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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.
Planning the Lower Schuylkill, Agassi funds reuse for charter school, PHA owes HUD $700k, Center City’s long-term strength tied to schools
Ronald McDonald house as perfect reuse, billboard rumble on Moyamensing, deepening the Delaware, Temple’s Philly civil rights archive
Darrell Clarke’s revenue plan, Venice Island eyesore, Church moves partly due to parking woes, transition at the Navy Yard, SEPTA’s flat budget
Christmas tree(cycling) starts this week
If you can help it, don’t put your Christmas tree out with the curbside trash. Choose “treecylcing” to give new life to the dead wood of holiday greens.
PlanPhilly looks back: SS United States, Sunoco still seeks refinery buyers, no Promise Neighborhoods grant for Universal, Bill Green on BPT reform
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