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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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]
Green Block Build Coalition Brings Extreme Home Makeovers to Mantua
Green Block Build Coalition partners and volunteers are making critical repairs and energy-efficiency upgrades to 20 Mantua homes this month. The coalition aims to help low-income homeowners conserve energy and finances, while making their homes safer and healthier.
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Building to be reused as Police Command Center
In his budget address Mayor Nutter announced the city’s intent to reuse the former Provident Mutual Life Insurance building at 4601 Market as the new command center for the Philadelphia Police Department. Will this incredible building finally get a new lease on life? Eyes on the Street walked the property inside and out.
Carroll Park: Ministry Provides ‘Helping Hands’
Connor Showalter and Jade McKenzie check in on the Helping Hands Project as volunteers distributed donated clothes and food to homeless individuals on Saturday in Carroll Park. Frances Williams, who organizes the Helping Hands Project as part of the Do Over Ministry, hopes to find a permanent home so the project can expand. [Philadelphia Neighborhoods]
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.
Mantua: Multimedia Mural Project Addresses Homelessness Among Children
The Mural Arts looks at housing as a human right with a project on the 3800 block or Mellon Street in Mantua. [Philadelphia Neighborhoods]
October 21-23: see here., tour gardens, plant orchards, curated street art, talk cities in image/imagination
Looking West: UPenn gets green energy program, Drexel’s John Fry and bio-wall, Immigration office to West Philly
It’s a crisp fall morning, and today promises nice weather for Occupy Philly‘s demonstrations outside City Hall, the unveiling of the Race Street Connector, and Night Market in Chinatown. Today, The Buzz looks west for news in and about West Philly. The University of Pennsylvania is starting a green energy research program thanks to a $13.6 million [...]
Mantua: Jannie’s Place Aims to Assist Homeless Women and Children
[PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOODS] Jannie’s Place marries affordable housing for homeless families with sustainable design on 40th Street.
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