Vacant industrial puzzles | Hunting Park honored | beautiful Boyd | clearing wrongful L&I violations | Marina View redo

Vacant industrial puzzles | Hunting Park honored | beautiful Boyd | clearing wrongful L&I violations | Marina View redo
  • Abandoned industrial properties as keys and roadblocks to revitalization
  • Hunting Park honored by City Parks Alliance
  • Inside the Boyd: Still Deco and dreamy
  • Untangling mistaken L&I violations
  • Re-do Marina View Towers
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    Debate over Registered Community Organizations heats up

    Debate over Registered Community Organizations heats up

    On Tuesday the Planning Commission approved new regulations that redefine the role of community groups in the zoning process. The rules are aimed at fostering a more transparent process, but will everyone get on board?

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    Exploring the Lower Schuylkill’s gritty and green potential

    Exploring the Lower Schuylkill’s gritty and green potential

    Come along as Eyes on the Street explores the industrial landscape of the Lower Schuylkill to see what on earth is on those 4000 acres and why we should care about the Master Planning effort underway to chart a new course for the area. Public meetings about the plan are this Wednesday and Thursday evening.

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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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    Lower South and West Park plans adopted | ‘Quality of Life’ plan for Eastern North Philly accepted | Reassessment 70% done | Delilah’s closed | city seeks help with PGW sale | parsing NIDs

    Lower South and West Park plans adopted | ‘Quality of Life’ plan for Eastern North Philly accepted | Reassessment 70% done | Delilah’s closed | city seeks help with PGW sale | parsing NIDs
  • Planning Commission adopts Lower South and West Park district plans, accepts ‘Quality of Life’ plan for Eastern North Philadelphia
  • City 70% done with residential reassessment
  • Delilah’s stands closed due to bankruptcy
  • City to hire consultant to help with potential PGW sale
  • Making sense of NIDs
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    Civic hacking Philly, 410 Race development split, Germantown Settlement leftovers, restoring Philly’s tree canopy, District Planning starts in Lower Northeast, searching for daguerro-row

    Civic hacking Philly, 410 Race development split, Germantown Settlement leftovers, restoring Philly’s tree canopy, District Planning starts in Lower Northeast, searching for daguerro-row
  • Adel Ebid and the rise of the civic hacker
  • 401 Race Street development divided up, part listed for sale
  • What did Germantown Settlement leave behind?
  • Re-Treeing Philly
  • Lower Northeast District Planning kicks off April 3
  • Searching for Philly’s daguerreotype studios
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    Can Point Breeze find common ground as zoning power shifts and open dialogue begins?

    Can Point Breeze find common ground as zoning power shifts and open dialogue begins?

    Diversified Community Services has thrown its hat in the ring to convene Point Breeze’s zoning committee, and has embarked on an ambitious community visioning process to facilitate a more productive conversation among neighbors. Can dysfunction and tension be resolved through transparency and open dialogue?

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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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    Master Plan for the Central Delaware Adopted by Planning Commission

    Master Plan for the Central Delaware Adopted by Planning Commission

    The Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) adopted the Master Plan for the Central Delaware during its meeting Tuesday afternoon.

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    Stokes House changes hands, redevelopment or restoration possible

    Stokes House changes hands, redevelopment or restoration possible

    The Stokes House in Holme Circle is a rare reminder of the Northeast’s rural past. The house was recently acquired by a developer who has no immediate plans for the 19th century farmhouse.

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