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PCPC receives prestigious award for comprehensive plan, zoning code and citizen outreach
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission received the American Planning Association's National Planning Excellence Award for a Best Practice at the APA's national conference in Chicago this week. The PCPC was recognized…
City Planning sends proposed capital budget to mayor's office
Philadelphia Planning Commissioners today approved a proposed six-year capital budget plan for Philadelphia, which allocates $9 billion from local, state, federal and private sources for projects in physical and technological infrastructure,…
Love Park re-do to begin next year
By Anthony Campisi and Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhillyLove Park will get a facelift next year.Some time in 2012, the surface of the 45-year-old popular open space will literally…
Here we go again: Residential, restaurant, office space proposed for Arch
Talk about moving on. A couple years ago, the Planning Commission was being wooed by developers who wanted to plop a monolith called the American Commerce Center, a mixed-use tower which…
Rittenhouse Square named one of America's top public spaces
Rittenhouse Square has been named one of the top 10 Great Public Spaces in the country.The American Planning Association chose to honor Rittenhouse Square because it is a beautiful, inviting…
Planning's man for all seasons
When Gary Jastrzab was growing up in a Buffalo suburb, Philadelphia was the place where he and his cousin, Kurt, went for adventure. The Jastrzabs would visit their relatives in Cherry…
A change at the top of Planning Commission
Deputy Mayor Alan Greenberger today stepped down from his position as executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission.Greenberger has been in charge of both the PCPC and the Commerce Department,…
