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New - and reused - recommendations for West Market Street
A new Philadelphia City Planning Commission report finds that mixed-use development centered around transit stops, replacing large surface parking lots with more active uses and the relocation of some city services…
Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee's Clean Block Contest, Day 3
Judging for the Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee’s (PMBC) Annual Clean Block Contest concluded last week. One of this year’s judges, Ainé Ardron-Doley, is sharing dispatches from the judge's trolley with Eyes…
Urban Tree connection granted conservatorship
The Urban Tree Connection is a non-profit that has revitalized low-income neighborhoods for the past two decades. Skip Wiener, the head of the organization, stood before a judge and was granted…
Livable Communities and Philadelphia
On Monday, May 17th, Livable Communities Task Force Members Earl Blumenauer and Allyson Y. Schwartz will join Penn Design School’s Penn Praxis and the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia for…
West Philadelphia CDC Launches Green Roofing and Cool Roofing Program
March 26, 2010 The Partnership CDC Launches "Green Improvement" Programs; City to Match Funds The Partnership CDC is organizing a training initiative that will focus on Green Roofing and Cool Roofing…
University City Updates: Baltimore Avenue redesign and Historical Society awards
UC Review: Discussion begins on Baltimore Ave. redesign from 4900-52nd Streets The seven blocks of Baltimore Avenue beginning at Clark Park on 43rd Street through to the Dock Street Brew…
UC Review reports on Zoning Code Commission public comment
UC Review: New draft of zoning code gets an airing Last week West Philadelphia became the first of the city’s neighborhoods to view and comment on the first draft of…
Publications and Newsletters, May 2010
GRID Philly, May 2010 GRID magazine is a new Philadelphia-based magazine for sustainability. Covering topics such as energy, food, shelter, transportation, ecology and culture. Sustainable Communities Initiatives - West Philadelphia, May…
UPDATED: Publications and Newsletters, February 2010
GRID Philly, March 2010 GRID magazine is a new Philadelphia-based magazine for sustainability. Covering topics such as energy, food, shelter, transportation, ecology and culture. Sustainable Communities Initiative - West Philadelphia, February…
Inquirer: El reconstruction over, biz owners eye rebound in West Philly
Inquirer: El reconstruction over, biz owners eye rebound in West Philly Decades of losing business to malls and the past 10 years of losing neighborhood customers to the frequent street…
Mural Arts project along the El featured in New York Times and Wall Street Journal
A message from the Mural Arts Program: Exciting News! The Mural Arts Program's Love Letter project is featured in today's issues of The New York Times and The Wall Street…
Updates on Sustainable Communities Initiative in West Philadelphia
Sustainable Communities Initiative in West Philadelphia The Sustainable Communities Initiative in West Philadelphia (SCI-West), a new integrated and collaborative model for community development started by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC),…
DHS Breaks Ground on New Youth Study Center
University City Review: DHS Breaks Ground on New Youth Study Center The UC Review reports that the Department of Human Services broke ground on Wednesday on its state-of-the-art facility at…
Preservation Alliance Nominates Carnegie Branches to City’s Register of Historic Places
PlanPhilly coverage Alliance Also Urges Further Study of Legal IssuesThe Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia today submitted nominations for four historic branch libraries, scheduled for closing on December 31, to…
Preservation of the Carnegie Libraries: A Statement by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia will release the following attached statement at a press conference at 2 p.m. today hosted by a coalition of concerned citizens including the Black Clergy…
Alliance Urges Preservation of Historic Library Branches
For Immediate Release Contact: Elise Vider, 215-546-1146 x 5 Mayor Nutter Should Consider Historic Significance of Carnegie Branches The Preservation Alliance today called on Mayor Michael Nutter to reconsider plans to…
Libraries at risk
Haddington branch Nov. 25 New series casts light on historic and unique sites that may be at risk of deterioration or demolition. By Alan JaffeFor PlanPhillyWhen Mayor Nutter announced…
Values consolidation under way
In January, there will be a consolidation of citizens' core neighborhood and waterfront values identified in three public sessions in December. The values from the forums are listed below. They will…
Imagining blazing this trail
Jan. 4, 2007By David Schaaf RAPhiladelphia City Planning Commission The exiting 109th Congress of the United States created the Nation’s “First National Water Trail” – more properly, the “John…
