Parks & Recreation

SEPTA ditches gender stickers | waterfront zoning worries | Hunting Park renewal | Night Market returns | 19125 bandit sign contest

SEPTA ditches gender stickers | waterfront zoning worries | Hunting Park renewal | Night Market returns | 19125 bandit sign contest
  • SEPTA will ditch gender TransPass stickers
  • CDAG concerned about draft waterfront zoning overlay
  • Baseball and beyond revitalizing Hunting Park
  • Night Market is back
  • 19125 bandit sign contest
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    The Lost Centennial Project

    The Lost Centennial Project

    Next up in today’s Centennial District duo: Community Contributor Gary Reed shares what he discovers in this ‘lost’ landscape as a photographer and Philadelphian. [slideshow]

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    Debut of Japanese Garden’s Sakura Pavilion Kicks off Cherry Blossom Season

    Debut of Japanese Garden’s Sakura Pavilion Kicks off Cherry Blossom Season

    Today Eyes on the Street offers two looks at the Centennial District. First up: Christine Fisher went to the Japanese House and Garden’s new Sakura Pavilion, comprised of two recently restored original Exposition buildings that reopened this weekend. [slideshow]

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    March 30-April 1: Happy Birthday van Gogh, Sakura Pavilion Grand Opening, Philly Farm & Food Fest

    March 30-April 1: Happy Birthday van Gogh, Sakura Pavilion Grand Opening, Philly Farm & Food Fest
  • Friday: Van Gogh Appreciation Day @ Art Museum
  • Saturday and Sunday: Sakura Pavilion Grand Opening @ Shofuso
  • Sunday: Philly Farm & Food Fest @ Convention Center Annex
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    Stanton and Sheppard spared from closure | public property ad balance | Philadelphia Media Network sale imminent | minority contracting failings | Franklin Square’s new addition

    Stanton and Sheppard spared from closure | public property ad balance | Philadelphia Media Network sale imminent | minority contracting failings | Franklin Square’s new addition
  • 8 public schools to close; Stanton and Sheppard spared
  • Can Philly strike the right balance in advertising on public property?
  • Philadelphia Media Network could be sold as of today
  • Are minority-contracting requirements ineffective and abused?
  • Franklin Square’s new pavilion opens
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    Last Call: Submit Spring Cleanup project ideas and request a free yard tree

    Last Call: Submit Spring Cleanup project ideas and request a free yard tree

    Don’t forget to submit your Philly Spring Cleanup project Friday 3/30 and ask for a free yard tree by Saturday 3/31.

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    Private Hewson Street | opening energy use data | Fairmount Park’s accounting mistake | Penn puts data over Schuylkill | no treatment center for Kemble Ave

    Private Hewson Street | opening energy use data | Fairmount Park’s accounting mistake | Penn puts data over Schuylkill | no treatment center for Kemble Ave
  • Making a public street private
  • Data to drive energy-efficiency retrofits
  • Fairmount Park Commission owes city treasury permit fees
  • Penn to build Grays Ferry data storage center
  • No substance abuse center for transgendered individuals on Kemble Ave
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    NoLibs development picks up | Ninth National Bank a goner | Airport expansion deal | Philly’s parks are tops

    NoLibs development picks up | Ninth National Bank a goner | Airport expansion deal | Philly’s parks are tops
  • NoLibs development is heating up like its 2002
  • Ninth National Bank to be demoed favor of affordable housing
  • Airport expansion plan negotiations
  • Philly is one of the 10 best cities for parks
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    Civic hacking Philly, 410 Race development split, Germantown Settlement leftovers, restoring Philly’s tree canopy, District Planning starts in Lower Northeast, searching for daguerro-row

    Civic hacking Philly, 410 Race development split, Germantown Settlement leftovers, restoring Philly’s tree canopy, District Planning starts in Lower Northeast, searching for daguerro-row
  • Adel Ebid and the rise of the civic hacker
  • 401 Race Street development divided up, part listed for sale
  • What did Germantown Settlement leave behind?
  • Re-Treeing Philly
  • Lower Northeast District Planning kicks off April 3
  • Searching for Philly’s daguerreotype studios
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    Artsy roundup: past/present/future in resin at Girard station, filmmaker’s Kensington Renewal, Barnes art move, ‘Site Seeing’ on Parkway, museum boost for some

    Artsy roundup: past/present/future in resin at Girard station, filmmaker’s Kensington Renewal, Barnes art move, ‘Site Seeing’ on Parkway, museum boost for some
  • Robert (Peanutbutter) Woodward and his new Girard station artwork
  • Jamie Moffett’s Kensington Renewal project
  • Barnes collection move well underway
  • Site Seeing in a whole new way on the Parkway
  • Constitution Center and Jewish History museum lagging
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