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Planning and development, a look back at 2012
It's been a busy year for planning and development in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia City Planning Commission added more detail to Philadelphia2035, the city's comprehensive plan, by adopting three district-level plans that…
Planning Commission OKs 205 Race St, Pier 34-35 plan, changes to Marina View | 40th and Pine update | Made in America cost | 3-1-1 app gossip
Planning Commissioners heard and approved three major development proposals on or near the Central Delaware Waterfront. Despite a mixed response from Old City community members, Commissioners supported several zoning variance requests…
Public path to river and other changes convince PCPC to approve plan for residential tower at Piers 34 and 35
A plan of development for a 209-unit residential development at Piers 34 and 35 was approved by the Philadelphia City Planning Commission Tuesday, after the developer amended the plan with an…
Planning Commission approves changes to Marina View plan of development
Developer Ensemble Real Estate has amended its original plan for Marina View Towers - a residential project at 230 N. Columbus Avenue, near the Benjamin Franklin Bridge – by adding more…
Check out Ensemble's proposal for Piers 34-35 South
Developer Lou Cicalese's Ensemble Investments is shopping around plans for three new Central Delaware waterfront developments, which are largely scaled-back versions of proposals advanced during last decade's development boom years. This…
Planning Commission won't approve extra height on waterfront unless developer does something for the public in return
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission did not approve the plan for a 180-foot tall residential tower Ensemble Real Estate wants to build on the site of Piers 34 and 35 South…
Historical Commission could scuttle Marina View designs | CDAG on Pier 34-35 development | TLC for LOVE Park | Divine Lorraine update | microloans for entrepreneurs
Will the Historical Commission do what the Planning Commission wouldn't and reject the disappointing designs for Marina View? We'll find out today. In her Inquirer column Inga Saffron explains that…
Historical Commission Okays Waterfront Project
The Philadelphia Historical Commission today approved a controversial waterfront proposal that opponents and critics had lambasted for its incompatibility with the Old City Historic District and Master Plan for the Central…
Developer presents updated plans for Piers 34 and 35 to CDAG
Representatives of Ensemble Real Estate, the developer proposing to build several new residential projects on the Central Delaware, presented updated plans for an apartment building on Piers 34 and 35 to…
CDAG hears from Ensemble on Marina View and project for Piers 34/35 and Pier 40
Ensemble Real Estate's Louis Cicalese told the Central Delaware Advocacy Group that he made massing changes to bring the Columbus Boulevard facade of his proposal for a 12-story residential development at…
Poll: Is Philly losing its reform-minded planning backbone?
Time was, Philadelphia scared off out-of-town developers with our convoluted (sometimes crooked) ways, leaving only insiders who could navigate our strange channels behind to build here. But recent years have been…
Council to vote on budget and tax bills | Delaware waterfront proposals exceed height limit | Temple-area power and development struggles | fire at Lorenzo's | zoning lowdown for attorneys
Good morning, Streeters. It’s going to be right toasty today, but it’s nothing compared to what’s ahead through the weekend. City Council will meet today to blaze through a host of…
Music as neighborhood anchor | Mayor Blondell? | Gray's Ferry garden fight | Delaware waterfront development limbo | reviewing Economic Opportunity
Can music venues actually improve neighborhoods? They often face community opposition but Flying Kite considers the examples of Fishtown's Johnny Brenda’s, Union Transfer on Spring Garden, and planned rebirth of South…
PCPC tells Marina View Towers to improve plan for apartments near Ben Franklin Bridge
The 180-unit apartment building planned for 230 N. Christopher Columbus Boulevard is an important project, Planning Commissioners said after an information-only presentation Tuesday, but the plan should be improved before the…
