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PennDesign students develop a model for managing closed school buildings
This June, 23 Philadelphia public schools will be closed for good, adding around 65 acres to the city’s already heavy burden of vacant land. For the city, dealing with these soon-to-be-empty…
Blackwell calls for hearings on Philadelphia2035
Last week, City Council adopted a resolution introduced by 3rd-District Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell calling for hearings on the City Planning Commission’s Philadelphia2035 project, the city’s neighborhood-by-neighborhood comprehensive plan. The first phase…
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…
A day of casino testimony underway
Local officials urged the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to think about more than slots and table game receipts when it considers six proposals for Philadelphia's second casino license. They said it…
Deputy Mayor: Casinos haven't generated neighborhood development
Casinos have not stimulated economic development in their neighborhoods, said Philadelphia Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Director of Commerce Alan Greenberger. “Casinos are economic drivers in the sense that they…
Casino proposal 'listening tour'
The Inquirer's Double Down blog reports that the City Planning Commisison is embarking on a "listening tour" to gauge public opinion on the six proposals for Philadelphia's second casino in advance…
Nutter encourages restraint on zoning code during Phila2035 update
A standing-room-only crowd at the Center for Architecture burst into applause, interrupting surprise guest Michael Nutter as he explained the importance of being patient with the new zoning code that his…
Philadelphia’s planning and zoning process receives 2013 National Planning Excellence Award from the American Planning Association
Washington, D.C. – Philadelphia’s Integrated Planning and Zoning Process will receive the 2013 National Planning Excellence Award for a Best Practice from the American Planning Association for its innovative approach at leveraging the synergy…
Those seeking Philadelphia's remaining casino license face city deadline Thursday
Anyone who wants a shot at the second Philadelphia casino license must let the city know by the close of business Thursday – a week before the Nov. 15 deadline for…
Some civic associations seek tighter regulation of Registered Community Organization map
Amid arguments over the new zoning code’s provision on Registered Community Organizations over the past few years, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission vowed to stay out of neighborhood power struggles by…
BigBelly dumping | church vacancy crisis | improved fresh food access | NoLibs' rapid transition | Finnegan's Wake balcony impasse | PPA moves to Market East
East Passyunk’s new BigBelly compactors have become such magnets for residential trash and litter that most are being pulled from the street, the Daily News reports. Neighbors were putting so…
In discussion with attorneys, planning leaders downplay immediate effects of new zoning code
Members of City Council and the Planning Commission addressed a roomful of real estate lawyers and developers in a seminar hosted by Duane Morris LLP Wednesday morning at the Westin Hotel…
Parks & Rec budget shift | Planning Commission supports Norris Square rezoning | townhouses for Rivers Edge | Mercy Street gardening | Grand Jury looks at Buck fire | SEPTA's nerve center | Moyer rules
Worm's Eye View | Rob Lybeck, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupWill the Department of Parks & Recreation see $8 million restored to its budget? PlanPhilly’s JoAnn Greco went to…
PCPC weighs adopting/accepting waterfront plan, final public school closing hearings, Girard block funding, texting while driving ban
Will the City Planning Commission adopt the Master Plan for the Central Delaware in its entirety? PlanPhilly’s Kellie Patrick Gates reports that there is talk that the northernmost (Marlborough Ave.…
Adopt or accept the waterfront plan, what's the difference?
As of Saturday morning, top city planners still had not decided whether to recommend that the planning commission “adopt” the entire long-range plan for the Central Delaware Waterfront or “accept” some…
The First Ten Years of the Design Advocacy Group of Philadelphia [DAGspace]
The First Ten Years of the Design Advocacy Group of Philadelphia By Elise Vider In late 2001, a group of six Philadelphia architects, planners, and design junkies sat down to…
Grappling with preservation in Overbrook Farms
What the heck is going on with the Overbrook Farms Historic District? Everything and nothing, apparently. The Historical Commission has been working on creating a local historic district for Overbrook Farms…
Waterfront zoning overlay drafted, debating Overbrook Farms' historic districting, Keith Haring in Point Breeze, PA considers green building legislation, onward Navy Yard boomtown
Promenade | Flickr user phillytrax, Eyes on the Street flickr groupThe Master Plan for the Central Delaware could get new teeth through zoning revisions. PlanPhilly’s Kellie Patrick Gates reports that…
