Fleisher Art Memorial's youth programs earn national recognition
A bright national spotlight shines on Bella Vista’s own Fleisher Art Memorial today. This afternoon, Fleisher will receive a National Arts and…
School closing announcements today, green-thumb lawyers, urban design jitters, and salty water
School closing and consolidation recommendations will be released today, reports The Public School Notebook, stay tuned to the Notebook…
City Hall is Monumental!
Philadelphia’s City Hall is hard to ignore, since the massive building sits smack in the middle Broad and Market streets. The…
The Sustainability Workshop hybridizes high school
Simon Hauger and The Sustainability Workshop from PopTech on Vimeo, via HUBlog. The Sustainability Workshop is a new, alternative high…
Philadelphia, what are you taking for your Jane Jacobs Complex?
Philadelphia, What are you taking for your Jane Jacobs Complex? by Paul Aylesworth, Community Contributor Can there be such a thing…
Dead Spaces come Alive at Laurel Hill Cemetery
Halloween is boom-season for Laurel Hill Cemetery, with its Gravedigger’s Ball gala, RIP 5K Run, and tours drawing on the…
October 31-November 4: PennDesign lectures, bike lane and skatepark meetings, urban design documentary
Cyclist in Chalked Bike Lane - 13th Street, June 17, 2011 | Bicycle Coalition of Greater PhiladelphiaSusan Fainstein Monday, October…
Scare Hunger, Waterfront news roundup, gameday FDR Park(ing), BetterBlocksPhilly kudos
Happy Halloween, Philly. We get a really chilly morning for the last day of October, but after Saturday’s nasty snowy mess…
Preserving Eastern State Penitentiary
Cell Block at Eastern State Penitentiary | Jeremy MarshallEastern State Penitentiary gets loads of traffic this time of year thanks…
Delaware River master plan goes to Planning Commission
After years of visioning, planning, and a healthy civic debate about our city's waterfront - not to mention the disbanding of…
October 28-30: Halloween picks + Philly Bike Expo
Gargoyles outside Eastern State Penitentiary can mean only one thing: Terror Behind the Walls | flickr user shinya, Creative CommonsLaurel Hill…
Council OKs Callowhill NID and stricter curfews, reggae feud, transportation funding stalled, lane closure success, and The Boss
Reading Viaduct | flickr user gsgeorge, Creative Commons It’s a chilly fall day, Philly, and Jack Frost is at the door.…
Red threads through Gray Area
Last week, DesignPhiladelphia brought together design thinkers and practitioners for a discussion called “Gray Area: Provocations on the Future of Preservation.” The…
Urbanized screening at Drexel on November 3
Director Gary Hustwit has been touring the world, screening new documentary, Urbanized, and he’s bringing his newest design doc to…
Zoning overlays, school closings, Delaware River waterfront plan published, Tastykake factory conversion
Greetings | flickr user phillytrax, Eyes on the Street flickr group City Council is recommending that several neighborhoods retain their zoning…
PennDOT opens rebuilt Holme Avenue Bridge
The Holme Avenue Bridge was reconstructed this year and reopened on October 25. | Stephen Schultz for NEastPhillyFrom the department…
Kensington Community Food Co-op: A Neighborhood Campaign for Healthy, Quality Food
A Neighborhood Campaign for Healthy, Quality Food by Brian Baughan Shortly after becoming a homeowner in Fishtown/Kensington, I realized there wasn’t…
Venice Island's big tank, troublesome youth curfews, Council's zoning wishlist, SEPTA smart cards wait
Construction of an underground storage basin in Manayunk’s Venice Island is underway, with some demolition and site clearance complete, reports…
