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How are other cities reinvesting in civic infrastructure?
- Friday, April 28, 2017
- By Malcolm Burnley
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Ever since pop-ups and parklets became trendy in Philadelphia, there’s been tension surrounding them. Despite the fanfare they’ve drawn from urbanists, a lot of longtime Philadelphians have viewed these newfangled spaces…
Praxis Dialogues: Preservation and the public good
- Tuesday, January 31, 2017
- By Randy Mason
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On February 28, PennPraxis and PlanPhilly will host another Praxis Dialogues, the third in a series of public conversations about the notion of "the public good" in design practice. This…
Praxis Dialogues: Designing for good
- Tuesday, November 24, 2015
- By Scott Page
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On December 1, PennPraxis and PlanPhilly will kick off Praxis Dialogues, the first in a series of public conversations about the notion of "the public good" in design practice,…
Praxis Dialogues: The importance of inclusive urban design, now
- Tuesday, November 17, 2015
- By David Gould
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On December 1, PennPraxis and PlanPhilly will kick off Praxis Dialogues, the first in a series of public conversations about the notion of "the public good" in design practice,…
Praxis Dialogues: Strengthening neighborhoods through public interest design
- Tuesday, November 10, 2015
- By Beth Miller
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On December 1, PennPraxis and PlanPhilly will kick off Praxis Dialogues, the first in a series of public conversations about the notion of "the public good" in design practice,…
Praxis Dialogues: The 'public good' in practice
- Tuesday, November 3, 2015
- By Randy Mason
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On December 1, PennPraxis and PlanPhilly will kick off Praxis Dialogues, the first in a series of public conversations about the notion of "the public good" in design practice,…
Randy Mason takes the lead at PennPraxis
- Monday, December 8, 2014
- By Alan Jaffe
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The new executive director of PennPraxis, Randall Mason, was announced Dec. 2 by Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Dean of the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Mason, an associate professor…
Ideas for the new LOVE Park
- Thursday, September 18, 2014
- By Ashley Hahn
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- LOVE Park, Philadelphia PA
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I spent much of Wednesday in LOVE Park while staffers from PennPraxis, Parks and Rec, and Fairmount Park Conservancy collected ideas for LOVE Park’s future redesign. My day started with my…
Six ideas Boston should emulate, and Praxis in one of them
- Monday, July 28, 2014
- By Dante Ramos
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Cities crib from each other all the time. New York copied the idea for the High Line from Paris. London is growing upward, like New York. Lately Boston, too, has…
Connectivity at the heart of “The New Fairmount Park”
- Wednesday, May 14, 2014
- By Christine Fisher
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- 3500 Fairmount Park
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The fact that Fairmount Park attracts seven million visitors each year shows that the park is doing something right. But why let the crown jewel of Philadelphia’s park system (and the…
Time to conduct change at rail yard
- Thursday, November 14, 2013
- By Harris Steinberg
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- 30th Street and Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Reprinted from Philadelphia Daily News THERE ARE 96 acres of prime real estate hiding in plain sight in the middle of our resurgent city. We scuttle past them every day by…
Fairmount Park users want improvements in access, security
- Tuesday, October 8, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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- Fairmount Park
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Whether they live in neighborhoods near Fairmount Park or travel from a distance, park users want better security and lighting, better access to the river, more historical markers and directional signs,…
Join Us: A Community Vision for East and West Fairmount Park
- Monday, September 30, 2013
- By Andrew Goodman
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Dear PlanPhilly reader, We have an exciting new project underway in partnership with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation that we thought might be of interest to you. This one takes us beyond…
PennDesign students develop a model for managing closed school buildings
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- By Jared Brey
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This June, 23 Philadelphia public schools will be closed for good, adding around 65 acres to the city’s already heavy burden of vacant land. For the city, dealing with these soon-to-be-empty…
More Park, Less Way reflects larger transportation trends
- Monday, February 11, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA
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The Benjamin Franklin Parkway has always reflected Philadelphia’s general attitude toward transportation, and as the city rolls out More Park, Less Way: An Action Plan to Increase Urban Vibrancy on the…
By the Numbers: More Park, Less Way
- Tuesday, February 5, 2013
- By Ashley Hahn
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- Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA
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Last night the Department of Parks and Recreation and PennPraxis unveiled a new action plan for making the Benjamin Franklin Parkway a livelier civic space, as PlanPhilly's JoAnn Greco reports.…
More Park, Less Way unveiled
- Monday, February 4, 2013
- By Ashley Hahn
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- 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia
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Questions about how the Benjamin Franklin Parkway can be a more urban, lively place have puzzled planners, politicians, and residents for decades. And Monday the Department of Parks and Recreation will…
