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Mapping affordable housing, crime or development in your Philadelphia neighborhood? Two new tools have you covered.
By Ken Steif I was recently asked to join my neighborhood Registered Community Organization (RCO) – the Spruce Hill Community Association in…
How to unscrew-up neighborhood zoning in two easy steps
After three years under a new zoning code there are some kinks worth ironing out. Here Community Contributor Matt Ruben, President…
Design Advocacy Group gets funding to focus on rowhouse preservation
For years Philadelphia has tried to build its way out of our affordable housing problem through new construction. But a smarter…
$1.7 million for Bartram's Mile as swing bridge study continues
Now that the Schuylkill Banks boardwalk is open, it’s time to look downriver to the next stretch of Schuylkill River Trail…
Parking logic: Three reasons ZBA should say no to garage-fronted rowhouses
Say zoning and eyes glaze over. But really zoning is code for capturing the kind of city we want to live…
October 1: Shutdown, Federal Housing Authority | Council wants tax abatement changes reconsidered | Trash time changed | Fishtown zoning workshop | Girard Mugshots closes
Hello, Eyes. Two important things today: First, welcome to October. Second, the government has entered a partial shutdown. In addition…
August 16: Schools to open on time | Seniority rules suspended | FBI raids Sheriff's Office | Building collapse contractor pleads The Fifth | Scaffolding to wrap 30th Street Station | Upper Merion zoning
Happy Friday Eyes on the Street! Mayor Michael Nutter announced the city will borrow $50 million to ensure that schools can…
Councilman O'Neill's amendments hit community gardens
Less than six months after the City's new zoning code went into effect, giving community and market gardens a defined space…
School closings announcement | Ads for school funds | tepid support for commercial zoning revisions | Council 'ripping apart' the new zoning code | Open crime data | OpenDataPhilly legit
Street Fashion under the El in Kensington | Theresa Stigale, Eyes on the Street Flickr GroupGood Morning, Streeters. Here's your…
Philly Painting critique | Mobilizing against Church of the Assumption demo | North Central gets parking minimums | RBA to design Spring Garden Connector | City seed savers
Good morning, Streeters. Here's your Friday am Buzz: Dutch artists Haas & Hahn have finished painting a nearly-contiguous, color-block mural across…
Callowhill Neighbors appeal Assumption demo | New waterfront zoning in 2013 | 245 hybrid buses replacing diesel | Market West smut duo closes
Good morning, Streeters. Happy Thursday. Today’s City Council agenda [pdf] includes votes on the city’s Complete Streets legislation and residential parking…
Council debates commercial zoning changes, moves to alter community voice in zoning | Graffiti and youth engagement in Frankford | rethinking parking permits | Neighborhood Foods competes
William Penn Statue Taking a Walk, Flibert St. Skybridge | Theresa Stigale, Eyes on the Street Flickr GroupGood morning, Streeters.…
Demolition for Church of the Assumption | Preventing demo of Bunting House | Wilde Yarn Mill residential reuse | Council shouldn't diminish, politicize community role in zoning
Good morning Streeters. Today promises to be even more spring-like than yesterday, so get out and enjoy the day before it…
O'Neill zoning amendments to commercial corridors would affect his district least of all
Councilman Brian O’Neill has proposed a handful of amendments to the three-month-old zoning code—he is not unique in that regard. But…
William Penn Foundation ousts Nowak | Convention Center privatization | parking minimums for North Central | Variances for 40th and Pine | Dox Thrash mural lost
Good morning, Streeters and happy Thursday. Yesterday morning, the Business Journal broke the surprising news Jeremy Nowak was ousted from the…
City Branch visions | O'Neill advocates more zoning rollbacks | Electric Factory ad-wrap, again | No marker for Wood Street steps
Commercial Corridor, Old York Road | phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupGood morning and Happy Friday, Streeters. As you…
Revamping 40th Street Trolley Portal | Support for 50-foot stream buffers | Contested Washington Avenue | Dolphin Tavern to reopen
Good morning, Streeters. Today is the deadline to apply for the homestead exemption for next year’s property taxes. The simple application…
Point Breeze eminent domain moves ahead | more variances for retail? | Police still use typewriters | Germantown trash woes | Native American Museum decays | record Restaurant Week
Autumn street| Eyes on the Street Flickr GroupGood morning, Streeters. It’s GIS Day and we’ll be hanging out with mapmakers…
City Council action: Point Breeze eminent domain | zoning changes | Complete Streets | RCOs
It’s a busy week for planning issues at City Council this week, so here’s a roundup of this week’s action: from…
Five reasons why Philly shouldn't set parking minimums
In the last few weeks we’ve heard a lot about how City Council members are trying to roll back pieces of…
