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Planning Commission will consider both BRT and park options in City Branch
Next week, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) will release the final version of its Central District Plan, and when it does, the plan will include something that the draft…
SEPTA to shrink without additional funding
SEPTA’s list of deferred state of good repair projects is going to become a list of closed infrastructure if transportation funding at the state level is not increased soon. The Media-Elwyn,…
SEPTA's seasonal watch | Sewer tour | ExCITe Center opens | park improvement grants | Drag queens join Mummers
Good morning, Streeters. ‘Tis the season of challenging conditions for SEPTA, explains PlanPhilly’s Christine Fisher. We’re deep into “slippery rail season” when crews have to constantly remove falling leaves from…
Soak It Up!: Green infrastructure design competition
Philadelphia’s pioneering Green City, Clean Waters plan to manage stormwater using green infrastructure is slowly rolling out through early action projects like streets with permeable paving and green schoolyards. But greening…
Stenton Station roundabout imagines way around traffic, stormwater concerns
As part of the “Infill Philadelphia: Soak It Up!” exhibition this September, Urban Engineers, Inc. and Philadelphia City Planning Commission joined forces to address traffic conflicts and stormwater runoff at the…
Steve Powers signage | why our streets flood | Philly competes in Mayors Challenge | glass block comeback
Commercial corridor along Old York Road | phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupGood morning, Streeters. Hope your weekend was enjoyable– we spent some of ours exploring Bartram’s Mile,…
Stadium district casino | Inga on The Provence | 40th and Pine appeal grinds on | Germantown's horticultural heritage | Viaduct as great connector
Reading Viaduct, October 2012 | Christine Fisher, PlanPhillyHappy Friday, Streeters. Here's this morning's Buzz: The owners of Parx (Greenwood Gaming) and co-owners of Xfinity Live! (Cordish) want to put a…
Philly tax credit a model | water woes | rowhouses for 6th and Fairmount | waterfront trail section delay | SEPTA baby
Water main break sinkhole at 21st and Bainbridge, July 2012 | Rob Lybeck, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupA corporate tax credit program in Philly that funds community development work…
Searching South Philly for sustainable streets
Do you know how often a pedestrian is hit by a car in Philadelphia? Or how many bathtubs worth of water are treated by the stormwater planters on 13th Street? As…
Blumenfeld partners on Metropolitan Opera House | Station at Manayunk and Paine Park break ground | 52nd St renovations | more NE red light cameras | water main break at 42nd and Market
Metropolitan Opera House, 2012 | Jeremy Marshall, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupThe restoration of North Broad’s Metropolitan Opera House now has developer Eric Blumenfeld in its corner. The Inquirer’s…
New look for Old City: lighting to branding
From big repaving projects, to small design flourishes, Old City has been getting a makeover of late. Along North 3rd Street, on the long blocks between Market and Race, brand new…
What it would take to build an earthen berm for flood control on a section of Cobbs Creek in Eastwick
The actual construction of an earthen berm to control flooding along Cobbs Creek in Eastwick would likely take only a couple of months. But it will take significantly longer for the…
58th Street Greenway still under construction in Southwest Philadelphia
According to the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), construction on the 58th Street Greenway is about 75 percent complete, but driving along the future greenway in Kingsessing, it still looks like there…
Spring Garden Connector RFP | Sen. Casey visits Kenzo Renewal | Annunciation BVM School conversion | Woodland Ave. water main break | Point Breeze house collapse
Good morning, Streeters! Hope you enjoyed the weekend and are feeling ready for some real fall weather. Today’s high? A crisp 55°. Today is Columbus Day, which means that government offices,…
Six new bike corrals offer in-street bike parking
Bike corrals have been popping up around the city, so we took to the street to capture some of the corrals in use. Since August, the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and…
Making Phoenix Community Park last | Coyle pleads guilty | HIP Award honorees | UC's rusty water
Friends of the Japanese House and Garden will be honored by HSP for their work restoring Fairmount Park's Sakura Pavilion. | Christine Fisher Seven years ago, Phoenix Community Park rose from…
Preservation Row: A new marker for a bridge on Revolutionary road
Ongoing series casts light on historic and unique sites that may be at risk of deterioration or demolition. What local historians describe as America’s oldest stone arch bridge is not in…
September 24-28: Talk Complete Streets | Penn Museum community night | historic window workshop | AVI discussion
Complete Streets Discussion Monday, September 24, 6pm. Municipal Services Building, 1401 JFK Boulevard, Room 1450. The Mayor's Office of Transportation and Utilities is hosting a public discussion about the recently-released Streets…
Navy Yard transportation ideas | Dranoff and Saffron ride bikes | Bike Share Philly update | The Roxy will close | Philadelphia History Museum (re)opens
State Sen. Larry Farnese convened a Navy Yard transit confab on Friday to discuss transportation improvements for the business hub’s growing workforce.PlanPhilly’s Christine Fisher reports that a variety of…
