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Central Germantown Beautification meeting focuses on metal grates, parking, potential rebirth
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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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GCC forms new committee to monitor Germantown zoning matters

There are a couple of important things to know about Ernie Freeman, who will chair Germantown Community Connection's new Planning, Land Use and Zoning Committee (PLUZ). More »

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Construction continues at Bakers Centre site, opening slated for Fall 2013

With large trucks and earth-moving equipment busy, the Bakers Centre shopping plaza is beginning to come to life at the former Tastykake site. The retail components of the 30-acre shopping center, wh...  More »

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Chestnut Hill Community Association expects big changes for how projects are reviewed

 

With implementation of Philadelphia's new zoning code only a few months away, members of the Chestnut Hill Community Association are still trying to reconcile how their established zoning review...  More »

 

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Green Woods wins final approval for Domino Lane relocation

It'll be last call at Keenan's Valley View Inn sometime in June, as the city gave the official go-ahead to variances that will allow Green More »

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Design for 8200 Germantown Ave. project modified slightly

In the year since Bowman Properties unveiled preliminary designs for its planned mixed-use project at 8200 Germantown Ave., critics derided it as too big and dense, a hulking presence that would overw...  More »

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East Falls exploratory food co-op meeting to be held Wednesday

It seems Manayunk and Roxborough aren't the only Northwest neighborhoods in which the idea of a new food co-op is taking root: East Falls is exploring a similar effort of its own. And perhaps no...  More »

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Dispute between Chestnut Hill building owners delays Balance fitness relocation

A week after a zoning hearing, there is still no word on whether Chestnut Hill yoga studio Balance will make a planned move to a new location at 18 W. Willow Grove Ave Meanwhile, owner/developer Andrew Eisenstein’s Iron More »

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Planning Commission approves Nicetown II project

After a brief hearing, the city Planning Commission approved the planned Nicetown Court II development on Germantown Avenue, near Wayne Junction.  More »

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Manayunk and Roxborough residents show strong support for neighborhood co-op

Maybe the most telling sign wasn't the sheer size of the crowd that showed up for Wednesday night's meeting about a possible food co-op in Manayunk and Roxborough, but the number of children...  More »

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Planning Commission approves preliminary plans for Kingsley Court

The City Planning Commission got its first formal look Tuesday at a proposal for a new townhouse neighborhood at the site of a notorious former More »

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In partnership with NewsWorks — WHYY's new hyperlocal news site covering Northwest Philadelphia — PlanPhilly's Amy Z. Quinn will cover planning, design and development issues in Chestnut Hill, East Falls, Germantown, Manayunk, Mt. Airy, Roxborough, Stenton/Ivy Hill and West Oak Lane.

 

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