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Defending Wissahickon Playground, budget road shows, new Phila.gov, foreclosure sales, Skanska gets Franklin Institute contract, more Renaissance charters
Open Your Eyes | Flickr user phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupGermantown’s Westside Neighborhood Council is fighting the plan to scrap the Wissahickon Playground in favor of affordable housing.…
Darrell Clarke's revenue plan, Venice Island eyesore, Church moves partly due to parking woes, transition at the Navy Yard, SEPTA's flat budget
What’s on Council President Darrell Clarke’s 2012 agenda? Revenue Generation. The Naked City reports that Clarke’s plans include: parking space leases to car-shares, public asset sales, ad-sales for spots on municipal…
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…
Top 5 Northwest Philadelphia development stories of 2011 -- No. 3
By Amy Z. QuinnFor PlanPhillyIn Northwest Philly's neighborhoods this year, you didn't have to shop around very far to find tasty stories about land use and development. And some…
Grand Opening of “The Quads”
What: The agency has developed 100 units of accessible housing on 25 vacant lots across the city, making them fully accessible for seniors and persons with disabilities. These units represent a…
Star: Turning old Tasty site into retail hub
Star: Turning old Tasty site into retail hub The sign, undoubtedly recognizable to Philadelphians, can still be seen looming high above the Hunting Park Avenue site. But the business that…
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…
Inquirer: Tasty Baking to sell Nicetown properties
Inquirer: Tasty Baking to sell Nicetown properties Tasty Baking Co. announced Tuesday that it is selling two pieces of land in Nicetown - the sites of its bakery and its…
Inquirer: Temple's real gem: Baptist Temple to reopen as cultural arts center
Inquirer: Temple's real gem: Baptist Temple to reopen as cultural arts center THERE ARE striking surprises inside the renovated Baptist Temple, on Broad Street at Temple University's North Philadelphia campus.…
North Philly’s industrious community creation
February 5, 2010By Thomas J. WalshFor PlanPhillyThe McDonald’s fast food empire is not universally considered a paragon of a green-minded, environmentally friendly corporate culture. But the charitable organization…
Looking beyond cities’ ‘broken windows’
Jan. 28, 2010By Thomas J. WalshFor PlanPhillyFor criminologists and sociologists, the “broken windows” theory on urban blight is now almost 30 years old. It has been used by…
Look Up: An English Village in Nicetown
Nov. 23By 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…
Inquirer: Market-Frankford El in need of repairs
Inquirer: Market-Frankford El in need of repairs The Frankford elevated line, which was completely rebuilt in the 1980s and 1990s to last for 75 years, needs significant repairs because of…
Inquirer and Daily News Spotlight North Philadelphia Revitalization
From the Next Great City newsletter: Things are changing in North Philadelphia. Spurred by the city's commitment to transit oriented development, low-priced development opportunities, new and improved facilities…
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…
