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Neighbors helping Neighbors: East Parkside and Strawberry Mansion learn from each other
- Friday, June 30, 2017 8:56am
- By Ashley Hahn
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Every neighborhood has its sparkplug advocates, the do-ers who move mountains to improve their corners of the city, who doggedly find…
Architect Jeanne Gang on using design to strengthen community
- Thursday, May 25, 2017 7:35am
- By Ashley Hahn
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Jeanne Gang is a rare bird among architects. Her 20-year old Chicago-based firm, Studio Gang, has cut a bold path, creating…
Jane's Walk 2017: Walk Philly with us May 5-7
- Thursday, April 27, 2017 6:00am
- By Ashley Hahn
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"Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” ― Jane…
What does unauthorized immigration and sanctuary mean for Philly’s revival?
- Thursday, January 12, 2017 9:50am
- By Domenic Vitiello
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Community Contributor Domenic Vitiello makes the case for why immigration of all sorts is important to Philadelphia’s revitalization and what believing…
Finding community on Election Day
- Tuesday, November 8, 2016 5:21pm
- By Michael Gaughan
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Even though it’s been a divisive election, planner and Community Contributor Michael Gaughan says we can look close to home to…
Jane’s Walk microgrant awarded to support Sharswood advocacy work
- Wednesday, August 31, 2016 1:39pm
- By Ashley Hahn
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On the first weekend of May every year, PlanPhilly is the local hub for Jane’s Walk, a global festival of…
Remembering Greensgrow's Mary Seton Corboy: Grower of food, flowers, neighborhoods
- Wednesday, August 10, 2016 1:27pm
- By Ashley Hahn
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In the pantheon of urban agriculture, few stand taller here than Mary Seton Corboy, founder and Chief Idea Officer of Philadelphia’s …
Taller Puertorriqueño to break ground on $11.4 million cultural center in fall
- Monday, July 6, 2015 8:10am
- By Ashley Hahn
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Back when John Street was Philly’s mayor Taller Puertorriqueño received a $1.5 million Cultural Corridors grant. For the better part of…
Streetviews: Q&A with LISC's Andy Frishkoff
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 5:03pm
- By Ashley Hahn
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For our last installment in our Agenda2015 Streetviews Q&A series, we sat down with Andy Fishkoff from Philadelphia LISC, a…
Homegrown Middle Class: How to design a milestone
- Monday, April 27, 2015 7:16am
- By John Kromer
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To John Kromer the city's persistent poverty is best tackled at the neighborhood level. In a four-part series of commentaries Kromer,…
CDC Tax Credit is a transformative tool for neighborhoods
- Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:23am
- By Alex Balloon
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As City Council considers expanding the Philadelphia Commmunity Development Tax Credit Program to pre-recession levels, Community Contributor and Tacony CDC…
Pinning future for New Kensington on Orinoka Mills reuse
- Wednesday, July 23, 2014 11:53am
- By Ashley Hahn
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The story of Orinoka Mills is tangled in the many tired, typical Philly tropes about disinvestment, deindustrialization and decrepitude. Once known…
Philly tax credit a model | water woes | rowhouses for 6th and Fairmount | waterfront trail section delay | SEPTA baby
- Thursday, October 18, 2012 9:16am
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Water main break sinkhole at 21st and Bainbridge, July 2012 | Rob Lybeck, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupA corporate…
