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On one block, more than $200,000 in uncollected revenue
The 2100 block of North 9th Street—between Diamond and Susquehanna, just northeast of Temple University—looks as though it’s being eaten alive. Between the still-standing, three-story brick houses, conspicuous patches of empty…
Lower South and West Park plans adopted | 'Quality of Life' plan for Eastern North Philly accepted | Reassessment 70% done | Delilah's closed | city seeks help with PGW sale | parsing NIDs
Pink hints of spring | 'Off the Beaten Path,' Rob Lybeck, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupThe Planning Commission adopted the Lower South and West Park district plans with a…
Planning Commission accepts "quality of life" plan for Eastern North Philadelphia
The Asociación de Puertorriqueños en Marcha – otherwise known as The Association of Puerto Ricans on the March or simply APM – has worked to improve Eastern North Philadelphia neighborhoods for…
The story of Sheridan Street
Posted by Beth Miller, Executive Director:Since we’ve been celebrating our 20thanniversary, 2011 has been an action-packed year at the Collaborative. But even in this extraordinary year, the ribbon cutting for…
North Philadelphia: ‘Design in Action’ tour explores affordable, green housing
By Kara Savidge and Christine FisherFor PlanPhilly As part of the Community Design Collaborative’s three-day “Design in Action 2011” conference, the collaborative led a tour of affordable housing projects that…
Green Roundup: More LEED affordable housing opens, Southwest Philly Farm grows, Wells Fargo Center composts, Einstein and MLK High partner
More rain ahead today (you didn’t think fall was going to be entirely sunny and humidity-free, did you?) so bring the umbrella. DesignPhiladelphia kicks off today, and there are lots of…
Special Report: Salvation, optimism and perseverance in Eastern North Philadelphia
On June 3, 1993, Norma Morales and her three children woke up on a mattress on the floor of a drafty two-bedroom apartment in the Parkside section of West Philadelphia. They…
How APM turned growing pains into gains
It is hard to imagine what Eastern North Philadelphia would look like today without Jesus Sierra, the city worker who in 1970 founded Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha and built it into…
Special Report: APM set its own rules
In a city like Philadelphia, where big deals still get hammered out in back rooms and close ties to politicians are a basic part of doing business, even the well intentioned…
Other cities come here to see how PHS does it
Reginald Walton, who had traveled from Indianapolis, stood beneath a tree at a large, grassy property a couple of blocks from the Temple University train station, listening as leaders from the…
RESCHEDULED: $1 million for "green" neighborhood in North Philly
From press release issued by APM: $1 Million Home Depot Grant To Nurture Green NeighborhoodsA $1 million grant from the Home Depot Foundation will help turn old and new housing…
