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April 27-29: Astronomy Night, Shadfest, Flavors of the Avenue, Fairmount Arts Crawl

April 27-29: Astronomy Night, Shadfest, Flavors of the Avenue, Fairmount Arts Crawl
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Combatting Philly’s ‘culture of neglect’ | Violations at Jefferson Lofts | Hotel Indigo coming to Chestnut | Episcopal Cathedral claims hardship | Farewell Dick Clark

Combatting Philly’s ‘culture of neglect’ | Violations at Jefferson Lofts | Hotel Indigo coming to Chestnut | Episcopal Cathedral claims hardship | Farewell Dick Clark
  • City should put “culture of neglect to rest”
  • L&I cites Lichtensteins over Jefferson Lofts
  • Hotel Indigo coming to Chestnut Street
  • Preservation hardship case at 38th and Chestnut
  • Dancing to honor Dick Clark; Thank you Dick Clark
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    Parks & Rec budget shift | Planning Commission supports Norris Square rezoning | townhouses for Rivers Edge | Mercy Street gardening | Grand Jury looks at Buck fire | SEPTA’s nerve center | Moyer rules

    Parks & Rec budget shift | Planning Commission supports Norris Square rezoning | townhouses for Rivers Edge | Mercy Street gardening | Grand Jury looks at Buck fire | SEPTA’s nerve center | Moyer rules
  • Will Parks & Rec see its budget restored?
  • Councilwoman Quiñones-Sánchez’s proposal to rezone the Norris Square area is supported by the Planning Commission
  • 38-unit townhouse development proposed for Rivers Edge
  • Mercy Street community garden experiments in free-form gardening
  • Grand jury investigation of Buck Hosiery fire, Photos before the blaze
  • Inside SEPTA’s nerve center
  • Jamie Moyer is the oldest pitcher to win a major league game
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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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    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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    Still Smoldering: Preventing the next Buck

    Still Smoldering: Preventing the next Buck

    Monday morning’s tragic fire at Buck Hosiery is still under investigation. Regardless of who’s to blame, what can the city do now to help prevent the next one?

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    East Kensington’s Buck Hosiery burned, two firefighters dead in 5-alarm blaze

    East Kensington’s Buck Hosiery burned, two firefighters dead in 5-alarm blaze

    The abandoned Buck Hosiery factory in East Kensington burned down early this morning, causing the death of two firefighters. The property is owned by Brooklyn developers who, like the city, had done little to secure the building.

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    Kimmel Center reno | Philly’s bandit sign crusader | spared Sheppard and Stanton could move | Foxwoods dead | PMN sale announcement | property reassessment scares Council | SEPTA rethinks transfers

    Kimmel Center reno | Philly’s bandit sign crusader | spared Sheppard and Stanton could move | Foxwoods dead | PMN sale announcement | property reassessment scares Council | SEPTA rethinks transfers
  • The Kimmel Center’s public space facelift
  • Meet Christopher Sawyer, bandit sign police
  • Sheppard and Stanton spared from closure, but could move
  • Foxwoods is officially dead, 2nd license to be bid
  • Philadelphia Media Network sale could come today
  • Property tax reassessment as poison pill for Council
  • SEPTA rethinks transfers under smart cards
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    Costs of Corbett’s General Assistance cuts | Public School closure vote tonight | Philly decaf hub | AM traffic and trash | fake flowers and barbed wire

    Costs of Corbett’s General Assistance cuts | Public School closure vote tonight | Philly decaf hub | AM traffic and trash | fake flowers and barbed wire
  • How eliminating General Assistance funds will push recovering addicts back onto the streets and threaten recovery houses
  • Fate of 9 public schools set to close decided tonight
  • La Colombe plans America’s first decaf plant for Port Richmond
  • Trash and traffic left after garbage-hauling tractor-trailer overturned
  • Fake flowers anchored with barbed wire stolen in South Philly
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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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