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Council renegotiates financing and project diversity goals for new police headquarters
- Friday, June 16, 2017
- By Jake Blumgart
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- 400 North Broad, Philadelphia PA
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City Hall is a whirlwind of activity as City Council nears its summer recess, which begins after next week’s session. Amid furious last-minute negotiations about the Kenney administration’s Rebuild initiative, substantial…
Reuse of the City Branch for transit or trails unlikely, but proposed development isn't to blame
- Friday, January 6, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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- 15th and Hamilton streets, Philadelphia PA
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When plans for a new mixed-use development at 15th and Hamilton streets in Spring Garden were posted online in advance of this month’s Civic Design Review, the project caused a stir…
Arguments continue over Spring Garden shooting range's right to supply and sell arms
- Wednesday, August 12, 2015
- By Bobby Allyn
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- Spring Garden St & N Percy St
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Philadelphia’s Zoning Board of Adjustment didn’t make a decision today over whether a gun shop can open in a shooting range close to Spring Garden Street, but the debate previewed what…
Community groups push back against plan for gun shop in Spring Garden area
- Wednesday, August 12, 2015
- By Bobby Allyn
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- North Percy Street and Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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A proposal to open a gun shop near Philadelphia's Spring Garden Street is confronting a growing resistance from neighbors and community groups. The plan calls for selling weapons inside an existing…
Streetviews: Q&A with Azavea's Robert Cheetham
- Friday, April 17, 2015
- By Ashley Hahn
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For this week’s Streetviews Q&A we sat down with Robert Cheetham, founder of the civic minded geospatial and software firm Azavea, about the big opportunities ahead in open data as an…
Historical Commission approves designation for art deco garage
- Friday, February 13, 2015
- By Matt Golas
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The Historical Commission Friday agreed with the recommendation made by its Committee on Historic Designation that an art deco garage on Fairmount Avenue be designated historic. The 85-year-old structure, designed by…
Congregation Rodeph Shalom is set to become a beacon on North Broad
- Wednesday, August 27, 2014
- By Alan Jaffe
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- Broad Street and Mount Vernon Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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The slow but certain rebirth of North Broad Street has seen some surprising transformations and inspired proposals. A former auto showroom, and later a state office building, became luxury apartments…
Planning Commission recommends remapping in Spring Garden, Northern Liberties
- Wednesday, March 19, 2014
- By Jared Brey
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- 1515 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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Earlier this year, Council President Darrell Clarke introduced a bill that would create a new zoning overlay in the area bounded by Broad and 18th, Spring Garden and Callowhill streets. The…
Council bill: No more quick cash in Spring Garden
- Tuesday, February 25, 2014
- By Jared Brey
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Last week, a bill was introduced into City Council which would create a new Neighborhood Commercial Area (/NCA) zoning overlay in Spring Garden for the purposes of banning new pawn shops,…
New Whole Foods project to begin construction early next year
- Wednesday, October 9, 2013
- By Jared Brey
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- 22nd St. and Pennsylvania Ave., philadelphia, pa.
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The Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a handful of variances on Wednesday for the new location of Whole Foods supermarket at 22nd St. and Pennsylvania Ave. Developer Neil Rodin’s plans…
Look Up! Integrity Trust buildings are tales of two eras
- Monday, September 9, 2013
- By Alan Jaffe
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- 4th and Green Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
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A bank company founded on solid immigrant success eventually failed in a period of economic despair. But its architectural legacy lives on. “Look Up!” is a PlanPhilly feature that encourages…
Eakins Oval: More park, less parking
- Monday, July 1, 2013
- By Ashley Hahn
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- Eakins Oval, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA
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If the Parkway’s new mantra is “More park, less way” then the rallying cry for improving Eakins Oval might be “More park, less parking.” With its tall trees, beautiful fountains, and…
Fairmount's new bike lanes are painted, ready to ride
- Tuesday, June 25, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA
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New bike lanes are in on Fairmount Ave, and they're already getting plenty of traffic. The lanes showed up last week and run the length of Fairmount from Ridge Avenue near…
Central, University/Southwest district plans adopted
- Tuesday, June 11, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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Philadelphia now has long-range plans for future development within the Central and University/Southwest districts. The city planning commission adopted both comprehensive plans at its Tuesday (June 11) meeting. From now on,…
Spring Garden proposal: Pockets of green gathering spots, art inspired by the street name
- Tuesday, May 28, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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A plan to make walking or biking pn Spring Garden Street between Northern Liberties and the Central Delaware Waterfront a more pleasant experience - and by extension, to attract future development…
Amid sound and fury, Historical Commission approves Feibush Cafe
- Friday, April 12, 2013
- By JoAnn Greco
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- 2100 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia, PA.
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A surprise — and quite dramatic — appearance by the City's Chief Integrity Officer, Joan Markman, capped the Historical Commission meeting on Friday morning. Ms. Markman was the last to testify…
Draft plan for Central District released
- Wednesday, March 20, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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The draft comprehensive plan for Philadelphia's Central District calls for revitalizing civic spaces in Center City, encouraging more development along Ridge Avenue and North Broad Street in West Callowhill, and making…
Hort Academy at Abraham Lincoln High wins Sustainability Award at Flower Show
- Sunday, March 3, 2013
- By Matt Golas
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Last October, PlanPhilly graduate intern Amanda Mazie wrote about VIADUCTgreene's grassroots efforts to get the public to imagine what it would be like to transform an abandoned rail viaduct's unplanned green…
Greater Art Museum Area businesses form new alliance
- Friday, March 1, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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To address the growing business needs of Francisville, Spring Garden, Brewerytown and Fairmount while preserving the four neighborhoods’ unique identities, the Fairmount Area Business Association is growing and rebranding as the…
Civics support proposed Fairmount Ave bike lanes
- Wednesday, February 27, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, PA
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A snowstorm postponed one vote, poor attendance another and a mail-in vote a third, but after approximately two months of public meetings, the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia has gathered votes…
