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November in the Flickr Pool: Wissahickon Waterfall and more
Steve Ives, aka frequent Eyes on the Street Flickr Group contributor phillytrax, snapped this shot of the Wissahickon Creek in early November. Even though it's not officially winter yet, the…
Parks & Recreation pushes for river trail link connecting Ridge Avenue and Main Street.
Some creative strategizing between the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department and SEPTA may make closing the gap between the Kelly Drive path and the Ridge Ave Bridge a realistic possibility within…
July 13-15: 2nd Friday on Lancaster Ave | Moonlight Movies | spooky Secret Cinema | Wissahickon hike | Bastille Day
Ornate Lancaster Avenue | Rob Lybeck, Eyes on the Street Flickr GroupSecond Friday on Lancaster Avenue Friday, July 13, 5-8pm. Lancaster Avenue from 35th to 43rd Streets. Join neighbors 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…
Ideas for the Columbia Avenue Connector project
The Columbia Avenue of the future will likely be lined with trees, but just how many specimens remains under discussion.Some neighbors of the Fishtown street are concerned about sacrificing parking…
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,…
Friends of the Wissahickon makes progress on warming shed at Valley Green
Philadelphia—November 2011—Volunteers from the Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) Structures Crew are making great progress with the reconstruction of the Warming Shed at Valley Green, which burned down in October of…
Summer Solstice Tours of The Hermit's Glen
Summer Solstice Tours of The Hermits Glen Sunday, June 29, through Wednesday, June 23. Weather permitting, tour participants meet at the Kelpius Community Marker on Hermit Lane between Barnes Street and…
Preservation group issues SOS for 20 sites
When old buildings start to fall through the cracks, Save Our Sites is there to catch them. The organization issues an SOS each year for structures that other preservation groups, and…
September 23-25: Public Lands | Popped | Fall Garden Festival | College Day
POPPED! Music Festival Temple University's Liacouras Center [VENUE CHANGE], 1776 N. Broad Street. Friday and Saturday, September 23-24. Due to a really wet forecast, the POPPED! Music Festival has changed venues…
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…
How the zoning code draft affects East Falls overlays
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhillyIn Northwest Philadelphia, zoning overlays govern what kind of sign you can hang above your Manayunk boutique, what your corner store can sell in Germantown,…
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…
City seeks variance extension at Youth Study Center in East Falls
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhilly Construction delays and a change in general contractor on the new site of the city's Youth Study Center in West Philadelphia could mean up…
Wissahickon's study pits man against Angora goats
For the next couple of months, it will be man against beast on the Cresheim Creek in the Wissahickon.Working separately ― one group (six to ten human volunteers) with strong…
Major Wissahickon bridge getting an upgrade
The Walnut Lane Bridge over the Wissahickon Creek is getting a facelift, thanks to a $7.1 million project approved by the Delaware Regional Planning Commission Board Thursday.Much of the money…
Document that would dictate how Chestnut Hill College can be developed heads to City Council
Chestnut Hill College has received the planning commission's blessing for a document that will dictate how the campus can be developed.Commissioners last week voted in support of the college's proposed…
Chestnut Hill College Master Plan gets planning commission approval
Update, 4/22/11, 2:49 p.m.: Video duplicate has been updated and is now correct. Chestnut Hill College's master plan outlining the development it hopes to complete on its main campus and at…
Historic Wissahickon building gets new tenant
After searching for 10 years, the Fairmount Park Historic Foundation Trust has finally found a tenant for Glen Fern, an 18th-century stone house alongside Wissahickon Creek. The Trust signed a lease…
