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Joe Frazier's Endangered Gym
- Wednesday, June 6, 2012
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Joe Frazier's Gym | Flickr user warpafx | Creative Commons The gym on North Broad where boxing legend Smokin' Joe Frazier trained to fight Muhammad Ali closed in 2008. While Frazier's…
Real NEastate: Can I kick out my tenant because I need my house back?
- Wednesday, June 6, 2012
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Q: I’ve rented out my house in Tacony, but I need to move back because I’m getting divorced. Can I evict my tenants? It’s only six months into their lease. They…
Sludge deal | lighter, quicker, cheaper placemaking | Episcopal Cathedral hardship case | striping trails | City Howl Help Desk closed
- Wednesday, June 6, 2012
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Art Commission Reviews Zoo, KYW projects
- Wednesday, June 6, 2012
- By JoAnn Greco
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Echoing previous approvals granted by the Parks & Recreation Commission, the Philadelphia Art Commission Wednesday granted conditional approval to a new parking structure planned for the Philadelphia Zoo. In her reappearance…
You're invited to a special PlanPhilly event that will explore how Philadelphia might approach land banking and vacant property reform.
- Wednesday, June 6, 2012
- By Matt Golas
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We are writing because we wanted to let you know about an exciting event we are organizing in June. The second edition of "Behind PlanPhilly" will take place on…
Chinatown: The 10th Street bike lane causes concern
- Wednesday, June 6, 2012
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This article was created in partnership with Temple University's capstone journalism course Philadelphia Neighborhoods. By Alicia DiGiovanni and Mark Lauterbach Andrew Stober discussed his views on the bike lane. Bicycles…
Announcing America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2012
- Wednesday, June 6, 2012
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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the National Trust's annual list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. Since our first list in 1988, we have identified more than…
With a new temple coming to Philadelphia, local Mormons hold symposium explaining their faith
- Wednesday, June 6, 2012
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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With a Mormon Temple planned for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, The Book of Mormon running on Broadway, and church member Mitt Romney running for president, the Philadelphia Region of the Church…
Must Read: 'Philadelphia Idiot's Guide to Property Taxes and the City Schools'
- Tuesday, June 5, 2012
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This afternoon City Council will continue its budget hearings, wrestling with 16 bills that include the much-talked about Actual Value Initiative for property tax assessment and how much the city…
New leadership at Greater Bustleton Civic League presents opportunity for transparency
- Tuesday, June 5, 2012
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Jack O'Hara is the current vice president and president-elect of the Greater Bustleton Civic League. Photo/Erin DungeeThis is the first in a two-part report on leadership changes within the Greater…
Behind PlanPhilly: land banking and vacant property
- Tuesday, June 5, 2012
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Wondering what all of this talk about vacant property reform is about? Curious about how the proposed land bank might work? Want to learn more about the consequences of these reforms…
O'Neill pushes for extended hiring benefits for police and fire grandchildren
- Tuesday, June 5, 2012
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Currently, the children of police and firefighters who've died in the line of duty receive a service credit on their qualifying exams to follow in their parents' footsteps. Councilman Brian O'Neill…
Urban forest survey | The Rotunda | Council aligning for budget | Rendell on wusses | neon art
- Tuesday, June 5, 2012
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The US Forest Service is surveying Philadelphia’s trees to research their urban environmental benefits and help the city develop a forest management plan, Flying Kite reports. “We will be defining extent…
Another Germany Hill development plan could be in the works
- Tuesday, June 5, 2012
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By Amy Z. QuinnFor NewsWorksOwners of part of the Germany Hill site in Roxborough and Manayunk, long a target of conservation efforts by neighbors, are set to detail another…
Bella Vista to see ‘Autumn’ anew
- Tuesday, June 5, 2012
- By Ashley Hahn
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David Guinn’s mural Autumn was lost to development this year, but the artist is revisiting the theme in a new Bella Vista mural being planned on Fleisher’s wall overlooking Palumbo Park.…
Look Up! A Beaux-Arts beauty on the Penn campus
- Tuesday, June 5, 2012
- By Alan Jaffe
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“Look Up!” is a PlanPhilly feature that encourages appreciation of our architectural and historical environment. The photo essays focus on different Philadelphia areas and their distinctive building styles and details, all…
A plethora of special city planning meetings and opportunities for public input
- Tuesday, June 5, 2012
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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The Philadelphia City Planning Commission will be holding several special meetings and hearings in coming weeks. On Tuesday, on the 18th floor at 1515 Arch Street, the Planning Commission will hold…
Placemaking the Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper way
- Tuesday, June 5, 2012
- By JoAnn Greco
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With a few more parklets promised for this summer, and a couple of pedestrian plazas designed to return slivers of wide streets to walkers, Philadelphia is making, er, inroads on…
City of Philadelphia and Code for America launch Textizen
- Tuesday, June 5, 2012
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June 5, 2012, Philadelphia -- Last Friday, the City of Philadelphia and Code for America began a pilot of Textizen (www.textizen.com<http://www.textizen.com/>), a new system for gathering community…
Bella Vista to see 'Autumn' anew
- Monday, June 4, 2012
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In Bella Vista Autumn is in the air. Devoted Eyes on the Street readers will remember the tale of David Guinn's beloved Bella Vista mural, Autumn (aka Your House in…
