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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.
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Councilman Bobby Henon, who introduced the zoning amendments, plans to have them considered alongside the new sign controls and code "clean-up amendments" in Council's Rules Committee on June 12.
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Mayor Michael Nutter and outgoing L&I commissioner Fran Burns announced Thursday that the Department will implement a “Professional Attire” policy requiring inspectors to wear clothing bearing the L&I ensign.
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Councilwoman says she still plans to call the bill up for a vote before the end of the current Council session in mid-June.
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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.
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Mosaic Development Partners can convert Blue Horizon into a boutique hotel with restaurants and a jazz club.
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From Eyes on the Street: Ever wonder what the Parkway looked like in its earliest years? What the art museum looked like when it was under construction? Here’s an aerial peek from the 1920s.
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City planning has a special session next week. June has a hearing on PCPC rules and public meetings on district-level comprehensive plans for the Lower Northeast and Central districts.
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When the I-95 Condemnation Corridor legislation passed City Council last summer, former Councilwoman Krajewski made sure her district was left out. New District 6 Councilman Henon has introduced an amendment that would add district land to the law. Three billboard relocation permits granted under the existing law are under appeal.
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From Eyes on the Street: What will the impact of Actual Value Initiative be? And if the administration can’t answer that question sufficiently, should the city wait one year?
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The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority’s database and map of the city’s property holdings, coupled with a streamlined sales process – has been in the works for over a year and a half. Some of it goes live today, albeit in a limited form, on the PRA’s website. The initiative represents the Nutter administration’s most notable achievement to date in Philadelphia’s long-running fight against blight.
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As Germantown residents gathered Thursday night to pore over proposed improvements to the Chelten Avenue commercial corridor, one of its major problems stared them right in their faces. More »
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The sixth annual Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby attracted more people than ever to Kensington’s streets where crowds watched the parade of handcrafted, human-powered floats loop through the neighborhood and attempt to cross a giant mud-pit finish line on Saturday. [video] [slideshow]
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The PHS Pops Up Garden is among 124 urban projects chosen from more than 450 submissions for the U.S. exhibition at the Venice Biennale.
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The city Planning Commission has given its official backing to an ambitious 10-year plan to redevelop, market and support residential and commercial development in Nicetown. More »
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The New York crowd, bussed in and then right back out again, would never guess that on the sprawling Parkway, context is everything. What ends up being most striking about the building, then, is how well it fits with the other low-slung institutions in the neighborhood.
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City Council unanimously passes an ordinance allowing the RDA to sell the 13th Street site to The Dr. Magnus Herschfeld Fund and Pennrose Properties, who plan to build a six-story building with 56 units especially for low-income seniors who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered.
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A bill containing the sign controls portion of Philadelphia's new zoning code was referred to committee.
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From Eyes on the Street: I took a spin through the new Barnes yesterday, taking a close look at the extraordinary materials and finishes that adorn Tod Williams and Billie Tsien’s design. Here’s what I saw.
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Philadelphia City Planning Commission package includes important definitions and timeline for civic groups
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The 87-acre oasis in a North Philadelphia neighborhood has been called out by the City Parks Alliance for its remarkable transformation through a multi-year, $20 million restoration.
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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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But the person who oversaw the development of the Master Plan for the Central Delaware seems comfortable. And the top city planner who worked on the overlay says it supports the master plan without being redundant or overstepping the bounds of zoning.
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It remains unclear whether Councilwoman Sánchez intends to block the issuance of use permits to Norris Square Civic Association for the redevelopment of St. Boniface. Another community meeting about the bill will be held next week.
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Philadelphia Parks Alliance applauds this big step forward to make right four years of broken promises and to break the cycle of chronic underfunding
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