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Waterfront Q&A with design experts
- Tuesday, February 27, 2007
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Five of the world’s top experts in landscape and urban design will be here March 1-3 to help Philadelphians decide how to reshape the Delaware River waterfront.The public is invited to…
Waterfront under attack
- Monday, February 26, 2007
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Feb. 26Skyline Online Waterfront under attack
Economic Sustainability: The Indispensable Value
- Thursday, February 22, 2007
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By Matt BlanchardFor PlanPhilly Of the five values for our waterfront identified during citizen forums, one speaks far louder than the rest. Economic Sustainability is likely to shape our waterfront…
Battle plans on the casino front
- Thursday, February 22, 2007
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The state Assembly mandated two Philadelphia casinos in 2004, and the state Gaming Control Board named sites in Fishtown and South Philadelphia. But many in Philadelphia say it’s not a done…
News from the PlanPhilly team, Feb. 22
- Thursday, February 22, 2007
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Dear PlanPhilly Member, After many successful public forums in the riverward neighborhoods, that work is now going to be put into action at the Central Delaware Design Workshop to be held…
Casino arguments take up full day in council
- Thursday, February 22, 2007
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Feb. 22InquirerCasino arguments take up full day in council
Anti-casino movement closer to getting on ballot
- Thursday, February 22, 2007
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Feb. 22Daily NewsAnti-casino movement closer to getting spot on ballot
I-95: where do we go now?
- Thursday, February 22, 2007
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By Matt Blanchard For PlanPhilly Following the river’s course at an average of three city blocks inland, the construction of Interstate 95 in the 1960s and 1970s cut a path of…
Casino fight goes to council
- Wednesday, February 21, 2007
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By Matt BlanchardFor PlanPhilly Philadelphia City Council began consideration of strident anti-casino laws on Wednesday, one of which would make casinos illegal inside city limits, and all of which could…
The hows and whys of the working port protest
- Wednesday, February 21, 2007
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By Linda K. HarrisFor PlanPhilly More than 200 fired-up longshoremen, many carrying anti-casino placards, staged a protest Tuesday night at the Penn Praxis civic engagement meeting at Furness High School…
South Philadelphia neighborhood values
- Wednesday, February 21, 2007
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By Kellie Patrick and Matt BlanchardFor PlanPhilly Like the residents of other river ward neighborhoods who spoke of their hopes for the future of the Delaware Riverfront, South Philadelphians want…
Second principle session: The environment
- Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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By Kellie PatrickFor Planphilly Philadelphian Josh Cohen dreams of a Delaware River clean enough to swim in. “Maybe there’s a life guard watching … there’s a family there,” he said…
South Philadelphia: final forum
- Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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How the Delaware River works
- Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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Photography by Ed Hille By Linda HarrisFor PlanPhilly The general cargo ship Umiavut slipped into the Port of Philadelphia’s waters just after midnight when the river flowed inky and most…
New neighborhood coalition formed to fight casinos
- Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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Philadelphia, (February 20) – 15 civic organizations, stretching from Pennsport and Whitman in the south to Kensington and Port Richmond in the north, today announced the formation of the Delaware River…
Second principle session: Kensington
- Monday, February 19, 2007
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Feb. 19Central Delaware Riverfront civic engagement. The environmental and economic aspects of the river. Plus video.Monday night, the last phase of public forums designed to give civic engagement a crucial…
What are riparian rights?
- Sunday, February 18, 2007
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By Kellie PatrickFor PlanPhilly From the early 1900s, when islands were removed to make way for longer piers and bigger ships, to the current debate over casinos, decisions to grant…
Another flaw in casino process
- Friday, February 16, 2007
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Feb. 16InquirerAnother flaw in casino process
Waterfront photo slideshow
- Friday, February 16, 2007
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Ed Hille is a Philadelphia based photojournalist and staff photographer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Hille has produced award winning photographs in our region and crisscrossed America and the globe, completing assignments…
How Foxwoods flirted with AC
- Thursday, February 15, 2007
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Feb. 15How Foxwoods flirted with Atlantic CityDaily NewsInquirer
