Parks & Recreation

State-funded improvements coming to Pleasant Hill Park

State-funded improvements coming to Pleasant Hill Park

East Torresdale’s Pleasant Hill Park gets $318,000 from the state to improve the park’s public amenities and increase accessibility to the river.

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Privatizing PGW, NoLibs parking scuffle, SEPTA police could strike, emergency repairs along Lincoln Drive

Privatizing PGW, NoLibs parking scuffle, SEPTA police could strike, emergency repairs along Lincoln Drive
  • PGW for sale?
  • Illegal parking lots operated by NLNA treasurer
  • SEPTA police strike?
  • Emergency work along Lincoln Drive at Forbidden Drive
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    Sustainable Design Competition to Rethink Rec Centers

    Sustainable Design Competition to Rethink Rec Centers

    The Delaware Valley Green Building Council’s 2012 Sustainable Design Competition asks students and young professionals to rethink four of Philly’s rec centers as green, community fixtures.

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    January 2-6: skate the Winter Classic ice, Bicycle Coalition vol call, DAG hosts DIGSAU and Studio Bryan Hanes

    January 2-6: skate the Winter Classic ice, Bicycle Coalition vol call, DAG hosts DIGSAU and Studio Bryan Hanes
  • Tuesday: Winter Classic Public Skate @ Citizen’s Bank Park
  • Wednesday: Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
  • Thursday: Studio Bryan Hanes and DIGSAU @ DAG
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    What you were reading: Top 10 Eyes on the Street posts of 2011

    What you were reading: Top 10 Eyes on the Street posts of 2011

    From monderist destructo-porn and mosaic art to planning wonkery and The Porch: Eyes on the Street looks back at its 10 most-read posts of the year.

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    Will Callowhill Reading Viaduct NID stick?, backing for zoning changes at 8200 Germantown Ave and 2400 South St, feds green-light signal funding

    Will Callowhill Reading Viaduct NID stick?, backing for zoning changes at 8200 Germantown Ave and 2400 South St, feds green-light signal funding
  • Callowhill Reading Viaduct NID opponents submit 315 letters of opposition
  • Chestnut Hill supports mixed-use project at 8200 Germantown Ave
  • PCPC backs zoning changes for 8200 Germantown and 2400 South
  • City gets federal grant for extended green lights that keep SEPTA moving
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    Ben Franklin Bridge ramp funding cut, city ice rinks reopen, distributing $30m in sheriff sale proceeds, Overbrook Farms Historic District vote postponed

    Ben Franklin Bridge ramp funding cut, city ice rinks reopen, distributing $30m in sheriff sale proceeds, Overbrook Farms Historic District vote postponed
  • Bicycle Coalition wants Ben Franklin Bridge bike/pedestrian ramp funding restored
  • Renovation at city ice rinks once slated to close
  • State trying to distribute millions from old sheriff sale proceeds
  • Overbrook Farms Historic District vote postponed due to resident concerns
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    December 9-11: Holiday Pops, Tour Fairmount Park houses, Lucia Fest, Greensgrow Holiday Bazaar

    December 9-11: Holiday Pops, Tour Fairmount Park houses, Lucia Fest, Greensgrow Holiday Bazaar
  • Opens Friday: Holiday Pops @ Kimmel Center
  • Friday-Sunday: Holiday Tours of Farimount Park Houses
  • Friday-Sunday: Lucia Fest @ Old Swede’s
  • Saturday and Sunday: Holiday Bazaar @ Greensgrow
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    Big zoning reform hearing, vacant school hazards, Manton Street park reclaimed and sold, Dilworth’s pedestrian problem

    Big zoning reform hearing, vacant school hazards, Manton Street park reclaimed and sold, Dilworth’s pedestrian problem
  • Zoning Reform Council hearing today
  • Closed schools are unsafe eyesores, says City Controller
  • Manton Street Park restored by neighbors, sold by city
  • Dilworth Plaza fencing leaves no room for pedestrians
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    Occupy out and homeless shuffle, zoning code comparison, new Center City offices for Penn Medical, neighbors protest demo of Kelly Playground

    Occupy out and homeless shuffle, zoning code comparison, new Center City offices for Penn Medical, neighbors protest demo of Kelly Playground
  • Occupy Philly evicted from Dilworth Plaza
  • Homeless people move from Occupy to Conrail to underpass
  • Comparing the old and future zoning codes
  • New Penn Medicine building construction starts at 8th and Walnut
  • Germantown neighbors protest demolition of Kelly Playground
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