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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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    Make Your Mark: Draft of Lower Lancaster Revitalization Plan Released

    Make Your Mark: Draft of Lower Lancaster Revitalization Plan Released

    Lower Lancaster Avenue neighbors have been collaborating on “Make Your Mark,” a collaborative community-driven planning process since 2011. People’s Emergency Center recently released the draft revitalization plan, and the public is invited to comment on it between now and May 23.

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    Hardship at 40th and Pine

    Hardship at 40th and Pine

    Will the Historical Commission grant Penn permission to demolish a designated building at 40th and Pine on Friday? Penn is making the case for a preservation hardship that is complicated by interrelated zoning and historic preservation issues, and delicate relations with its West Philly neighbors.

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    Second Friday Brings Eastern European Artist Series to Lancaster Ave

    Second Friday Brings Eastern European Artist Series to Lancaster Ave

    Second Fridays continues to bring new life to Lancaster Avenue. For this month’s Second Friday, Art on the Avenue Gallery kicks off a series featuring Eastern European artists with disTURBIA, which opens Friday, May 11.

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    May Day rallies | Route 34 track improvements | casino license auction | connector street plans | SRC budget hearing tonight

    May Day rallies | Route 34 track improvements | casino license auction | connector street plans | SRC budget hearing tonight
  • May Day rallies planned in West and SW Philly; bank occupations
  • New tracks for the route 34 trolley
  • Philly might lose that second casino license
  • Progress on three waterfront-neighborhood connector streets
  • School Reform Commission budget hearing tonight
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    Multi-modal with MOTU: Biking about

    Multi-modal with MOTU: Biking about

    Ever wondered just how a bike lane is installed, pedestrian plazas get built, or a greenway takes shape? I recently rode around the city with two planners in the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities and lived to write about it. Come along with Eyes on the Street for the first in a series we’re calling Multi-modal with MOTU. [Part 1 of 2]

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    Tire slasher arrested | School District leadership | reinforcing Lincoln Drive | Strip revival | Nugent Home reuse

    Tire slasher arrested | School District leadership | reinforcing Lincoln Drive | Strip revival | Nugent Home reuse
  • Mayfair tire slasher/organizer/neighbor arrested
  • Who will lead the School District as it dissolves, reorganizes?
  • Lincoln Drive reinforced along Monoshone
  • New days for The Strip
  • Nugent Home for Baptists to become senior housing
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    Lighting up 46th and Market | Nicetown transit-oriented development | Food Gardens coming in June | bridge construction | Philly Tech Week

    Lighting up 46th and Market | Nicetown transit-oriented development | Food Gardens coming in June | bridge construction | Philly Tech Week
  • Shedding light on 46th and Market
  • Planning Commission approves Nicetown II
  • Food Gardens @ The Docklands coming in June
  • Three Delaware River bridges under construction
  • PlanPhilly participates in Philly Tech Week
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    April 21-22: Science Carnival, Public Art Pathway, Picnic for the Planet

    April 21-22: Science Carnival, Public Art Pathway, Picnic for the Planet

    Wondering what to do this weekend? Head outdoors to explore science and art, or enjoy Earth Day in Clark Park.

  • Saturday: Science Carnival @ Logan Circle
  • Saturday: Public Art Pathway @ Benjamin Franklin Parkway
  • Sunday: Picnic for the Planet @ Clark Park
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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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