LED traffic light savings | strengthening East Falls through school closing | South Street West’s boom | PHA mum about Liddonfield | Inky wins Pulitzer | weird 2012 weather

LED traffic light savings | strengthening East Falls through school closing | South Street West’s boom | PHA mum about Liddonfield | Inky wins Pulitzer | weird 2012 weather
  • City saves $1 million with LED traffic lights
  • Could closing St. Bridget’s unite Fallsers at Mifflin Elementary?
  • South Street West comes of age
  • PHA tight-lipped Liddonfield’s future
  • Inquirer wins Pulitzer
  • 2012: Weird weather year
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    PHA auction series wins award

    PHA auction series wins award

    Our contributor Christine Fisher won an award for her reporting on last year’s PHA vacant and surplus property auctions for PlanPhilly/Philadelphia Neighborhoods. Go Christine!

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    Carpenter Square development, School District sets prices for 12 schools as audit reveals trouble, PHA built without variance, strange slabs on Front Street, Divine Lorraine in pictures

    Carpenter Square development, School District sets prices for 12 schools as audit reveals trouble, PHA built without variance, strange slabs on Front Street, Divine Lorraine in pictures
  • Carpenter Square in Southwest Center City moves forward
  • 12 schools for sale, audit reveals deep trouble for School District
  • PHA built without its zoning settled, now what?
  • Why have slabs of curb sat on Front Street for a year?
  • Inside Divine Lorraine
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    Lots by the lot: What happened after the PHA vacant property auctions?

    Lots by the lot: What happened after the PHA vacant property auctions?

    PHA made millions auctioning off hundreds of surplus properties last year, but what became of those properties? Did the deals close? Are buyers backing out, and what happens when they do? Christine Fisher checks in to find out.

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    Planning the Lower Schuylkill, Agassi funds reuse for charter school, PHA owes HUD $700k, Center City’s long-term strength tied to schools

    Planning the Lower Schuylkill, Agassi funds reuse for charter school, PHA owes HUD $700k, Center City’s long-term strength tied to schools
  • Planning for the Lower Schuylkill’s future industry and accessibility
  • Agassi Fund celebrates first Philly charter school facility
  • HUD wants $726,400 back from Philadelphia Housing Authority
  • Center City’s fate is tied to the success of public schools
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    Catholic school closure fallout, Philadelphia airport expansion fight, remembering architect Anne Tyng, PHA will not build on burial ground

    Catholic school closure fallout, Philadelphia airport expansion fight, remembering architect Anne Tyng, PHA will not build on burial ground
  • Catholic school closing announcements leaves communities grieving
  • US Airways fighting airport expansion
  • Architect Anne Tyng remembered
  • PHA scraps plans to build on Germantown Potter’s Field, in Queen Lane Apartments stead
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    Future for Liddonfield Homes site still uncertain

    Future for Liddonfield Homes site still uncertain

    Since the Liddonfield Homes were demolished early last year, the future of the 32-acre site in Upper Holmesburg remains uncertain and contested.

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    Gates grant supports Great Schools Compact, PHA pays NYCHA, open government data projects honored, possible Wayne Junction historic district

    Gates grant supports Great Schools Compact, PHA pays NYCHA, open government data projects honored, possible Wayne Junction historic district
  • Gates supports Great Schools Compact
  • PHA pays $150,000 to NYC Housing Authority
  • Philly honored for open government projects
  • Planners pitch Wayne Junction Industrial Historic District
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    Pool hall zoning could expire, PHA makes $4m at auction, Barnes flooring, Croydon conversion

    Pool hall zoning could expire, PHA makes $4m at auction, Barnes flooring, Croydon conversion
  • Construction to convert a bank to a billiards hall must start, or else its zoning approvals expire
  • PHA auction makes $4 million
  • Coney Island in Philadelphia
  • Croydon redevelopment moving forward
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    PHA to auction individual vacant properties on December 7

    PHA to auction individual vacant properties on December 7

    On Wednesday, December 7, a second batch of vacant, surplus Philadelphia Housing Authority properties will be auctioned. This time it’s 100 individual properties, as opposed to bundled deals geared at developers.

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