Eyes on the Street continues its TEDxPhilly: The City video series with Amy Hillier, co-director of Penn’s Cartographic Modeling Lab and planning professor at PennDesign. Hillier uses maps as tools to visualize disparities in opportunities and experiences in the city.
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January 27-29 weekend arts: Impressions of Holmesburg Prison, Henry Ossawa Tanner retrospective, construction critiques in cake
Rethinking space on South Philly’s narrow streets
The Safe Streets for Healthy Neighborhoods initiative, a partnership between the Bicycle Coalition and Community Design Collaborative, is cooking up street designs that make room for cycling and pedestrians on South Philly’s narrow grid. Get a peek at their ideas at a meeting on February 1.
City Hall station work, Council talks jobs and revenue, Nutter promises more resources to fight crime, North Central NID opponents organize, beautifying Holme Circle
Schuylkill Banks sees spike in vandalism
While Penn Park plays it safe with lots of surveillance, there’s been an increase in vandalism at Schuylkill Banks across the river.
Lots by the lot: What happened after the PHA vacant property auctions?
PHA made millions auctioning off hundreds of surplus properties last year, but what became of those properties? Did the deals close? Are buyers backing out, and what happens when they do? Christine Fisher checks in to find out.
Council kicks off 2012, getting to know Darrell Clarke, PA redistricting rejected, Marshalls on Market East, investing in McPherson Square Park
It’s a wrap: Ads are a sign of the times
Expect to see an onslaught of ads coming soon to Philly’s public environment, as the city and SEPTA seek new sources of revenue. Will we become ad revenue junkies?
Philly gets Curbed
New York real estate development blog launches Philly-centric site. Nope, Brownstoner’s not back, it’s Curbed.
Less Marcellus Shale gas, Get Healthy Philly’s impact, development rumble in Point Breeze, refreshing Roxborough’s library
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