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Explore the Reading Viaduct with Unusual Spaces [video]
- Tuesday, June 10, 2014
- By Ashley Hahn
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If you’ve never explored the Reading Railroad right of way – either above ground on the 9th Street viaduct or below grade in the City Branch tunnel along Pennsylvania Avenue, Unusual…
Design committee has praise, questions for One Water Street proposal
- Wednesday, May 28, 2014
- By Jared Brey
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- Columbus Boulevard at Ben Franklin Bridge, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Members of the Civic Design Review committee praised developer PMC Property Group on Tuesday for commissioning a 250-unit apartment complex on the Central Delaware waterfront that doesn’t violate any major principles…
'Write Sky' aloft on May 10
- Thursday, May 8, 2014
- By Ashley Hahn
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UPDATE 5/9/14, 4:30PM: WRITE SKY HAS BEEN POSTPONED. Look up and you might just see neighborhood messages in the sky. This weekend marks the culminating piece of Write Sky, a…
Be a tourist at home: Seven Jane's Walks, May 2-4
- Wednesday, April 23, 2014
- By Ashley Hahn
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It’s time to take your eyes to the street, Philly. Join PlanPhilly May 2-4 as we present Jane’s Walk, a series of free volunteer-led walks to help us explore our…
Local concert legend Larry Magid would oversee entertainment at proposed Provence casino
- Wednesday, March 19, 2014
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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- Callowhill and Broad streets
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If Tower Entertainment gets Philadelphia's remaining casino license, the proposed Provence casino's entertainment offerings would be managed by Philadelphia music mogul Larry Magid. “He's going to oversee the nightlife productions of…
PCPC supports apartments at Broad and Callowhill, demands better response to design committee
- Tuesday, February 18, 2014
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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- Broad and Callowhill streets
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Developers Hanover North Broad and Parkway Corporation got the support of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission for the 12 zoning variances they will need to build 339 apartments in two buildings…
When will construction start on Phase 1 of the Rail Park?
- Tuesday, January 28, 2014
- By Ashley Hahn
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- 13th and Noble streets, Philadelphia PA
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Creating a linear park out of the whole Reading Viaduct and City Branches may be a long way off, but last year hopes were high that Phase 1 of the project…
Provence says amenities would attract a new market; gaming board questions parking provisions, transit projections
- Tuesday, January 28, 2014
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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- Pennsylvania Convention Center
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Day One, Round Two had The Provence team's proposal for Broad and Callowhill streets before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The team, called Tower Entertainment, is led by local developer Bart…
Casino applicants face questions on suitability this week
- Monday, January 27, 2014
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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- Pennsylvania Convention Center
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The five applicants for Philadelphia's remaining casino license each face hours of questions from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board members and staff during this week's suitability hearings. The hearings are set…
Church of the Assumption: What happens now?
- Monday, November 25, 2013
- By Jared Brey
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- 1123 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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The years-long fight to preserve the Church of the Assumption, a historic building once owned by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia at 12th and Spring Garden streets in Philadelphia, has come to…
Commonwealth Court rules Assumption case moot, orders Common Pleas to dismiss Siloam appeal
- Thursday, November 21, 2013
- By Jared Brey
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- 1123 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA.
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has declared that the matter before the Court of Common Pleas in the demolition case of the Church of the Assumption was moot, remanded the case,…
Plan to change Pearl Street from dark alley to community, cultural connector
- Monday, November 4, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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- Pearl Street
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The Asian Arts Initiative hopes to transform tiny Pearl Street from a foreboding alley to a lively linkage between the Callowhill and Chinatown neighborhoods. Based on community input and his own…
Expansion approved for North Broad synagogue
- Sunday, November 3, 2013
- By Jared Brey
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- 615 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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Congregation Rodeph Shalom is set to undertake a $13 million expansion of its synagogue at Broad and Green streets, which was built in 1928 and is listed on the National Register…
Commonwealth Court to rule on Church of the Assumption
- Monday, October 14, 2013
- By Jared Brey
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- 1123-33 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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Last week, attorneys for the City and for Callowhill Neighborhood Association made arguments before a panel of Commonwealth Court judges in the ongoing battle over the Church of the Assumption, a…
Blatstein: The Provence has best location, is most transformative
- Wednesday, October 2, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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- Broad and Callowhill streets
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Ask Bart Blatstein why the casino he proposes for Broad and Callowhill streets should get Philadelphia's remaining gaming license, and he takes out graphics from the city administration's recent testimony to…
From Above: Reading Viaduct and Callowhill, 1927
- Friday, September 13, 2013
- By Ashley Hahn
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- Callowhill, Philadelphia PA
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It’s been an age since we featured a vintage view of Philly from above, but here’s an especially apt one in advance of the Rally for the Rail Park on Saturday.…
Art Commission quashes 9/11 Memorial, OKs Rodin Square
- Wednesday, September 4, 2013
- By JoAnn Greco
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The Philadelphia Art Commission got a crack at the Rodin Square mixed use development currently making the rounds, granting it conceptual approval at its Wednesday meeting. The morning's other big news…
Callowhill residents consider a 12-unit apartment complex on Ridge Ave.
- Monday, July 8, 2013
- By Jared Brey
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- 1111 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
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Members of the Callowhill Neighborhood Association heard a pitch Monday night for a proposed residential development on the 1100 block of Ridge Avenue, between Spring Garden and Buttonwood streets. The proposal…
Central, University/Southwest district plans adopted
- Tuesday, June 11, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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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,…
Preservation updates: 40th & Pine house, Church of the Assumption moving through courts
- Thursday, May 30, 2013
- By Jared Brey
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- 400 S. 40th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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The fate of two historic Philadelphia buildings threatened with demolition is slowly playing out in the legal system. The Woodland Terrace Homeowners Association, represented by attorney Paul Boni, has appealed two…
