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Last year we planted 100 new street trees in NL - now you can apply for one in front of your home or business this Fall.
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At Levittown, the authority has decided to replace a tunnel connecting both platforms with an overpass, complete with elevators. The current tunnel has water infiltration problems, and SEPTA originally wanted to improve conditions for riders. SEPTA is also proposing increasing the design contract for the Croydon Station renovations to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. by $303,645, for additional costs related to the discovery of a fiber optic cable running under the Northeast Corridor.
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Fishtown Neighborhood Association hears from PennDOT managers and design team in charge of project that stretches from Vine Street to Cottman. Girard interchange will open July 1.
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What are the chances that the South Philadelphia casino formally known as Foxwoods will turn out any better now that gaming maverick Steve Wynn has attached his name to the project?
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The city gossip blog Philebrity, if you’re not familiar (and you really should be, to affect the site’s meme), is by turns nostalgic, cynical, sarcastic, optimistic and civic booster/watchdog. It is a consistently fresh, snarky, intelligent, musically inclined, often hilarious space to crash for coffee breaks every weekday. And it has recently been delving into neighborhood cartography.
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The event transforms the 2700-2900 blocks of West Girard Avenue into art galleries and celebrates art, soul food, and life in the Brewerytown neighborhood. If you're interested, please submit a sample of your work to sharon@fairmountcdc.org by April 15, 2010.
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The Francis Village Market Place will be a full service vendor based open market that will be established on the 1600 Block of Ridge Avenue on approximately 10,000 square feet. There will be estimated room to fit a mix of 30 or more micro and small businesses to serve the Neighborhoods of the Art Museum Area and beyond.
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The full-day program featured programs on town centers, marketing community development, regulations to improve neighborhoods, awakening riverfronts to neighbors, and energy efficiency.
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A waterfront rail line in Philadelphia moved closer to reality yesterday as the Delaware River Port Authority approved a $6.5 million contract for environmental studies and preliminary design.
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Mayor says consolidation was long in coming but is ready to pay off. Proposed city budget reflects administrations's desire to make Philadelphia a national model for a green city.
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One scenario calls for rebuilding a new bus terminal. Second option would involve moving the bus terminal to an underutilized truck loading area under The Gallery.
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Planning and Zoning Code commissioner Natalia Olson Urtecho is currently in China with representatives of the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia and Drexel University's LeBow College of Business for a trade mission to Shanghai and Beijing. She has been corresponding with PlanPhilly since her arrival earlier this week.
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University City District and the Clark Park Partnership has announced it will be awarding up to $3,000 for one or more projects that enhance Clark Park. University City community groups are invited to submit proposals. Eligible projects will include planting, mulching, maintenance, signage, park cleanup, or other permanent improvements to the park.
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Ninety people squeezed into a Marcellus Shale forum co-sponsored by the Sierra Club on the fourth floor of the Philadelphia Free Library on Monday, March 8th, breaking records for a usually quiet lecture series that typically draws twenty to thirty environmentalists.
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Drexel University's Board of Trustees named John A. Fry as the University's 14th president after a unanimous vote, announced Chairman Richard A. Greenawalt. Drexel opened the doors this month to its new Recreation Center designed to become the epicenter of student wellness at the University.
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Planning Commission made judgments on three zoning bills, green-lighted a North Broad street development plan and heard a new “information only” presentation for a hotel at 41st and Walnut.
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In early February, President Obama released his FY 2011 budget request that would eliminate funding for Save America's Treasures and Preserve America, and cut funding for National Heritage Areas by 50 percent
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Restaurateur Stephen Starr says he's a wine guy but fine suds are on his mind. He plans to open an authentic German-Austrian hall across the street from Johnny Brenda's.
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Now, after a two-year, $29 million renovation, the university is ready to reopen the Baptist Temple on April 14 as a cultural center to anchor the northern section of the city's Avenue of the Arts.
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When it makes its expected debut next March - construction is about 75 percent complete now - the enlarged Convention Center will house what is being billed as the largest ballroom on the East Coast. It will be the 14th-largest convention center in the United States, bigger than even New York's.
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Shifting Gears is an outreach program by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) to help determine bicycle issues and priorities for our region. Shifting Gears seeks the input from bicyclists and non-bicyclists like you through an online survey.
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Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission notes that terrain and size of blocks on Route 34 can influence effectiveness of consolidated stops and signal preemption
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AIR is NOW accepting applications for the 2010-2011 round of artists. Applications are due May 10, 2010.
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Dozens of projects are going to be canceled or delayed. All major expansion and modernization ventures – including smart cards - will be terminated. Fares are also going up. Transit advocates question the agency's approach.