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In Profile: Mark Focht merges concrete and verdant jungles
Mark Focht long ago figured out how he got to where he is today: first deputy commissioner, Department of Parks and Recreation for Philadelphia, and president-elect of the American Society of…
See Bartram's Mile
Much of Lower Schuylkill’s ex-industrial landscape is rich with possibility, and perhaps no stretch is more compelling than the property adjacent to Bartram’s Garden, where the city is now planning…
November 3-4: Bike and Walk Bartram's Mile
As I mentioned last week, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation is working on plans for "Bartram's Mile," a new recreational trail segment along the western bank of the Schuylkill River connecting…
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…
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…
