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Memorial Day Weekend: Fairmount Restaurant Week, Arts on South, Cedar Park Jazz, Latin Arts Explosion, Decoration Day

Memorial Day Weekend: Fairmount Restaurant Week, Arts on South, Cedar Park Jazz, Latin Arts Explosion, Decoration Day
  • Friday: Fairmount Restaurant Week starts
  • Friday: Arts on South/Fourth Friday @ South Street Headhouse District
  • Friday: Jazz Friday @ Cedar Park
  • Saturday & Sunday: Latin Arts Explosion @ Race Street Pier
  • Sunday: Decoration Day @ Laurel Hill
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    AVI’s Harrisburg hurdles | Barnes and civic identity | budget deadlines | lost South Philly | finding parks funding | protecting urban gardens

    AVI’s Harrisburg hurdles | Barnes and civic identity | budget deadlines | lost South Philly | finding parks funding | protecting urban gardens
  • Sen. Farnese wants AVI to be revenue-neutral, not tied to schools
  • The Barnes: A grand civic moment
  • Philly’s fiscal year begins 7/1: Can the city meet its budget deadline?
  • 20 South Philly places that are gone, but not forgotten
  • Old urban gardens unprotected in the city’s vacant property approach
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    Norris Square rezoning moves forward | Philly’s white population up | Waterfront zoning overlay issues | Northwood’s new Town Watch

    Norris Square rezoning moves forward | Philly’s white population up | Waterfront zoning overlay issues | Northwood’s new Town Watch
  • Norris Square rezoning moving forward
  • Philly’s white population on the rise
  • Concerns remain about draft waterfront zoning overlay, clock is running down
  • Northwood gets Town Watch
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    Inside Pennthouses | Church of the Assumption case at Common Pleas | WCRP’s bank demo, development draws ire | O’Brien on Harrisburg

    Inside Pennthouses | Church of the Assumption case at Common Pleas | WCRP’s bank demo, development draws ire | O’Brien on Harrisburg
  • Michael Samschick’s Pennthouses, plans for Penn Treaty Village
  • Church of the Assumption case hangs on city department powers
  • Kensington debates historic bank razing for housing
  • Denny O’Brien ripped at Harrisburg over education funding
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    May 4-6: Art Star at Race Street Pier | Physick Plant Sale | Broad Street Run | Overbrook Farms Open House

    May 4-6: Art Star at Race Street Pier | Physick Plant Sale | Broad Street Run | Overbrook Farms Open House
  • Friday: Art Star @ Race Street Pier
  • Friday-Sunday: Plant Sale @ Physick House
  • Sunday: Broad Street Run
  • Sunday: Overbrook Farms Open House Tour/Tea
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    School District’s road to dissolution | Norris Square duel continues | Fairmount Fish Ladder | paying Water Works’ utilities

    School District’s road to dissolution | Norris Square duel continues | Fairmount Fish Ladder | paying Water Works’ utilities
  • Scrapping Schools: How did it come to this?
  • Norris Square Civic and Maria Quiñones-Sánchez still feuding over St. Boniface redevelopment
  • Fairmount Fish Ladder
  • Taxpayers foot utility bill for Water Works Restaurant
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    April 30-May4: Philadelphia Modernism | Ridge Flats @ DAG | ‘Reclaiming the Rust Belt’

    April 30-May4: Philadelphia Modernism | Ridge Flats @ DAG | ‘Reclaiming the Rust Belt’

    Spend this week learning about misfits and heroes of modern design in Philly, the passive design planned for Ridge Flats, and see a deindustrialization documentary:

  • Tuesday: Building Philadelphia: Modernism in the Delaware Valley @ Center for Architecture
  • Thursday: Design Advocacy Group @ Center for Architecture
  • Thursday: Reclaiming the Rust Belt @ Paley Library
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    Primary outcomes | understanding the Lazaretto | dirty air | preserving Cecil B. Moore’s name | Delaware River dredging funds | Divine Lorraine sealed | free lunch

    Primary outcomes | understanding the Lazaretto | dirty air | preserving Cecil B. Moore’s name | Delaware River dredging funds | Divine Lorraine sealed | free lunch
  • Primary Day kept lots of incumbents, held a few surprises
  • Lazaretto lousy with Penn preservationists
  • Philadelphia region’s air is dirty
  • Don’t shorten Cecil B. Moore’s name
  • US House subcommittee approves Delaware dredging funds
  • Divine Lorraine sealed
  • Do lunch with PlanPhilly today
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    April 23-27: Historic Homeowner Workshops | Planning the Modern City | Tax Delinquency App | Jane Golden and Dre Urhahn | Small Streets meetup

    April 23-27: Historic Homeowner Workshops | Planning the Modern City | Tax Delinquency App | Jane Golden and Dre Urhahn | Small Streets meetup
  • Tuesday: Masonry and Pointing Workshop @ WES Health Center
  • Tuesday: Building Philadelphia: Planning Modern City @ Center for Architecture
  • Wednesday: PlanPhilly’s Tax Delinquency App Demo @ WHYY
  • Wednesday: Philly Painting: Jane Golden and Dre Urhahn @ Temple
  • Wednesday: Historic Paint and Color Placement @ Roxborough Development Corporation
  • Thursday: Philadelphia Society of Small Streets @ Ethical Society
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    April 16-20: Tom Finkelpearl | Homeowner Workshops | Archaeology in Philly | Urban Heat Islands | Lower Schuylkill Master Plan open houses

    April 16-20: Tom Finkelpearl | Homeowner Workshops | Archaeology in Philly | Urban Heat Islands | Lower Schuylkill Master Plan open houses
  • Tuesday: Tom Finkelpearl @ Paley Library
  • Tuesday: Energy Efficiency in Older Homes @ WES Health Center
  • Tuesday: Building Philadelphia: The Hidden City @ Center for Architecture
  • Tuesday: Urban Heat Islands @ Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Wednesday: Historic Porches and Wood Repairs @ Roxborough Development Corporation
  • Wednesday: Lower Schuylkill Master Plan Open House @ Richard Allen Charter School
  • Thursday: Lower Schuylkill Master Plan Open House @ UPenn South Bank
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