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Hey Philly! You don't know what you're missing if you aren't checking out Eyes on the Street
Eyes on the Street, is a blog that will chronicle the challenge of making a well-designed, 21st-century Philadelphia.On this dynamic product, you’ll find daily discussion about good design, great…
Art Commission talks about streetscapes, hears about co-gen
The Philadelphia Art Commission Wednesday heard about and approved plans for dramatic streetscaping that will help reinvigorate North Broad Street.The commission also checked off on details concerning an "extremely green"…
Special PlanPhilly announcement
Since it was founded in 2006, PlanPhilly has grown to reach 25,000 monthly readers in Philadelphia's planning, design and development communities with generous support from the William Penn Foundation. Since January,…
Church of the Assumption complex for sale
There's another chapter being written in the long history of the Church of the Assumption.Siloam, a non-profit HIV/AIDS organization, in a written statement, announced the sale of its entire property…
Fire ravages old Edison High
A fast moving fire Wednesday destroyed the old Thomas Edison High School, which was scheduled for demolition to make way for mixed-use development. The fire at the building at 7th Street…
Parks and Rec talks merger, trees, recreation opportunities and money
A two-hour long meeting of the Parks and Recreation Commission Wednesday began with a run-through that focused on the just completed and quite complicated task of merging the two departments, a…
High five for Silverliner V on Bryn Mawr run
Well, I finally hitched up with a Silverliner V.Train No. 9563, the Temple U. to Bryn Mawr run that leaves Suburban Station at 5:14 was my ride.I grabbed the…
When warm windows come to cold storage
Thanks to some sharp-eyed observation and pictorial attentiveness from former Praxis/PlanPhilly communications director Michael Greenle we have some cool photos of window refit at the Waterview Grande rehab of two cold…
Another L&I round coming up for Church of the Assumption
It's Round 2 tomorrow for the Callowhill Neighborhood Association as it argues before the Board of Licenses & Inspections Review to stop Siloam, a social service agency that owns the Church…
Manship Prize Submission
PlanPhilly was created by PennPraxis in the fall of 2006 to support the public planning process for the Central Delaware. PlanPhilly was originally conceived as a Web portal for information about…
Paris style view sheds and sight lines
Remember that feeling you would get as you entered the Philadelphia Flower Show when it was held at the old Civic Center across from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania?…
Nightmare in Wayne for Regional Rail riders
Last week we complimented SEPTA on it's on-time performance during a surprise snowstorm. This week we take out the paddle. When SEPTA faces a scenario of ice, sleet, rain and some…
On time! despite unexpected AM snowstorm
Regional Rail passengers in Wayne were pleasantly surpised when the 7:12 Silverliner II (local to Bryn Mawr express to Center City) arrived at the station at exactly 7:12. Here's hoping that…
PlanPhilly's Year in Review: Real to Reel
When we decided to try to present the video and photo highlights of 2010 in a short slideshow it became clear how much had happened around the built environment in Philadelphia.…
Total lunar eclipse on Winter Solstice: almost 400 years in the making
PlanPhilly photos Memo from Robert Roy Britt Lunar eclipses are always special, but the early Tuesday represents a real rarity: It will be the first time a total lunar eclipse…
Schuylkill River Heritage Area website receives top award
The Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area website, SchuylkillRiver.org, has been recognized as a 2010 Top National Heritage Website by online reference resource Juggle.com for its access to historical information…
A Top 10 Great Space almost south of the border
During the same week that Rittenhouse Square was named one of the top 10 Great Public Spaces in the country by the American Planning Association, PlanPhilly visited San Antonio, Texas and checked out…
Help get the conversation going!
PlanPhilly now makes it possible for individuals and groups to add content to pages created to allow them to express opinion, provide information about ongoing efforts, and build constituency for their…
Zoning Code consultant to commission and public: Read this document!
The 36th monthly meeting of the Zoning Code Commission was marked by the achievement of producing a 438-page consolidated draft of the new zoning code, concern about how city council…
ZCC gives PCPC a zoning code walk-through
The Zoning Code Commission – which is now entering its stretch drive to complete the first code re-write in Philadelphia in half a century – presented the key elements of its…
