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June 22, 2010
The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously passed House Bill 666, paving the way for the development of the Southport Marine Terminal, to be situated on more than 200 acres between the Navy Yard the the Packer Marine Terminal. The bill now goes back to the House for another vote in the wake of an amendment made this week by State Sen. Larry Farnese, and then to Gov. Ed Rendell.
June 18, 2010
The first full year of Philadelphia’s long-term sustainability plan, modeled after New York’s “PlanNYC,” is becoming increasingly ambitious. Meanwhile, City Council Thursday created a new city energy authority.
June 9, 2010
The meat and potatoes of the city’s zoning code makeover are being served up over the next couple of months. An updated Module 2, addressing overlay districts, was reviewed Wednesday morning.
June 7, 2010
Industrial properties, a spectre to the Philly commercial real estate sector for decades, is experiencing a long-awaited turn in the spotlight, thanks to a detailed study of the city’s abandoned — or thriving — factories and brownfields by the PIDC.
April 29, 2010
After decades of lamenting the city’s downshift in population and its economy, a panel at Penn Friday morning was optimistic about a rebounding, more specialized industrial sector.
April 28, 2010
A deepening divide is outlined in detail in “Once the American Dream: Inner-ring Suburbs of the Metropolitan United States,” a new study published by Temple University Press.
April 20, 2010
At its monthly meeting, the Planning Commission faced a united front of developers and community organizations before adopting temporary rules for any “plan of development” for the interim Central Delaware Warfront Overlay District.
April 19, 2010
The Steamboat Natchez is a tourist trap, of course, but in many ways it typifies the New Orleans experience: a blend of the riverfront, music, food and drink, and a breezy bob down a muddy lane. Two Philly planners weigh in on the APA conference while aboard.
April 15, 2010
Some industrial places in Philly were “completely off the radar” for one of the study’s main participants. “This is not some pie-in-the-sky nostalgic fantasy,” said another.
April 14, 2010
Reporter Thomas J. Walsh is in New Orleans through Tuesday covering the American Planning Association’s annual convention. He got a tour of some remarkable new homes in the devastated Lower 9th Ward, which still appears war-torn.
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