lower Schuylkill Master Plan calls for developing the 3,700 acres along the river into three distinct areas: The Innovation District. These 500 acres nearest University City…
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…
Planning Commission adopts district plan for Lower Northeast
The district-level comprehensive plan for Lower Northeast Philadelphia was Tuesday adopted by Philadelphia City Planning Commission.The Lower Northeast includes 5.92 square miles, more than 100,200 residents, and the neighborhoods of…
Looking for history in the library's yard
Pushing a machine that looks much like a lawnmower, a preservationist spent Wednesday methodically walking up and down the green space adjacent to Mt. Airy's Lovett Memorial Library, shooting radar into…
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…
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…
