Dilworth House stands | Clarke wants another casino | Tower Place construction starts | Reading Viaduct as neighborhood park | ‘Barnes Totem’ install delayed

Dilworth House stands | Clarke wants another casino | Tower Place construction starts | Reading Viaduct as neighborhood park | ‘Barnes Totem’ install delayed
  • Dilworth House will not be demolished
  • Darrell Clarke hearts casinos
  • N Broad’s state office building conversion starts
  • Reading Viaduct linear park as a very local amenity
  • Barnes Totem install delayed
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    March 19-23: How Creativity Works, Philadelphia and the Makeshift Metropolis, Dan Marcolina reveals the obvious, Romantic Philadelphia, North Broad Revitalization, PhillyWorks

    March 19-23: How Creativity Works, Philadelphia and the Makeshift Metropolis, Dan Marcolina reveals the obvious, Romantic Philadelphia, North Broad Revitalization, PhillyWorks
  • Tuesday: How Creativity Works @ World Café
  • Tuesday: Philadelphia and the Makeshift Metropolis @ Temple
  • Tuesday: Visibly Invisible: Revealing the Obvious @ UArts
  • Tuesday: Romantic Philadelphia @ Center for Architecture
  • Wednesday: What’s next for North Broad Street’s Revitalization? @ PennDesign
  • Thursday: PhillyWorks @ Art Alliance
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    Chestnut Park renamed to honor designer John F. Collins

    Chestnut Park renamed to honor designer John F. Collins

    Chestnut Park was rededicated Wednesday as John F. Collins Park, to honor the work of the park’s late designer.

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    Whither the Reading Viaduct wrapped in the Callowhill NID?

    Whither the Reading Viaduct wrapped in the Callowhill NID?

    City Council unanimously voted in favor of the Callowhill NID on Thursday even though an apparent majority of property owners wrote letters of opposition. Will the NID come to pass? And if so, what of the Reading Viaduct park project that the NID could help fund?

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    Up-Market East

    Up-Market East

    Citypaper wonders what will become of Market East as the tide of long-awaited redevelopment turns, but leaves the existing retail out of the conversation.

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    November 14-18: Slow Food tasting, community garden class, Reading Viaduct talk, Cities Under Siege, Charlie Chan in Egypt

    November 14-18: Slow Food tasting, community garden class, Reading Viaduct talk, Cities Under Siege, Charlie Chan in Egypt
  • Snail of Approval tastings @ Reading Terminal
  • How to start a community garden @ PHS
  • Reading Viaduct Park discussion @ Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Cities Under Siege book talk @ Penn
  • Secret Cinema: Charlie Chan in Egypt @ Penn Museum
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    Center City’s Power Broker

    Center City’s Power Broker

    Is Paul Levy Center City’s best hope? City Paper examines the positive change Levy’s Center City District has brought, and the tension that comes with its concentrated power.

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