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New name for Fairmount Park Art Association | construction at Police Academy | Fumo and tax relief | zombie graduates | $15m to Philadelphia U

New name for Fairmount Park Art Association | construction at Police Academy | Fumo and tax relief | zombie graduates | $15m to Philadelphia U
  • The Fairmount Park Art Association’s new name
  • Police Academy gets new tactical training facility
  • How is Vince Fumo shaping the AVI debate?
  • Economic zombies and school reform
  • $15mil for Philadelphia University

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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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    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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    LED traffic light savings | strengthening East Falls through school closing | South Street West’s boom | PHA mum about Liddonfield | Inky wins Pulitzer | weird 2012 weather

    LED traffic light savings | strengthening East Falls through school closing | South Street West’s boom | PHA mum about Liddonfield | Inky wins Pulitzer | weird 2012 weather
  • City saves $1 million with LED traffic lights
  • Could closing St. Bridget’s unite Fallsers at Mifflin Elementary?
  • South Street West comes of age
  • PHA tight-lipped Liddonfield’s future
  • Inquirer wins Pulitzer
  • 2012: Weird weather year
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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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    Catholic church closings | affordable LGBT senior housing | disciplinary discrepancies for black students | vigil for fallen firefighters | PHS Pops-Up honored

    Catholic church closings | affordable LGBT senior housing | disciplinary discrepancies for black students | vigil for fallen firefighters | PHS Pops-Up honored
  • Catholic parishes in Manauynk and Germantown will close
  • LGBT senior housing project coming soon
  • Disciplinary disparities for black students in ‘burbs
  • East Kensington grieves, thanks fallen firefighters
  • PHS Pops-Up Garden earns chapter ASLA award
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    2.0 University Place breaks ground | mending Roxborough Victorians | Philly’s urban revival and reform roadblocks | Nutter on violence, race, and healing cities

    2.0 University Place breaks ground | mending Roxborough Victorians | Philly’s urban revival and reform roadblocks | Nutter on violence, race, and healing cities
  • GSA breaks ground on W. Philly office building
  • $30k  grant to help restore Victorians buildings in Roxborough
  • Philly’s new urban revival and the issues that hold us back
  • Nutter on Race, Culture and Human Relations
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    April 9-13: Friends of Race Street Pier, Philadelphia’s immigration history, historic windows and masonry repairs, urban biking 101

    April 9-13: Friends of Race Street Pier, Philadelphia’s immigration history, historic windows and masonry repairs, urban biking 101
  • Tuesday: Friends of Race Street Pier meeting @ Race Street Pier
  • Tuesday: Building Philadelphia: Immigration to the City @ Center for Architecture
  • Tuesday: Homeowner Workshop: Window Maintenance and Repair @ WES Health Center
  • Wednesday: Masonry and Pointing @ Roxborough Development Corporation
  • Thursday: Urban Bike Riding Classes @ Jefferson
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    Philadelphia’s not dying | Center City’s apartment boomlet | fixing Walnut Lane Bridge | Rich save papers | Phillies home opener

    Philadelphia’s not dying | Center City’s apartment boomlet | fixing Walnut Lane Bridge | Rich save papers | Phillies home opener
  • Philadelphia isn’t dying, no matter what the Daily Beast says
  • Greater Center City’s apartment boom
  • Plans to restore the Walnut Lane Bridge
  • Rich guys are buying newspapers nationwide
  • Phils home opener
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    Suitors for the Divine Lorraine | PA’s high marks for green jobs | art on wheels | school closings and architectural history | bike sharing in Philly

    Suitors for the Divine Lorraine | PA’s high marks for green jobs | art on wheels | school closings and architectural history | bike sharing in Philly
  • Divine Lorraine’s three suitors
  • PA is in top five states for green jobs
  • Fleisher on wheels
  • Architectural legacy of nine schools slated for closure
  • How come Philly doesn’t have a bike share program?
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