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Lily Pads Frozen Yogurt opens on Willits Road
Not quite yogurt, not quite ice cream, but just in time for the warm weather is Lily Pads Frozen Yogurt, the newest addition to the shopping center at 3130 Willits…
Point Breeze eminent domain passes | Furness's industrial flourishes, caricatures | Convent housing conversion | Blatstein sued | $37m funding restored to agencies, programs
Happy Friday, Streeters. Here’s what’s making news today. The bill authorizing the city to use eminent domain on 17 vacant properties in Point Breeze passed City Council unanimously on Thursday,…
Right NEast/Wrong NEast: NBC can't figure out which side of the Boulevard it's on
"It happened in the Bustleton section of the city." No, it didn't. NBC10 was on the 2800-block of Grant Avenue yesterday for a school bus crash. If you've never been to…
Holme Circle residents float idea for beautification of Circle
With repairs to the Holme Avenue Bridge complete, the Holme Circle Civic Association has turned its attention to the rest of the avenue, specifically, the Circle. Serving three major roads and…
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…
Zoning code versus Northeast politics
By Ian Romano and Megan PaoliniFor Philadelphia Neighborhoods Councilman Brian O’Neill, who sits on the Zoning Code Commission, said he thinks the zoning code is a disaster for regions outside…
Right NEast/Wrong NEast: Obituary mistake clouds honor
Father Graham, Pastor of St. Jerome's Parish, passed away just a few days after Christmas. His parishioners set up a Facebook page in his memory, and the Inquirer yesterday featured…
Ashton Road store burglarized
For the second time in the last year, Stop & Shoop market at Ashton and Willits roads has been burglarized. As CBS3 reports, two thieves used a crowbar to enter…
In the Northeast, some residents oppose zoning reform that would allow more renters
This article was co-written by Taara El-Savage and is a project completed in partnership with Temple University's journalism capstone class Philadelphia Neighborhoods. Students Savage-El and Sharpe will cover zoning code…
Livable Communities and Philadelphia
On Monday, May 17th, Livable Communities Task Force Members Earl Blumenauer and Allyson Y. Schwartz will join Penn Design School’s Penn Praxis and the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia for…
Look Up: A Modernist trove in Northeast Philly
Nov. 9 By Alan JaffeFor PlanPhilly “Look Up” is a new feature of PlanPhilly that encourages appreciation of our architectural and historical environment. Each week, the photo essay will focus…
Values consolidation under way
In January, there will be a consolidation of citizens' core neighborhood and waterfront values identified in three public sessions in December. The values from the forums are listed below. They will…
