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May 11-18: Love Your Park Week returns
Love Your Park Week kicks off Saturday as Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and the Fairmount Park Conservancy invite residents and park…
Among 43 Knight Arts Challenge winners, many will bring art to public space and neighborhoods
This year's Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia winners were announced Monday, marking the final round of of the three-year challenge grant program…
City makes progress toward Sturgis Playground and Recreation Center renovation
Less than a month after Councilwoman Marion Tasco publicly accused the Nutter Administration of delaying her project to expand Sturgis Playground…
Rivera Rec raising funds for intergenerational garden, orchard
The Parks and Recreation Department's Youth Urban Agriculture Program has about a week left to raise $400 and reach its $2,163…
TreePhilly returns with springtime yard tree giveaways
Is your yard missing something? Maybe a nice dogwood or redbud tree? It's not too early to think about the spring…
More Park, Less Way reflects larger transportation trends
The Benjamin Franklin Parkway has always reflected Philadelphia’s general attitude toward transportation, and as the city rolls out More Park, Less…
More Park, Less Way unveiled
Questions about how the Benjamin Franklin Parkway can be a more urban, lively place have puzzled planners, politicians, and residents for…
November 16-18: Urban Remix | Love Your Park | Tweed Ride | Welcome to the Neighborhood
Urban Remix Design Charrette and Public Reveal Friday, November 16, design charrette 8am-6pm; public reveal 4-6pm. Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch…
Bartram's Farm hits one-year mark, brings food sovereignty to Southwest Philadelphia
In its first year alone, Bartram’s Farm has built a crop field, greenhouse, community garden and orchard, grown 6,500 pounds of…
November 9-11: Bartram's Mile Design Workshop | Frankford Fall Music and Arts Fest | Philly Tree People | Artists Taking Back Philadelphia
Autumn Night in the City | phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupBartram's Mile Design Workshop Saturday, November 10, 12-3pm. Bartram's…
See Bartram's Mile
Much of Lower Schuylkill’s ex-industrial landscape is rich with possibility, and perhaps no stretch is more compelling than the property…
Stream buffer debate continues | Pedestrian pains, gains at Dilworth Plaza | Society Hill neighbors vs. Toll Brothers at ZBA | Fishtown and Obama | Wissahickon Gateway meeting
Autumn color | Eyes on the Street Flickr groupGood morning, Streeters. The moon was visible last night and this morning…
November 3-4: Bike and Walk Bartram's Mile
As I mentioned last week, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation is working on plans for "Bartram's Mile," a new recreational trail…
Explore Bartram's Mile
One of the big missing pieces in the city's recreational trail network is a good connection to Bartram's Garden. Thankfully that's about…
Help Desk: Pennypack on the Delaware as a wedding venue?
Today Eyes on the Street's Help Desk takes on a new kind of planning question: wedding planning. Donna Ludwig is helping…
Shape the Parkway
The Benjamin Franklin Parkway has seen incredible investment and development over the past couple of years, culminating this spring with the…
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
Worm's Eye View | Rob Lybeck, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupWill the Department of Parks & Recreation see $8…
Last Call: Submit Spring Cleanup project ideas and request a free yard tree
Don't forget that the deadline to submit your projects for the Philly Spring Cleanup (Saturday, April 14) is Friday, and you…
