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Picking up on signs: (de)sign controls, visual preferences, digital billboards, and wayfinding
Philly is a sign-heavy city. And it seems that our signage big and small is getting lots of attention lately. I've…
Will zoning reform really shift City Council's land use powers?
December 15 is a big day for the City of Philadelphia. City Council should – fingers still crossed – pass a…
December 5-9: King Kong, Spring Garden Street Greenway design workshop, Zoning vote, City Hall tree lighting, Trumbauer book talk
Architecture In Film Series: King Kong Monday, December 5, 6:30pm. Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street. See the 1933…
Zoning Matters: City Council should see through zoning reform process, not subvert it
In a sharp opinion piece in Monday’s Daily News, Architect Kiki Bolender takes City Council to task for introducing its own…
ZCC finished, Stanton school community fights, City Hall's living sculptures, revised fracking rules
On Wednesday, the Zoning Code Commission approved its final report, and officially ended its five years of work, reports PlanPhilly’s…
Final zoning code report released, Dilworth and Occupy, I-95 construction, and Mayor Nutter round 2
The Zoning Code Commission issued its version of the final code yesterday, PlanPhilly’s Jared Brey reports. The Commission will vote…
November 7-11: Vote, TEDxPhilly, ZCC final meeting, Craft Show, Veterans Day
Election Day Tuesday, November 8, 7am-8pm. Candidates for almost every local government office are on the ballot in Tuesday’s election. Just…
Boot & Saddle rides again, Council plays ZCC, seven deadly trends, Philly papers seeking new home, Marvelous Marvine
South Broad Street’s Boot & Saddle bar could reopen, but as Metro reports the South Broad Street Neighborhood Association isn’t…
Manayunk Bridge turns viaduct park, Zoning reform moves, Peale portrait sells and his early gallery, Christmas Village moves
Manayunnk Bridge | flickr user garyreed, Creative Commons The Reading Viaduct isn’t the only rail-viaduct-to-linear-park project cooking in Philly. Thanks to…
PHA's parking problem and surplus property auction, $20 million for SEPTA in North Philly, Zoning reform and Chelten Plaza move toward decisions
Stephen Smith, an urbanism blogger for Forbes, says there’s too much parking at new low-rise affordable housing developments. He critiques…
Designers charrette Festival Pier | Race Street Connector opening | Germantown community benefits agreement | transit treasures | zoning negotiating
This week PlanPhilly has a lot in store: from the Delaware waterfront to Germantown, from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to…
Combat Zoning Fatigue: Dig In
In May 2007, 80% of Philadelphia voters supported zoning reform. That vote kicked off four years of hard work, culminating in…
