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Feb 13: Casino pitch blitz | arson at Temple | NJ Transit studies Bus Rapid Transit | 40th and Pine update | AVI burdens
Good morning, Streeters. Don't be fooled by the lovely day we saw yesterday or this morning's spots of blue sky: we're in for a rain and snow later. Here's what's making…
Blumenfeld acquires Divine Lorraine | Council shrinking stream buffers | Great Chestnut Hill | Construction violations | Vote without ID
Developer Eric Blumenfeld now owns the Divine Lorraine Hotel. Will Philly's most iconic symbol of blight finally see new life? | Gary Reed, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupGood morning,…
No citywide stream buffer in place, Council to consider Water Dept. hydrology map
Philadelphia’s new zoning code went live late last month, but a key environmental provision—providing a 50-foot buffer to development for the city’s rivers and streams—won’t take effect until City Council approves,…
New zoning code will take effect without Commission’s finishing touches
Note: In an earlier version of this article, the 50-foot stream buffer was mistakenly identified as one of the Administration's amendments to the zoning code; it was in fact passed as…
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…
AVI's unanswered questions and likely vote | school worker concessions | Nutter to lead US Mayors | Council 'cleans up' zoning code | Philly foreclosures
Where We Live | phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr Group Today City Council could pass AVI - the contentious, but important property-tax reform plan – despite major uncertainties and information…
How the speed of sheriff sales affects vacancy and blight
Patrick Kerkstra has another juicy story in PlanPhilly’s ongoing series about the city’s vacant and tax-delinquent property crisis, in partnership with the Inquirer. Turns out Philly's sheriff’s sales are woefully…
Should city bank on land bills that finally lay down the law?
For decades, Philadelphia’s city government has struggled to cope with an abundance of vacant land and chronic tax delinquency, two closely related problems that have fueled blight and depressed property values…
Regulating signs in the city, land bank gaining traction, sewage treatment plant as bird habitat, fuel costs and refinery closures
Lines & Squares | Flickr user phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupSign regulations that will become part of the new zoning code have been drafted by a special working…
Council approves amendment to UPenn Master Plan, RDA contract for Carpenter Square
City Council sprinted through a relatively brief agenda at its third meeting of the year Thursday morning, passing a handful of redevelopment and planning items, and introducing a few more. There…
Land bank and tax-delinquent property bills, award for L&I's blight court, ads on school buses, Philadelphia Media Network seeks buyers, LeBron @ Sabrina's
No door at the Divine Lorraine | flickr user Rob Lybeck, Eyes on the Street flickr groupCity Council turned its attention to vacant and tax-delinquent properties with two bills introduced…
City Council will consider creating a Land Bank
City Council held its second meeting of 2012 Thursday morning, passing a handful of bills and resolutions introduced last week. Several Council members also introduced significant new bills related to land…
City Hall station work, Council talks jobs and revenue, Nutter promises more resources to fight crime, North Central NID opponents organize, beautifying Holme Circle
Into Fame | flickr user phillytrax, Eyes on the Street flickr groupSEPTA awarded $7.5 million in contracts to add four elevators and two fare lanes to the City Hall subway…
PlanPhilly looks back: SS United States, Sunoco still seeks refinery buyers, no Promise Neighborhoods grant for Universal, Bill Green on BPT reform
Lost Craft | flickr user phillytrax, Eyes on the Street flickr group Today, PlanPhilly begins its look back at 2011 with a piece on the SS United States, by Steven…
The Buzz: Clean and Green on Germantown Ave | Chinatown Tower | President's House Mess | Zoning Debate
Newsworks reports that the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District has been hard at work keeping it's piece of Germantown Avenue clean, green, and well-lit, but the city has been slower to…
The Buzz: Casinos | Callowhill NID | Cracked tower | North Broad lighting | Zoning Forum
SugarHouse talks expansion with the Planning Commission, including construction of the city's biggest garage. Kellie Patrick Gates reports for PlanPhilly. Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering over what to do with the remaining…
Combat Zoning Fatigue: Dig In
In May 2007, 80% of Philadelphia voters supported zoning reform. That vote kicked off four years of hard work, culminating in the Zoning Code Commission's (ZCC) recommendations for a new zoning…
This Week: September 19-23
Beth Shalom Synagogue Sanctuary | flickr user SpecialKRB, Creative CommonsLawrence Susskind Monday, September 19, 6pm. PennDesign, 210 S. 34th Street, Meyerson Hall B-3. Has planning lost its mojo? Is there…
Zoning reformers react to Councilman Green's proposed changes to the draft code
Last week, At-Large City Councilman Bill Green issued a memo calling for ten specific changes to the draft new zoning code put together by the Zoning Code Commission, of which he…
Councilman Bill Green issues memo calling for amendments to the draft zoning code
In a memorandum issued to all City Council members Wednesday, at-large councilman Bill Green laid out ten recommendations for amending the Zoning Code Commission’s preliminary report prior to passage of the…
