Walnut closure | School District’s September hangs on AVI | waterfront trail development | hardware history

Walnut closure | School District’s September hangs on AVI | waterfront trail development | hardware history
  • Two blocks of Walnut closed today
  • Without AVI, School District could shut down
  • Councilwomen Brown and Quinones-Sanchez urge passage of AVI
  • Designing and developing Delaware waterfront trail
  • Fern Rock Hardware thrives
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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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    Debating North Central NID, calling on Congregation Shivtei Yeshuron, Penn Treaty Park nominated historic, Mt. Airy USA focuses on cultural events, Rendell subpoenaed

    Debating North Central NID, calling on Congregation Shivtei Yeshuron, Penn Treaty Park nominated historic, Mt. Airy USA focuses on cultural events, Rendell subpoenaed
  • North Central NID plan raises questions of community control and benefit
  • A new century for Orthodox synagogue in South Philly
  • Historical Commission hears two park nominations: Coxe Park denied, Penn Treaty Park accepted
  • Mt. Airy USA adds more cultural events to its development strategy
  • Rendell subpoenaed over funds accepted from Iranian group
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    Clarke defends North Central NID, Planning Commission adopts Waterfront plan, West Oak Lane Jazz Festival cancelled, budget landmines

    Clarke defends North Central NID, Planning Commission adopts Waterfront plan, West Oak Lane Jazz Festival cancelled, budget landmines
  • Will the North Central NID go the way of Callowhill?
  • Master Plan for the Central Delaware unanimously adopted
  • West Oak Lane Jazz Festival is over
  • Reality-checking Mayor Nutter’s budget
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    Church of the Assumption’s legal fight, Delaware waterfront beer garden planned, Irving Street showdown, Darrell Clarke the accidental politician

    Church of the Assumption’s legal fight, Delaware waterfront beer garden planned, Irving Street showdown, Darrell Clarke the accidental politician
  • Will Church of the Assumption stay standing?
  • Delaware Riverfront to get beer garden
  • Who owns Irving Street?
  • Darrell Clarke: ‘accidental politician
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    City Hall station work, Council talks jobs and revenue, Nutter promises more resources to fight crime, North Central NID opponents organize, beautifying Holme Circle

    City Hall station work, Council talks jobs and revenue, Nutter promises more resources to fight crime, North Central NID opponents organize, beautifying Holme Circle
  • SEPTA funds some improvements to City Hall station
  • City Council kicks off 2012 with jobs and revenue bills
  • Nutter goes all out on gun crimes
  • Temple area NID opponents organize
  • Plans to beautify Holme Circle
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    Council kicks off 2012, getting to know Darrell Clarke, PA redistricting rejected, Marshalls on Market East, investing in McPherson Square Park

    Council kicks off 2012, getting to know Darrell Clarke, PA redistricting rejected, Marshalls on Market East, investing in McPherson Square Park
  • City Council’s first 2012 meeting; elusive agenda
  • Getting to know Darrell Clarke better
  • Redistricting map rejected by Pennsylvania Supreme Court
  • Marshalls coming to Market East
  • Investing in McPherson Square Park
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    New Zoning Code approved, Council zoning round-up, Philly’s ‘pied piper’ parks, PA redistricting, building-scale ads

    New Zoning Code approved, Council zoning round-up, Philly’s ‘pied piper’ parks, PA redistricting, building-scale ads
  • City Council approves new zoning code, 8200 Germantown Ave rezoning, but kills striking of Bodine Street and removal of zoning approvals for Grasso venue
  • Philly’s new pied piper parks
  • Pennsylvania redistricting: best possible map or gerrymander of the decade?
  • Building-scale ads on Electric Factory vetoed, but is City Hall next?
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    Will zoning reform really shift City Council’s land use powers?

    Will zoning reform really shift City Council’s land use powers?

    City Council is likely to approve a new zoning code on December 15. Is Council being selfless as zoning reform reduces its power or will it still grip the reins of the land use process?

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    Nutter to veto Callowhill spot-zoning, union contract for Silverliner assembly, investment in Hunting Park, Sheppard Elementary anchors

    Nutter to veto Callowhill spot-zoning, union contract for Silverliner assembly, investment in Hunting Park, Sheppard Elementary anchors
  • Mayor Nutter to veto Callowhill ad-wrap bill
  • Transport Workers Union Local 234 gets new contract at railcar assembly plant
  • Change comes to Hunting Park through investments by faith, art, health, and recreation
  •  West Kensington could lose an anchor if Sheppard Elementary closes
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