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Spotted: A poolside pop-up in Francisville
Built-in wooden deck loungers and palm trees overlook clear blue water, and patio sets grace the lawn. These are not the…
Mid-Century Philly: Broad, Ridge, Fairmount and the Divine Lorraine, 1954
Last week PlanPhilly’s Jared Brey reported that redevelopment plans for the Divine Lorraine at last have secured all of the necessary…
Streetviews: Q&A with Francisville NDC's Penelope Giles
When Penelope Giles grew up in Francisville it was a bustling, middle-class neighborhood. Since she moved home to Francisville 15 years…
City unveils a spruced up Francisville Playground
Nestled in the zigzagging streets of Francisville is the bright, colorful and recently revamped Franscisville Playground – a playground that has…
Fairmount's new bike lanes are painted, ready to ride
New bike lanes are in on Fairmount Ave, and they're already getting plenty of traffic. The lanes showed up last week…
Greater Art Museum Area businesses form new alliance
To address the growing business needs of Francisville, Spring Garden, Brewerytown and Fairmount while preserving the four neighborhoods’ unique identities, the…
Civics support proposed Fairmount Ave bike lanes
A snowstorm postponed one vote, poor attendance another and a mail-in vote a third, but after approximately two months of public…
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…
Fairmount Civic Association votes in favor of the proposed Fairmount Bike Lane
The Fairmount Civic Association voted by in favor of the proposed Fairmount Bike Lane at the group's meeting Thursday night. The…
Happy Veterans Day | Old West Philly High apartments? | Drexel looks east | Tarken Ice Rink reborn | Winding Rose Park development | formerly homeless housing at Broad and Fairmount
Good morning and Happy Veterans Day, Streeters. In observance of the holiday, government offices and public schools are closed today, and…
Blumenfeld snags Divine Lorraine at sheriff sale
Eric Blumenfeld did it. Today Blumenfeld acquired the Divine Lorraine (again) for just over $8 million. This year, we've…
Budget woes for Philly parks, PA schools | urban bird strikes | Francisville wants condos | Live Arts lineup
Sister Cities Fountain | Rob Lybeck, Eyes on the Street Flickr Group In a Daily News opinion piece Ed Weiner argues…
New L&I Commissioner | Northeast budget hearing | inside Huntingdon Yarn Mill | PRA seeks developers for Francisville parcel
The Dixie Hummingbirds | phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr group When L&I Commissioner Fran Burns becomes executive director of the…
Poll: A casino on Callowhill?
Since the license for a Foxwoods casino is officially dead, we've been wondering where a second casino might go in…
Shawn Kelly and Apple Lofts | SEPTA and City negotiate lease | Lower Northeast District Planning begins | City population rising | MLK Marker | Francisville development
West Philly | Flickr user phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupWhy is the fate of the Apple Lofts conversion…
Spring Garden Street Greenway community design workshop on 12/6
Spring Garden Street could someday be a green connector between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. As previously reported here, the public conversation…
Redesigning Spring Garden Street as a Greenway
Imagine Spring Garden Street as a green urban boulevard where pedestrians, runners, and cyclists had a recreational trail to move along,…
