Will the Historical Commission grant Penn permission to demolish a designated building at 40th and Pine on Friday? Penn is making the case for a preservation hardship that is complicated by interrelated zoning and historic preservation issues, and delicate relations with its West Philly neighbors.
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.
Are our city’s anchor institutions a revenue drag?
The city expects to collect $90 million more in property taxes this year, but many of the city’s big-time nonprofit institutions don’t pay a penny. What gives?
Penn’s new High Bay Lab home for super-sensitive telescope
Penn’s new High Bay Lab at 31st and Walnut gives scientists room build huge tools, like a super-sensitive telescope that is sent into the atmosphere to measure data about the stars.
Penn begins building Shoemaker Green
Construction started at Shoemaker Green, a new public commons with a sustainable landscape plan that will link Penn’s campus to Penn Park.
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 [...]
Penn Park Opens, Field Day Saturday
The University of Pennsylvania’s opened Penn Park yesterday, revealing the University’s new green edge.
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