Center City

Center City

 

NEIGHBORHOODS

Callowhill

Rittenhouse Square

Logan Square

Washington Square West

Old City

Society Hill

Chinatown

Southwest Center City


UPDATES

Councilman Darrell Clarke, 5th District Update, February 2009

State of Center City 2008

Center City Housing Report, 2008

 

 

Council Districts: (1) Frank DiCicco, (2) Anna Verna, (5) Darrell Clarke


RESOURCES
www.centercityresidents.org/

www.chinatown-pcdc.org/whatnew_banquet.htm

www.societyhillcivic.com/

http://www.lsnaphilly.org/

http://www.southwestcdc.org/

http://www.washwestcivic.org/

http://www.oldcity.org/

http://www.southofsouth.org/

http://www.callowhill.org/

http://www.readingviaduct.org/

 

The neighborhoods that make up Center City are listed in the left hand sidebar on every neighborhood page within Center City.

Points of Interest

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.
New blog brings an artist's eye to historic preservation

Preservation Alliance's "Field Notes" features little-known buildings and pays tribute in expressive drawings.

Historical Commission committee OKs owner's request to demolish historic church

The application to raze the Church of the Assumption now goes to the financial hardship committee, and then to the full commission for review.

DAG support vision for Delaware

Design Advocacy Group sends position paper to City Council

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Events

Monthly ZCC Meeting
September 8, 2010 8:00am - 10:00am
Global Warming 2010: Creating Jobs and Saving the Planet, featuring Bill McKibben
September 20, 2010 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Lights of Philadelphia 2010 Lighting Exposition & Educational Conference
September 22, 2010 9:00am - September 23, 2010 5:00pm
ZONING CODE A 'GAME CHANGER'? YOUR CHANCE TO ADD INPUT AT SEPTEMBER 23 FORUM
September 23, 2010 7:30am - 10:00am
Monthly ZCC Meeting
October 13, 2010 8:00am - 10:00am
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Past Events

Hot Wheels: Urban and Suburban Strategies for Better Biking (3 CM Credits!)
September 2, 2010 8:00am - 12:00pm
LEARN ABOUT PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
August 26, 2010 8:30pm - 10:30pm
Philadelphia's Historic North Central Waterfront: From Market to Spring Garden Streets, Or: What Hath I-95 Wrought?
August 21, 2010 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Urban Sustainability Tour: Innovation in Green Infrastructure
August 19, 2010 11:00am - 2:00pm
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