By Jared Brey
More than half the property owners in the proposed Neighborhood Improvement District in Chinatown North/Callowhill voted against creating the district. The legislation will not go before Council.
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 By Ashley Hahn
From Eyes on the Street: As a new home for Family Court is being built at 15th and Arch, PIDC has issued an RPF to study the WPA-era Family Court Building at 1801 Vine with a view toward soliciting developer proposals for the historic property in early 2012.
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 By Kellie Patrick Gates
Developer added ground-floor commercial space and switched some townhouses so they face the street. Business association said there was still not enough commercial space on South. PCPC supported a large mixed-use development on Germantown Ave., acquisition of Grays Ferry Crescent and collecting title for a property Philly already bought.
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By Kellie Patrick Gates
The projects, awarded to the PCPC by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, come as both areas face different development pressures
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By Benjamin Herold
Sheppard is one of nine schools slated for closure as part of the School District's facilities master plan. At a Tuesday community meeting, District officials will make their case for closing the ancient building and reassigning its students.
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 By Kellie Patrick Gates
Work on waterfront zoning that will codify the Central Delaware Master Plan is underway. Design work on project to better connect Fishtown to the river has started, with similar projects on deck for Northern Liberties and Pennsport.
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By Kara Savidge
As the Philadelphia City Planning Commission finishes up district planning for West Park, Kara Savidge looks back on the process for Philadelphia Neighborhoods.
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 By JoAnn Greco
The Commission also addressed - at length - renovations at a Girard Estate home, and, briefly,alterations to two Rit-Fit buildings.
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 By JoAnn Greco
It saved the most impactful agenda item for last, in recommending denial to a new store, Fossil, which was seeking to add signage to a decorative storefront at 1616 Walnut Street, an individually designated office building in the Rittenhouse Fitler Historic District.
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