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Central, University/Southwest district plans adopted
Philadelphia now has long-range plans for future development within the Central and University/Southwest districts. The city planning commission adopted both comprehensive plans at its Tuesday (June 11) meeting. From now on,…
Route 10 trolley track work begins Sunday
The summer months are on their way, and that means summer construction, paving and maintenance projects will be popping up throughout the city. One of the first, track work on SEPTA’s…
People's Emergency Center spurring Lancaster Avenue transformation with Hawthorne Hall
Lower Lancaster Avenue has its share of vacancies and blank storefronts, but it’s also a place full of potential. And perhaps nowhere is a more interesting example of the transition afoot…
Draft of University/Southwest District Plan presented to PCPC
The draft of the University/Southwest district-level comprehensive plan – which calls for dense development near transit hubs, more transit, cycling and pedestrian amenities, and protecting single-family housing stock within neighborhoods –…
New institutional developments planned for West Philly
“I don’t want this Commission, or the City in general, to be stopping what we actually believe is a good result because the process just can’t catch up,” Deputy Mayor Alan…
University Southwest District Plan to be unveiled
The draft University Southwest District Plan calls for encouraging development in areas where it lags and better shaping it to community needs where the market is already strong – including areas…
By the Numbers: More Park, Less Way
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.…
Progress report on University/Southwest district plan
The Philadelphia Planning Commission's district-level comprehensive plan for University/Southwest will strive to focus mixed-use residential development around some of the city's busiest el stops, strengthen commercial corridors that have vacancies, improve…
Love Note #64: Erica Hawthorne watches over the city she loves from Drexel Park
Today Eyes on the Street continues our collaboration with Philly Love Notes, with a Powelton Village resident's appreciation of the city from Drexel Park. Love Note #64: Erica Hawthorne…
Kenzo Renewal's first house | Paper Box coworking opens | Big Plans at Drexel | Pier 53 park work | mail slot break-ins
Kensington Renewal has finished work on its first rehab and will hold an open house on Saturday for 921 East Westmoreland, NewsWorks reports. Jamie Moffett, the filmmaker and neighbor behind Kensington…
Benjamin Franklin Parkway Action Plan
Over the past decade a great deal of work has been completed on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway -- improvements to pedestrian crossings, addition of bike lanes, and planting new street trees.…
Second Friday Brings Eastern European Artist Series to Lancaster Ave
The May Second Friday on Lancaster Avenue will kick off with the opening of disTURBIA, an installation and drawings exhibit by Raluca Ungureanu at the Art on the Avenue Gallery at 3808…
West Philadelphia Fresh Food Hub to launch this April
This April Preston’s Paradise and Greensgrow Farms plan to launch the West Philadelphia Fresh Food Hub, a mobile grocery store that will serve Lancaster Avenue and the surrounding communities. “Preston’s Paradise…
PEC announces Gloria Guard's departure, effective July 2010
People’s Emergency Center announced today that its longtime president, Gloria Guard, has resigned, effective July 1, 2010. Guard’s letter of resignation was accepted by Sharmain Matlock-Turner, chair of the PEC…
District tries out new tone at W. Philly facilities meeting
Again striking a new, more conciliatory tone, senior officials from the School District of Philadelphia last night presented their facilities master plan to an audience of about 100 parents and community…
Poor Clare's facade reuse, Smart House gets nod, Royal Theater neglected, upcoming developments before Planning Commission
The demolition of Poor Clare’s Monastery on Girard Avenue is complete, and Naked Philly has renderings of Poor Clare’s replacement, showing the historic façade tacked-on the new building on Girard…
Looking West: UPenn gets green energy program, Drexel's John Fry and bio-wall, Immigration office to West Philly
It's a crisp fall morning, and today promises nice weather for Occupy Philly's demonstrations outside City Hall, the unveiling of the Race Street Connector, and Night Market in Chinatown. Today,…
Rolling rally, LOOK! on Lancaster, Claes in Philly, Brooklyn's 3rd Ward outpost in Kensington
Broad & Dickinson | flickr user phillytrax, Eyes on the Street group pool Today's Phillies playoff pep rally will be on wheels, rolling up Broad Street and around Center City between…
Look Up! The Poth dynasty on the Drexel campus
“Look Up” is a PlanPhilly feature that encourages appreciation of our architectural and historical environment. Each week, the photo essay will focus on a different Philadelphia area neighborhood and its distinctive…
