Turning Bainbridge Green from a place to park into a public space
Bainbridge Green is the oddly wide tree-lined strip running down the center of Bainbridge Street between 3rd and 5th streets. Technically,…
Paine's Park opens, already overflowing with skaters [video]
Skaters of every stripe flooded Paine's Park for its opening day festivities on Wednesday afternoon. "While I always trusted that we…
May 23: SEPTA engineer shortage | Voter targeting | HUD hears Queen Lane Tower alternatives | Union protests | Greater Philadelphia's educational pull | Report on youth homelessness | New fro-yo shop
Hello Streeters! Here's the news that caught our eye this morning. A shortage of SEPTA engineers is causing train cancelations,…
PHS looks to seven sites as next generation civic landscapes
Imagine seeing a landform sculpture or a sea of patterned plantings from the sky as you come in to land at…
May 22: Smart A/C | feedback on 43rd/Baltimore development | North Catholic charter reuse | Chestnut Place apt conversion | East Passyunk community garden | GSK design and health
Good morning, Streeters. As Memorial Day approaches, today promises to feel like summer, possibly hitting 87° with a chance of thunderstorms.…
May 23-June 30: Hidden City Festival to illuminate overlooked sites citywide
Starting Thursday, and running for the next six weeks, the 2013 Hidden City Festival offers unique opportunities to explore places in…
May 21: Subaru considers Navy Yard | Grad Hospital retail | City Hall's Peregrine Falcons | costly concourse slips | Samuel Machinery reuse | Zagar's garage
Happy Tuesday, Streeters. If you’re a registered party voter, don’t forget to head out to the polls for primary day today.…
Four Philly projects awarded ArtPlace America grants
Of the 54 creative placemaking projects awarded 2013-2014 ArtPlace America grants today, four went to Philly organizations planning to use art…
May 20-24: Lantern House | Primary Day | Delaware Valley Modernism | Paine's Park opening
Wondering what's on tap this week? You can tour an award-winning stable-turned-live/work-space, celebrate Philly's new public space for skating, and learn…
May 20: Parks Roundup: Paine's Park praise | Mother Bethel AME burial ground below Weccacoe Playground | Improved Pleasant Hill Park | Ralph Brooks Park renovations planned
Welcome to the working week, Streeters. We’ve got a roundup of park-related news to kick off your Monday: Skateboarders and casual…
From Above: Refining along the Lower Schuylkill, 1926
In honor of the Lower Schuylkill Master Plan’s [pdf] release earlier this month, we head back into the past to…
May 17-19: Barnes Foundation anniversary | Trenton Ave Arts Fest | Clark Park Party | Parkwood Farmers' Market | Brewerytown, Rittenhouse and Italian Market festivals | Dinner and Bikes with Elly Blue
Clear your calendars Streeters. We've got a jam packed weekend of festivals, farmers markets and food planned for you. ANNIVERSARY Barnes…
May 17: Sheriff's Office can't track funds | SEPTA delays budget votes | Squilla wants community group protection | Nutter sets $31M aside for firefighters' arbitration | 3rd Ward opens
Happy Friday Streeters! The Philadelphia Sheriff's Office doesn't have an accounting system despite the fact that tens of millions of dollars…
KieranTimberlake's renovation of Ortlieb Bottling House underway
We know the Philadelphia firm KieranTimberlake for its high-minded contemporary design projects - from universities across the country to the future…
May 16: SEPTA considers reduced fare hike | 5 charters renewed | Nutter proposes cigarette and drink tax | Council absent for budget hearings | First responders sue Conrail | Lawrence O'Toole photos
Good morning Eyes! Here's what's making the news this Thursday. SEPTA's Board will consider a slight reduction in its proposed fare…
YouthBuild Philadelphia begins green renovation of two Nicetown homes
Just months after overhauling a dilapidated Germantown house and turning it into a LEED Platinum home, YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School students…
Meet Chinatown's new parklet
This weekend Chinatown celebrated the opening of its very own parklet, which adds a new pedestrian amenity along the busy 10th…
May 15: Ride of Silence | University City High future | Ben Franklin Bridge walkway update | theater-spotting | I-95 nightmares | Schuylkill ecological art
Good morning, Streeters. Here’s what’s buzzing this Wednesday morning. Bike Week continues this evening with a Ride of Silence, a…
1940s Paul Cret pachyderm house now home to children's zoo
The Philadelphia Zoo has a new, old attraction. In one of the zoo’s largest undertakings to date, the 1940s era Paul…
May 14: SEPTA: Norristown HSL repairs, other needs remain dire, deferred | new Amtrak locomotives | Possible City project | continue 10-year tax abatement | 13 luxe homes for Logan Square
Good morning, Streeters and happy Tuesday. In transportation news: PlanPhilly’s Christine Fisher has an update today about SEPTA’s critical deferred repair…
