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From Above: Refining along the Lower Schuylkill, 1926
In honor of the Lower Schuylkill Master Plan’s [pdf] release earlier this month, we head back into the past to look at a section of the Lower Schuylkill from above.…
Point Breeze eminent domain passes | Furness's industrial flourishes, caricatures | Convent housing conversion | Blatstein sued | $37m funding restored to agencies, programs
Happy Friday, Streeters. Here’s what’s making news today. The bill authorizing the city to use eminent domain on 17 vacant properties in Point Breeze passed City Council unanimously on Thursday,…
Drexel's URBN Center | Complete Streets debate | 19th Street Baptist Church update | tourism marketing | North Broad revival
North Broad Street's Uptown Theater | Eyes on the Street Flickr groupHappy (Cyber) Monday, Streeters. After taking a Thanksgiving holiday we are back to business here at Eyes on the…
Revamping 40th Street Trolley Portal | Support for 50-foot stream buffers | Contested Washington Avenue | Dolphin Tavern to reopen
Good morning, Streeters. Today is the deadline to apply for the homestead exemption for next year’s property taxes. The simple application [pdf] is due by the end of business…
Point Breeze eminent domain moves ahead | more variances for retail? | Police still use typewriters | Germantown trash woes | Native American Museum decays | record Restaurant Week
Autumn street| Eyes on the Street Flickr GroupGood morning, Streeters. It’s GIS Day and we’ll be hanging out with mapmakers at the Free Library and at PennDesign to mark the…
Gureilla Mug Assault | casino deadlines loom | Civic Design Review begins | challenges of preserving Furness' 19th Street Baptist Church
Good morning, Streeters. Did a stranger hand you a handmade clay coffee mug during your morning commute today? NewsWorks reports that The Clay Studio set out to five undisclosed Center City…
Spring Garden Connector RFP | Sen. Casey visits Kenzo Renewal | Annunciation BVM School conversion | Woodland Ave. water main break | Point Breeze house collapse
Good morning, Streeters! Hope you enjoyed the weekend and are feeling ready for some real fall weather. Today’s high? A crisp 55°. Today is Columbus Day, which means that government offices,…
Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee’s Annual Clean Block Contest, Day 1
This year's Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee's Annual Clean Block Contest is underway and one of this year's judges, Ainé Ardron-Doley, is letting Eyes on the Street tag along to see the…
PRA negotiates with OCF, revives eminent domain in Point Breeze | Bloc 23 vs 2400 South | transportation construction roundup | Is SEPTA f'd? | Farmers Market in Mayfair | Philly Painting photographed
As the Redevelopment Authority and Ori Feibush make peace, negotiating a lease for the vacant lot cleanup heard round the world, there is a much larger development debate brewing. The…
Poll: Ori Feibush vs. PRA - Which side are you on?
On the brink of reaching a 10,000-jobs milestone, Navy Yard will soon release an updated Master Plan
The Philadelphia Navy Yard will soon be home to as many workers as the shipyard employed before it closed.At the end of this year, GlaxoSmithKline will finish construction on its…
Hawthorne's transformation | demo for historic banks | climate change ed | SugarHouse expansion scale | OCF Coffee for Point Breeze
Hawthorne Park officially opened in early July, completing one of the neighborhood's many urban experimentation cycles. Inga Saffron visits Hawthorne Park in her column this week, finding that even though the…
Another Point Breeze power shift
After ten years in at the helm of Point Breeze's Diversified Community Services (DCS), Cheryl Weiss has left her post as executive director. Otis Bullock Jr. has taken her place, joining…
June 15-17: SS United States 60th Anniversary | Bloomsday | Commotion Kickoff
SS United States 60th Anniversary Celebration Friday, June 15, 6:30-9pm. Independence Seaport Museum, 211 South Christopher Columbus Blvd. The SS United States Conservancy is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the ship’s…
Situation Vacant: Bring equitable development to Point Breeze
Alongside PlanPhilly’s panel discussion about the city’s vacant land strategies on June 12th, Eyes on the Street is collecting and sharing stories from Community Contributors about the effects of…
Shooting crimes | budget compromises falling into place | dancing in Wharton Square Park | bogus bike lane veto
Heart of Glass | phillytrax, Eyes on the Street flickr groupSince 2001 photographer Joe Kaczmarek has shot city crime scenes. Phawker talked to Joe about his night owl schedule, police…
Planning Commission opens applications for Registered Community Organizations
As of today, June 1, 2012, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission is accepting applications from civic associations and other neighborhood groups looking to become Registered Community Organizations (RCOs). Groups interested in…
Neighbors rally to fight crime in Strawberry Mansion, River Wards | Seal the Divine Lorraine | OCF and Point Breeze | SEPTA cops strike | fund the Free Library
On Tuesday 100 Strawberry Mansion residents rallied against effects of violence and blight on their neighborhood, marching from 33rd and Diamond to Strawberry Mansion High, reports Philly Confidential. Sheriff Jewell Williams…
Can Point Breeze find common ground as zoning power shifts and open dialogue begins?
As I’ve previously written, Point Breeze’s community zoning meetings have become wholly dysfunctional and no one is well served by the distorted process. But lately the ground is shifting. Long-time…
