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ZBA approves plans for supermarket at Chew and Washington
By Amy Z. QuinnFor NewsWorks Plans for a Bottom Dollar Food store on Washington Lane are moving forward with zoning board approval. As expected, the board voted Wednesday to approve…
Logan CDC launches the first parklet outside of University City District
The term parklet – a small park created in former parallel parking spaces – is relatively new to Philadelphia, especially Philadelphia’s low-income, less commercial neighborhoods. This week the Logan CDC and…
Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed turning green with infrastructure
Thanks to a $58,000 EPA grant, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) will help implement 10 new green infrastructure projects to the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed aimed at improving water quality, controlling stormwater, and…
Northwest civics preparing for new community zoning review, CHCA will testify at Tuesday hearing
By Amy Z. QuinnFor NewsWorks Representatives of at least one Northwest civic group are planning to appear at a city Planning Commission meeting Tuesday, for a discussion of the community…
Chelten Plaza seeks ZBA approval for signage
By Amy Z. QuinnFor NewsWorksThe Chelten Plaza shopping center that dominated much community discussion in Germantown last year is coming before the city again, this time for approvals on…
Kemble Avenue at-risk housing proposal nixed
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhillyResources for Human Development has pulled out of a controversial plan to create supervised housing for two at-risk groups at the Kemble Park Apartments, NewsWorks…
Parks and Rec takes roadshow to West Oak Lane
Wednesday night, in a continuing effort to bring its show on the road to different city neighborhoods, the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Commission arrived at the Simons Recreation Center in West…
Northwest Philadelphia development stories to watch in 2012
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhillyIn Northwest Philly's neighborhoods last year, you didn't have to shop around very far to find tasty stories about land use and development. Last week,…
Architectural Walking Tours
The Center for Architecture is pleased to partner with the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia to bring you more walking tours of Philadelphia and its architecture. Preservation Alliance tours focus mainly…
Friends of the Oak Lane Library announce three free architecture lectures
The Friends of the Oak Lane Library will be sponsoring a series of FREE LECTURES on East Oak Lane Architecture. The Lectures will be held in the Korean United Church of…
Top 5 Northwest Philadelphia development stories of 2011 -- No. 4
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhillyIn Northwest Philly's neighborhoods this year, you didn't have to shop around very far to find tasty stories about land use and development. And some…
Center City: Housing Authority makes money on auction
By Christine FisherFor PlanPhilly This article was created in partnership with Philadelphia Neighborhoods, Temple University's capstone multimedia journalism class. The Philadelphia Housing Authority brought in $7 million this week…
West Oak Lane Charter School now offers all its education under one roof
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhilly After years of going to classes spread across three buildings in a shopping center, the West Oak Lane Charter School is celebrating a homecoming as…
Rezoning bills introduced for Bowman's Magarity project
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhillyTime could be running out for the Chestnut Hill Community Association to have a meaningful say in the major development proposed for old Magarity dealership…
Philly Council calls for restoration of six neighborhood zoning overlays
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhilly It looks like several neighborhoods, including East Falls and Germantown, will get to keep their zoning overlays -- for now. As City Council and the…
Neighbors still oppose Gaudenzia House development
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhillyGaudenzia Inc., the drug rehabilitation services company, is moving ahead with renovations to the blighted Shelton Court apartment building on North Broad Street. They intend…
Expansion project continues at West Oak Lane Charter School
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhillyOn first visit, the office of Dr. Debbera Peoples-Lee seems a bit generously sized. Then she explains it's actually a classroom. The office of the…
Youth Study Center plan raises questions about site's next purpose
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhillyWith a plan underway for the Youth Study Center to remain in East Falls another two years, neighbors are now looking for guarantees about what…
Proposal for Green Woods' relocation to Greylock denied
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhillyIn a unanimous vote late last week, the Chestnut Hill Historical Society's Easement Committee denied proposed amendments to historic preservation easements on the Greylock Manor…
West Oak Lane hopes to become new gateway to Northwest Philadelphia
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhillyIn the sprawling, moving jigsaw puzzle that is the upper Ogontz Avenue area, where the city meets Montgomery County, 2504 W. Cheltenham Ave. is a…
