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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…
Spring Garden proposal: Pockets of green gathering spots, art inspired by the street name
- Tuesday, May 28, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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A plan to make walking or biking pn Spring Garden Street between Northern Liberties and the Central Delaware Waterfront a more pleasant experience - and by extension, to attract future development…
PennDOT to rebuild hidden Broad Street bridge
- Friday, May 17, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 400 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA.
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Many Philadelphians have driven over one of the city’s structurally deficient spans countless times and not even known it was a bridge. But when imminent construction begins to disrupt traffic over…
Some - including a SugarHouse consultant - say no to proposed casinos
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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Two representatives of South Philadelphia community groups urged the Pennsylvania State Gaming Control Board not to award a casino license to any of the three applicants who would build near the…
Casino hearing week in Philadelphia
- Wednesday, May 1, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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For those with opinions on Philadelphia casinos – existing and proposed – the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will be in town to hear them three days next week. SugarHouse's revamped plans…
Driving home lessons from rails-to-parks conversions
- Tuesday, April 30, 2013
- By JoAnn Greco
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There's a "growing collection of urban linear parks" in America, Beth White, the Chicago region's director for the Trust for Public Land (TPL) said Monday night in introducing the panelists for…
A day of casino testimony underway
- Thursday, April 11, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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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…
Proposed casinos to get report card from Design Advocacy Group
- Wednesday, April 3, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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The six Philadelphia casino proposals are about to get a report card from an organization of Philadelphia architects, urban planners and other design professionals. According to an analysis by the Philadelphia…
Deputy Mayor: Casinos haven't generated neighborhood development
- Thursday, March 28, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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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…
City gathers public perspective on casino options
- Wednesday, March 27, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
- 0 COMMENTS
The city won't pick a favorite from the six applicants for Philadelphia's second casino license at April's gaming control board hearings. “We've got no intention of saying 'This is the one,'…
