We're still working on our neighborhood pages. If we've written about this neighborhood, the stories will appear below.
May 4-6: Art Star at Race Street Pier | Physick Plant Sale | Broad Street Run | Overbrook Farms Open House
Exploring the Lower Schuylkill’s gritty and green potential
Come along as Eyes on the Street explores the industrial landscape of the Lower Schuylkill to see what on earth is on those 4000 acres and why we should care about the Master Planning effort underway to chart a new course for the area. Public meetings about the plan are this Wednesday and Thursday evening.
April 16-20: Tom Finkelpearl | Homeowner Workshops | Archaeology in Philly | Urban Heat Islands | Lower Schuylkill Master Plan open houses
Private Hewson Street | opening energy use data | Fairmount Park’s accounting mistake | Penn puts data over Schuylkill | no treatment center for Kemble Ave
Lower Schuylkill from hidden to hotbed?
How should Philadelphia capitalize on 4,000 acres of well-sited vacant and underused industrial land on the Lower Schuylkill?
Waterfront zoning overlay drafted, debating Overbrook Farms’ historic districting, Keith Haring in Point Breeze, PA considers green building legislation, onward Navy Yard boomtown
Packer Park: Residents Brace For Possible Billboard Expansion Project
As the city debates new zoning rules for signage, Connor Showalter checks in with Packer Park residents waging their own battle over a proposed digital billboard along the Schuylkill Expressway above their neighborhood. [Philadelphia Neighborhoods]
Draft district plans for Lower South and West Park draft plans introduced
The City Planning Commission released their first draft district plans for West Park and Lower South in a public meeting on Tuesday. The drafts include zoning code changes, future land-use plans and infrastructure improvements to bring in new developments. [Philadelphia Neighborhoods]
Lower South and West Park district plan presentations
Interested in seeing the Broad Street line extended to the Navy Yard or light rail in the Centennial District? Redevelopment of the Naval Hospital Site or commercial development on Lancaster Avenue? The Planning Commission is presenting its district-level plans for the Lower South and West Park districts on 1/31.
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.
Recent Comments