The Inquirer’s Jennifer Lin looks at the economic context of Bart Blatstein’s proposal to build a casino-entertainment complex at the Inquirer-Daily News building. It could result in a lower revenue for the state.
Poll: A casino on Callowhill?
Developer Bart Blatstein wants to build a casino behind the Inquirer building. Tell us what you think by taking today’s Word on the Street poll.
Developer dreams on an artsy future for old school at Spring Garden and Broad
Developer Eric Blumenfeld is buying the former Thaddeus Stevens School of Practice on Spring Garden at Broad, hoping to breathe new life into the building through arts and residential uses.
Feds fund deeper Delaware, Walnut Street Bridge construction starts, boxing back at Blue Horizon, Philly Hometown Media could start news venture, Soul Train today
Philadelphia Media Network sale getting weirder, Philly’s wide digital divide, promoting Silverliner V cars, former Reed’s is the classiest CVS
January 30-February 3: Preservation economics, Megaprojects forum, Janette Sadik-Khan, Ed Bacon student design competition, South Philly street design, political gridlock and transportation
The Battle for Atlantic Yards comes to Penn, bookended with megaproject forums
Talk megaprojects and sing eminent domain blues at Penn this month with In the Footprint: The Battle for Atlantic Yards, a high-drama docu-musical about a controversial Brooklyn development at the Annenberg Center (1/18-1/28), and two panel discussions organized by PennDesign about megaprojects and balancing social good(1/17 and 1/31).
Eyes on the Street is giving away tickets that get you into both.
Boot & Saddle rides again, Council plays ZCC, seven deadly trends, Philly papers seeking new home, Marvelous Marvine
Parkway revival and homelessness, new life on North Broad, PhillyCAM moves, NIMBYism grows
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