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Announcing America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2012
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the National Trust's annual list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Since our first list in 1988, we have identified more than…
Protestors claim hiring discrimination at Temple University construction site
By Christine FisherFor PlanPhillyFor eleven weeks, protestors have been gathering at the corner of Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Ave. in North Philadelphia. Every Monday, the group distributes…
Small-scale development company wins Preservation Alliance awards
By Christine FisherFor PlanPhilly When Power House Development, Inc. began building on a vacant lot at 1824 Diamond St. the company had no idea the lot was part of the…
North Central landlords’ association formed Improvement District in response to Clarke legislation
In September of last year 5th District Councilman Darrell Clarke introduced a bill into City Council that would have banned student housing in the North Central Special Controls District, the area…
UPDATED: Council's Committee on Rules makes 17 amendments to Clarke bill creating a Neighborhood Improvement District
After nearly four hours of public testimony Tuesday morning, City Council's Committee on Rules made 17 amendments to a bill introduced by Council President Darrell Clarke creating a Neighborhood Improvement District…
UPDATED: The Imperative Divine Lorraine
The revitalization on North Broad Street is being held back by the Divine Lorraine’s blighting dead weight. But Mayor Nutter announced the city’s renewed commitment to “transform” the historic, but neglected,…
Ideas for the Columbia Avenue Connector project
The Columbia Avenue of the future will likely be lined with trees, but just how many specimens remains under discussion.Some neighbors of the Fishtown street are concerned about sacrificing parking…
2011 Endangered List spotlights anchors of the community
In recent years, the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia has made an effort to engage African-American organizations and neighborhoods in protecting resources and creating programs that highlight their history. That effort…
Preservation group issues SOS for 20 sites
When old buildings start to fall through the cracks, Save Our Sites is there to catch them. The organization issues an SOS each year for structures that other preservation groups, and…
Callowhill NID at Council, Sister Rosetta Tharpe honored, Philly transit history, Schuylkill watershed project grants
Reading Viaduct | flickr user saikofish, Creative Commons On Thursday, City Council will hold a hearing on the Callowhill Reading Viaduct Neighborhood Improvement District, which would finance neighborhood projects through a…
Planning Commission talks development, rezoning, remapping, overlays, and updates; University City elementary schools
PlanPhilly is at the Philadelphia Planning Commission Meeting right now, because today's agenda is jam-packed. As previously reported for PlanPhilly/NewsWorks by Amy Z. Quinn, Chelten Plaza’s Dollar Tree debate could be…
Big Chalkers, Qualities of Life, Thief of Baghdad, Cobbs Creek trail, Public Architecture, Preserving Philadelphia's Neigborhoods
Big Chalkers Tuesday, October 18, 5pm. Café Cret, 16th Street & The Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Kids of all ages can draw all over the sidewalk outside Café Cret with giant sidewalk…
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…
Real estate roundup: Temple's new dorm, Please Touch Museum sells, New Frankford Community Y on the block, and mayoral control for PHA
Good morning, Philly and happy October. How about a real estate roundup for your Monday morning Buzz? We’ve heard a lot lately about student housing stressing town-gown relations around Temple University…
The Buzz: Extended-Stay hotel | 1700 Market sells | Tax hikes for some | Collaborative garden at Temple | Elevated rail parks
The surface parking lot at 12th and Arch streets will become a Hilton extended-stay hotel, reports the Inquirer. The parking lot is owned by Parkway Corporation, which will also be…
September 23-25: Public Lands | Popped | Fall Garden Festival | College Day
POPPED! Music Festival Temple University's Liacouras Center [VENUE CHANGE], 1776 N. Broad Street. Friday and Saturday, September 23-24. Due to a really wet forecast, the POPPED! Music Festival has changed venues…
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…
