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COUNCIL POSITIONS:
TBA - Philadelphia 2035 zoning established 2012

RESOURCES:
Center City District
Center City Residents' Association
Old City Civic Association
South of South Neighborhood Association

Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza
MLK Plaza is a mixed-income HOPE VI residential area along 13th Street in the Hawthorne neighborhood of Philadelphia.
High School for Creative and Performing Arts
 
Old Incinerator Site/Festival Pier
Proposed Riverwalk Casino site at Spring Garden Street and Delaware Avenue. At 11 acres, it was the smallest site of the five considered by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board in 2006.
From Eyes on the Street: Rodin Museum Rejuvenation

Inside the Rodin Museum a three year, phased conservation project almost finished. Here’s what’s been going on behind the Museum’s closed doors since last fall.

 

Central Delaware Overlay legislation, which would codify city's waterfront masterplan, is not introduced by city council "deadline."

Councilman Mark Squilla says questions remain. Without an addition to council's pre-summer calendar, the legislation will have to wait until fall. But does that mean the Central Delaware will go without extra zoning rules until then? Not necessarily.

Chinatown bike lane to go sharrow, meetings 5/22 and 5/23

The 10th Street bike lane will likely be removed through Chinatown. In its stead, the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities says a sharrow will be used from Vine to Filbert.

 

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Events

Architectural Walking Tour: Avenue of the Arts
May 27, 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Photography Class: The Art of Garden Photography
May 31, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Painted Leaf Begonias
May 31, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Architecture in Film
June 4, 2012 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Center City Lunchtime Concert Series: Alligator Zydeco
June 6, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Wagner Members Reception
May 23, 2012 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Architectural Walking Tour: Littlest Streets Fitler Square
May 19, 2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Architectural Walking Tours: Victorian Philadelphia West of Broad
May 19, 2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
New Freedom Theatre Presents Home
May 18, 2012 (All day)
The Next Generation of Manufacturing in Philadelphia
May 17, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Architectural Walking Tours: City Hall & Center Square
May 16, 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
SMPS ǀ Regional Planning: The Shape of Things to Come
May 16, 2012 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
The Organ Sanctuary of Jazz at Tindley Temple
May 13, 2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Architecture and Landscape Architecture: A Conversation with Laurie D. Olin, Susan K. Weiler, and Stephen Kieran moderated by Dean Marilyn Jordan Taylor
May 12, 2012 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Architectural Walking Tours: Bankers' Heaven: Architecture and Finance in Philadelphia
May 12, 2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
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