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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
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]
West Parkside: Bringing Jazz Back to West Philadelphia
Le Cochon Noir, a relatively new BBQ joint and jazz venue in West Parkside, is making a name for itself on the international jazz scene, and its owner Jamal Parker is banking on Parkside’s renaissance and Philly’s jazz heritage. Connor Showalter and Jade McKenzie make a Local Stop at Le Cochon Noir. [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.
Whither Overbrook Farms Historic District, legalizing bandit signs, Boy Scouts HQ still in limbo, Performance Garage to close
Zoe Strauss: 10 Years, Green Roofs 101, electronics recycling, heirlooms workshop
This Saturday, check out:
- Zoe Strauss: 10 Years opens @ Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Electronics Recycling @ Front and Washington
- Green Roofs 101 @
- Heirlooms Workshop @ Stenton
Parkside: Philadelphia 2035 Plan Shapes Future Neighborhood Growth
As the Philadelphia City Planning Commission finishes up district planning for West Park, Kara Savidge looks back on the process for Philadelphia Neighborhoods.
Church preservation, sparse school closing hearing, new senior housing in Wynnefield, NRDC contests Limerick license renewal, Brewerytown growth,
Parkside: Local Group Plans for Future Sustainable Development
In 2009 East Parkside Community Revitalization Corp teamed up with Habitat for Humanity and Wallace Roberts & Todd to build seven LEED-certified, affordable rowhomes, and they’re ready to build more. EPCRC’s Robert Cousar explains, “Green does work. If you apply sustainable building practices to housing, especially affordable housing, you’re giving people more disposable income without having to give them more money.”
[Philadelphia Neighborhoods]
Zoning overlays, school closings, Delaware River waterfront plan published, Tastykake factory conversion
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