Articles http://planphilly.com/articles Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:08:00 -0400 en <![CDATA[Housing Authority will auction 200 vacant homes]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/18/housing-authority-will-auction-200-vacant-homes

The Philadelphia Housing Authority announced Tuesday that it would auction off around 200 vacant and blighted scattered sites, in partnership with Max Spann Real Estate and Auction Company. The auction will…

]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:08:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Asbestos halts demolition at former Ivy Ridge nursing home site]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/18/asbestos-halts-demolition-at-former-ivy-ridge-nursing-home-site

Demolition of the former Ivy Ridge Personal Care Center got underway earlier this month, but stopped abruptly after a city site inspection found asbestos on the site.

Several pieces of heavy…

]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:09:14 -0400 <![CDATA[June 18: A- rating | Penn Street Trail open | Logan plan | Sustainable housing | Middle-class flight | Street signs]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/18/june-18-a-rating-penn-street-trail-open-logan-plan-sustainable-housing-middle-class-flight-street-signs Good morning, Streeters. Here's what's making news this Tuesday morning:

For the first time since 1979 the city of Philadelphia has an A- bond rating, the Business Journal reports. In…

]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:56:58 -0400 <![CDATA[Citizens Planning Institute graduates toss their caps at Philadelphia2035 presentation]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/18/citizens-planning-institute-graduates-toss-their-caps-at-philadelphia2035-presentation

At a ceremony Monday night at the Center for Architecture, the sixth class of planners graduated from the Citizens Planning Institute, the education arm of the City Planning Commission’s long-term planning…

]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:25:00 -0400 <![CDATA[West Poplar locksmith's faded sign gets repainted]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/17/west-poplar-locksmith-s-faded-sign-gets-repainted

As part of their reporting for Philadelphia Neighborhoods and PlanPhilly, Tasia N. Morgan, Angela M. Mayo, and Samantha Ortiz are sharing dispatches from East and West Poplar. They recently paid a visit to…

]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:06:33 -0400 <![CDATA[Circuit Coalition campaigns for renewed trail funding]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/17/circuit-coalition-campaigns-for-renewed-trail-funding

In 2010, the William Penn Foundation made a $10 million grant to help build the region’s trail network. This summer that pool of money will be drained. To continue the trail…

]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:38:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Penn Street Trail opens]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/17/penn-street-trail-opens

A new trail segment opened Monday on the Central Delaware River Waterfront, now linking Spring Garden Street to Ellen Street, and eventually linking the East Coast and Spring Garden greenways to…

]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:50:00 -0400 <![CDATA[June 17-21: Visions of Our Metropolis | Zoning code feedback | Night Market West Oak Lane | Grays Ferry Crescent movie night]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/17/june-17-21-visions-of-our-metropolis-zoning-code-feedback-night-market-west-oak-lane-grays-ferry-crescent-movie-night PLAN Visions for Our Metropolis

Monday, June 17, doors open at 5:30pm, program begins at 6pm. Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street. The Planning Commission will highlight aspects of the…

]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:48:00 -0400 <![CDATA[June 17: Maplewood Mall redo | school without support | abatement expansion proposal | building collapse update | PSFS practicality, urbanism]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/17/june-17-maplewood-mall-redo-school-without-support-abatement-expansion-proposal-building-collapse-update-psfs-practicality-urbanism Welcome to the working week, Streeters. Here's what's making news this Monday morning:

Germantown’s Maplewood Mall will see a $2.2 million renovation NewsWorks reports, and the Daily News looks at the…

]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:16:00 -0400 <![CDATA[South Philly neighbors hope to rescue 1894 firehouse]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/17/south-philly-neighbors-hope-to-rescue-1894-firehouse
Demolition permits have been filed for the address of the former Engine 46 firehouse, which more recently housed a popular steakhouse.
 
Preservationists and Pennsport neighbors are rushing to save a…
]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:15:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Historical Commission adds to register, approves Old City apartment]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/15/historical-commission-adds-to-register-approves-old-city-apartment The Philadelphia Historical Commission approved the construction of a new residential building in the Old City Historic District on Friday, and added 14 new properties to the city's historical register. They…

]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:24:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Icon of Chinatown overlooked no more]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/14/icon-of-chinatown-overlooked-no-more

If you’ve walked down 10th Street in Chinatown you’ve seen Philadelphia’s version of a Mandarin palace, the Chinese Cultural and Community Center.


The building's carved stone entryway, red balconies, “cloud-shaped” brackets,…

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:46:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Council will hold hearings on adaptive reuse of closed school buildings]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/14/council-will-hold-hearings-on-adaptive-reuse-of-closed-school-buildings

Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds-Brown introduced a resolution Thursday calling for hearings on finding adaptive reuses for the 23 school buildings that will close at the end of this year. The resolution was…

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:08:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Explore Fort Mifflin ruins (new and old) this Sunday and next]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/14/explore-fort-mifflin-ruins-new-and-old-this-sunday-and-next

For the next two Sundays the Hidden City Festival invites guests to step into a space where it’s not quite clear what’s new, what’s old and what could be part of…

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:11:00 -0400 <![CDATA[June 14-16: Film al Fresco | Juneteenth Festival | Finns and Swedes in America Festival | Father's Day Ride | 30th Street Craft Market | Bloomsday | Invisible River]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/14/june-14-16-film-al-fresco-juneteenth-festival-finns-and-swedes-in-america-festival-father-s-day-ride-30th-street-craft-market-bloomsday-invisible-river It's Friday and that means we've rounded up some top events to help you make the most of this mid-June weekend.

FILM al FRESCO 'Locomotive'

Friday, June 14, 8pm.…

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:33:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Study says Schuylkill Banks projects are an economic engine]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/14/study-says-schuylkill-banks-projects-are-an-economic-engine The Schuylkill Banks trail and greenway is more than just a pretty place to get some exercise, according to a recent economic study.

It will cost a total of $60 million…

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:34:00 -0400 <![CDATA[June 14: AVI, cigarette tax passes Council | Salvation Army didn't decline scaffolding | Blight abounds | Delinquency, vacancy roundup | Lovett Library modernization]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/14/june-14-avi-cigarette-tax-passes-council-salvation-army-didn-t-decline-scaffolding-blight-abounds-delinquency-vacancy-roundup-lovett-library-modernization Happy Friday, Streeters. Make it a good one.

Yesterday was a big day for tax legislation: The Actual Value Initiative passed City Council, establishing a property tax rate of 1.34%…

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:23:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Councilman Green calls for lien sales to help collect delinquent taxes]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/13/councilman-green-calls-for-lien-sales-to-help-collect-delinquent-taxes

Councilman Bill Green introduced a bill into City Council Thursday that would authorize the Department of Revenue to sell tax liens on delinquent property in Philadelphia as a way to stem…

]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:21:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Sizing up a flurry of blight and delinquency legislation]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/13/sizing-up-a-flurry-of-blight-and-delinquency-legislation Between the fatal building collapse on Market Street and heightened focus on the blight-spreading delinquency epidemic, lawmakers in City Hall and the state capital are - at least for now…

]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:21:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Central Delaware Overlay passes city council]]> http://planphilly.com/articles/2013/06/13/central-delaware-overlay-passes-city-council After more than two years of talks between First District Councilman Mark Squilla, planners, developers, landowners and waterfront advocates, City Council has passed a zoning ordinance designed to shape future development…

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