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As Philly lank bank momentum slows, proponents want administration to take a stand
Pittsburgh's fledgling program
Jan. 14By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly Those who maintain a trail system along Pittsburgh's three rivers started thinking about loaning bicycles to trail users about five years ago.…
Corps blesses earth moving at SugarHouse
Earth being moved Friday at SugarHouse site. Jan. 11 Previous coverage By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly The pre-construction work SugarHouse Casino has done on its site concerns the state…
Nutter calls for complete casino study
The map (above) shows the exact details and location of British Fort No. 1, which was located on the SugarHouse site. Jan. 10 By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly Mayor Michael Nutter's…
Street includes son in his ZCC picks
Sharif StreetJan. 10By Matt BlanchardFor PlanPhilly John Street’s last-minute appointments to the Zoning Code Commission finally turned up at the commission’s meeting on Wednesday, five months after the…
Grappling with the reality of I-95
Jan. 09(This is the fourth in a series of stories examining the infrastructure projects proposed in the Civic Vision for the Central Delaware, and how they will solve the question of…
Trial date set on N. Broad demo
Jan. 08 By Matt BlanchardFor PlanPhilly Philadelphia preservationists squared off against the state government in Commonwealth Court on Tuesday, winning an eleventh-hour reprieve for two historic structures on North Broad…
Deal was broken, history defiled
Jan. 07 Inquirer Deal was broken, history defiled
Inga Saffron: City planning still bush-league
Jan. 04Inga Saffron: City planning still bush-league read more
Foxwoods tries Supremes again
Jan. 3By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly Foxwoods Casino is once again trying to persuade the state Supreme Court to grant it the zoning it needs to build along…
Trump, Penn Treaty towers closer to reality
Dec. 20By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly Two Delaware River waterfront developments have moved closer to approval while the State General Assembly simultaneously told the Philadelphia Commerce Department to mind…
Pier 25 plan before Army Corps
Dec. 20 By Matt BlanchardFor PlanPhilly A development partnership is seeking US Army Corps of Engineers approval to build a 38-story tower with townhouses and parking atop Pier 25 North,…
Revolutionary find at SugarHouse site?
Dec. 18By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly The British troops who occupied Philadelphia during the Revolution defended a fort that appears to have sat where SugarHouse plans to build its…
Fallout from high court's casino decision
Updated with city council appeal to Supreme Court;documents: HSP1, HSP2, Foxwoods 1 Dec. 17By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly While SugarHouse Casino developers celebrate a Pennsylvania…
West Philadelphians "imagine future"
Dec. 13By Alan JaffeFor PlanPhilly Last week they met on South Broad Street, and then North Broad. Tuesday night they met in the Northeast. Tonight they met in West…
Foxwoods again appeals to state supreme court
Dec. 13By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly Based on the recent success of Philadelphia's other proposed casino, Foxwoods has asked the state Supreme Court to declare that its Delaware River…
City Council passes affordable housing bill
Dec. 13 By Matt BlanchardFor PlanPhilly Councilman Darrell Clarke had two ambitious but controversial pieces of legislation scheduled for a final vote before City Council Thursday: One bill would mandate affordable…
House invokes AG on riparian decision
Dec. 11Earlier story By Kellie Patrick GatesFor PlanPhilly The Pennsylvania House of Representatives Tuesday urged the state's Department of General Services to ask Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett to…
