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Drexel's URBN Center | Complete Streets debate | 19th Street Baptist Church update | tourism marketing | North Broad revival
North Broad Street's Uptown Theater | Eyes on the Street Flickr groupHappy (Cyber) Monday, Streeters. After taking a Thanksgiving holiday we are back to business here at Eyes on the…
Happy Veterans Day | Old West Philly High apartments? | Drexel looks east | Tarken Ice Rink reborn | Winding Rose Park development | formerly homeless housing at Broad and Fairmount
Good morning and Happy Veterans Day, Streeters. In observance of the holiday, government offices and public schools are closed today, and trash pickup is pushed back one day. There are a…
Kenzo Renewal's first house | Paper Box coworking opens | Big Plans at Drexel | Pier 53 park work | mail slot break-ins
Kensington Renewal has finished work on its first rehab and will hold an open house on Saturday for 921 East Westmoreland, NewsWorks reports. Jamie Moffett, the filmmaker and neighbor behind Kensington…
Green Block Build Coalition Brings Extreme Home Makeovers to Mantua
Community partners and an estimated 300 to 400 volunteers have come together to offer extreme home makeovers to 20 low-income homeowners on the 3800 block of Aspen Street in Mantua this…
Chestnut Square groundbreaking Tuesday at Drexel
This evening Drexel University will break ground on Chestnut Square, a major mixed-use development along Chestnut Street between 32nd and 33rd streets. The project, designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, will add…
January 17-20: Robert A.M. Stern, Megaprojects & The Battle for Atlantic Yards, Chang, Lower Schuylkill Master Plan open houses, Philadelphia's walkability
“Architecture and Place” with Robert A. M. Stern Tuesday, January 17, 6:30-8pm. Drexel University, Mandell Theater, 33rd and Chestnut Street. Robert A.M. Stern comes to Drexel’s Westphal College of Media…
Green. Urban. Glocal: Architecture + Design by Philadelphia's Design Schools
The participating schools are choosing which design departments from their institutions will be represented, from architecture and interior design to urban planning and landscape design, and will be featuring the student…
Drexel Demo at 32nd and Market makes way for new LeBow
Drexel University’s Matheson Hall has been reduced to a pile of rubble to make way the new LeBow College of Business. Walking past yesterday, Matheson was a dusty heap of…
October 31-November 4: PennDesign lectures, bike lane and skatepark meetings, urban design documentary
Cyclist in Chalked Bike Lane - 13th Street, June 17, 2011 | Bicycle Coalition of Greater PhiladelphiaSusan Fainstein Monday, October 31, 6pm. PennDesign, 210 S. 34th Street, Meyerson Hall, B-3.…
Urbanized screening at Drexel on November 3
Director Gary Hustwit has been touring the world, screening new documentary, Urbanized, and he’s bringing his newest design doc to Drexel University next Thursday. After looking at a font (…
October 24-28: Kieran/Timberlake in conversation, 40th Street urban design, Haunted HSP, Spring Garden Greenway engagement, Preserving America dialogue
Work and Words 1: Exhibiting Innovation - Stephan Kieran, James Timberlake, Joseph Rykwert, Daniel Friedman Monday, October 24, 6:30pm. PennDesign, Meyerson Hall - B1, 210 South 34th Street. Join Stephan Kieran…
Poor Clare's facade reuse, Smart House gets nod, Royal Theater neglected, upcoming developments before Planning Commission
The demolition of Poor Clare’s Monastery on Girard Avenue is complete, and Naked Philly has renderings of Poor Clare’s replacement, showing the historic façade tacked-on the new building on Girard…
Looking West: UPenn gets green energy program, Drexel's John Fry and bio-wall, Immigration office to West Philly
It's a crisp fall morning, and today promises nice weather for Occupy Philly's demonstrations outside City Hall, the unveiling of the Race Street Connector, and Night Market in Chinatown. Today,…
September 26-30: Preservation Power | Zoning at City Council | Weatherization Workshop | LOOK! on Lancaster
Jean Carroon Monday, September 26, 6pm. PennDesign, 210 S. 34th Street, Meyerson Hall B-3. Jean Carroon, a principal at Goody Clancy, comes to Penn to discuss the power of adaptive reuse,…
Drexel University plans new residential, retail and parking at Chestnut and 32nd
Drexel University has the Planning Commission's approval to build three residential structures on the 3200 block of Chestnut Street.Commissioners this week approved an amendment to the university's institutional development district…
City Council adopts resolution allowing two construction projects at Drexel University
Philadelphia City Council today adopted a resolution allowing Drexel University to revise its master plan, allowing for new building projects.Drexel plans to build a new structure for the LeBow College…
Major expansion 'unlikely' on Drexel's Queen Lane campus
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhillyFor East Falls residents, the biggest news to come out of Tuesday night's meeting with Drexel University officials on the school's future plans for its…
Commission gives nod to Temple, Drexel building projects
Those meds and eds are expanding again.Temple and Drexel universities both got approvals to move forward with new buildings at this week's planning commission meeting, and commissioners also heard from…
Drexel professor imagines enhancing Philadelphia with cell phone tour of history, culture
Drexel University digital media professor Glen Muschio and his students want to create a virtual tour of Philadelphia that would allow anyone walking through a Philadelphia neighborhood with a smart phone…
Drexel Names New President, Opens Athletic Center
John A. Fry Named Drexel University's 14th President Drexel University's Board of Trustees named John A. Fry as the University's 14th president after a unanimous vote, announced Chairman Richard A. Greenawalt.…
