Telling Philadelphia’s story, North Central NID argued and amended, Nicetown Court, no Healing Way in Holmesburg, Olney’s Schwarzwald Inn, budget hearings begin

Telling Philadelphia’s story, North Central NID argued and amended, Nicetown Court, no Healing Way in Holmesburg, Olney’s Schwarzwald Inn, budget hearings begin
  • Calling all Philadelphia stories
  • 17 amendments and hours of testimony on North Central NID
  • Nicetown Court another sign of reinvestment
  • No-go for Holmesburg methadone clinic
  • Olney’s old Schwarzwald Inn is on the market
  • Budget hearing #1: tonight at St John’s AME [pdf]
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    PGW liens target landlords, $1.5m foundation grant for school reform, SEPTA protests House Transportation bill, Kenny Gamble’s urban mansion, PPD’s Real-Time Crime watch

    PGW liens target landlords, $1.5m foundation grant for school reform, SEPTA protests House Transportation bill, Kenny Gamble’s urban mansion, PPD’s Real-Time Crime watch
  • PGW goes after landlords to cover for deadbeat tenants
  • $1.5 million grant for school restructuring consultants
  • SEPTA protests House Transportation Bill which guts transit funding
  • Kenny Gamble’s 15th Street mansion plans
  • Philly’s new Crime Center has instant access to surveillance cameras, aims to speed investigations
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    PlanPhilly looks back: SS United States, Sunoco still seeks refinery buyers, no Promise Neighborhoods grant for Universal, Bill Green on BPT reform

    PlanPhilly looks back: SS United States, Sunoco still seeks refinery buyers, no Promise Neighborhoods grant for Universal, Bill Green on BPT reform
  • Tarnished jewel on the Delaware
  • Sunoco still seeks refinery buyers
  • No Promise Neighborhood grant for Kenny Gamble’s Universal
  • Bill Green on Business Privilege Tax reform
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    The Roots muralized, Royal neglect, retrofit Philly, Vernon Park rain garden, new meetinghouse and Skyspace

    The Roots muralized, Royal neglect, retrofit Philly, Vernon Park rain garden, new meetinghouse and Skyspace
  • The Roots go from graffiti to mural
  • Preservation Row: The Royal Theater
  • Region’s buildings ripe for energy-efficiency retrofits
  • Vernon Park’s new rain garden
  • New meeting house for Chestnut Hill
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    Poor Clare’s facade reuse, Smart House gets nod, Royal Theater neglected, upcoming developments before Planning Commission

    Poor Clare’s facade reuse, Smart House gets nod, Royal Theater neglected, upcoming developments before Planning Commission
  • Poor Clare’s Monastery demolished, façade to return
  • Smart House wins eco-innovator award
  • The Royal Theater, still neglected under Gamble’s ownership
  • Plans for three developments met with concern at PCPC
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