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Local artists lead tour of subway art installations
- Thursday, October 11, 2012
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For works of public art, transit centers can be intense gathering spaces where, unlike some other public spaces, the art has both a captive audience and a dynamic venue. The vibrant…
Graveyard lantern tour helps keep Lawncrest church's spirit alive
- Thursday, October 11, 2012
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Parishioners of Trinity Church Oxford in Lawncrest will keep the spirit of their church alive during a historical lantern graveyard tour this Saturday. Kate Sampson, director and producer of the lantern graveyard tour,…
CityHall App in action | N. Philly contractors flout code | Silverliner V satisfaction | foreclosure auction | Penn and Drexel to share surveillance
- Thursday, October 11, 2012
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Councilman Bobby Henon’s CityHall App is helping to stop bad neighbor behavior through shame. Henon’s CityHall App was released in spring, and now neighborhoods are using it to send eyewitness reports…
What it would take to build an earthen berm for flood control on a section of Cobbs Creek in Eastwick
- Thursday, October 11, 2012
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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The actual construction of an earthen berm to control flooding along Cobbs Creek in Eastwick would likely take only a couple of months. But it will take significantly longer for the…
Local artists lead tour of subway art installations
- Thursday, October 11, 2012
- By Christine Fisher
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For works of public art, transit centers can be intense gathering spaces where, unlike some other public spaces, the art has both a captive audience and a dynamic venue. The vibrant…
Storefront Challenge winners
- Thursday, October 11, 2012
- By Ashley Hahn
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At Eyes on the Street, we’re suckers for a great storfront – from sleek contemporary design to revamped classics. The best storefronts catch your eye, add life to the streetscape, and…
Sizing up Silverliner V passenger experience. So far it's mostly positive
- Thursday, October 11, 2012
- By Christine Fisher
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Just 12 cars away from having its full Silverliner V fleet up and running, SEPTA can begin to look past the delivery delay drama and back at what it was originally…
Love Note #85: Bob Bruhin loves the tiny green space beside Noble Street at the Reading Viaduct in Callowhill
- Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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Today Eyes on the Street continues our Philly Love Notes collaboration with a note appreciating the Reading Viaduct spur at Noble Street. Love Note #85: Bob Bruhin loves the tiny green-space…
Somerton prepares for 2nd annual Community Day
- Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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The Somerton Civic Association is at it again. The organization will hold its second annual Community Day this Saturday, and after making some tweaks, members hope for an even more successful…
58th Street Greenway still under construction in Southwest Philadelphia
- Wednesday, October 10, 2012
- By Christine Fisher
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According to the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC), construction on the 58th Street Greenway is about 75 percent complete, but driving along the future greenway in Kingsessing, it still looks like there…
Real NEastate: What if the appraiser says my home is worth less than what the buyer paid?
- Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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Q: My house went under contract in Sun Valley two weeks ago. I priced it well and was happy that it sold quickly - and for full price at that. I…
Inundating Eastwick | Assumption future unclear | TinyWPA at Rittenhouse | Roxy to go art house | N. Broad transformation: shelter to Starr
- Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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PlanPhilly and Eyes on the Street have a new number!
- Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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History unraveling as Wayne Junction silk yarn mill comes down
- Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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By Amy Z. QuinnFor NewsWorksPiece by piece, in piles of wood and chunks of old concrete and brick, the former Van Straaten and Havey silk mill building in Wayne…
City says feds need to build earthen berm to provide flooding relief in Eastwick, and 722 apartments won't make it worse
- Wednesday, October 10, 2012
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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Flooding in Eastwick is a very real problem, but it would not be made worse by a proposed 722-unit apartment complex, the Philadelphia water commissioner and the deputy mayor who oversees…
Controller: Agencies need to coordinate on code enforcement in North Central
- Wednesday, October 10, 2012
- By Jared Brey
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In a press conference Wednesday morning, City Controller Alan Butkovitz released a report detailing rampant non-compliance with city codes on construction sites in North Central Philadelphia. He said that poor and…
Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee's Clean Block Contest, Day 3
- Tuesday, October 9, 2012
- By Aine Doley
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Judging for the Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee’s (PMBC) Annual Clean Block Contest concluded last week. One of this year’s judges, Ainé Ardron-Doley, is sharing dispatches from the judge's trolley with Eyes…
Tacony business owners envision design changes for Torresdale Avenue facades
- Tuesday, October 9, 2012
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Could a redesigned facade change the perception of a business and the look of Torresdale Avenue? That's part of the plan in Tacony, where a facade improvement project is underway for…
Torresdale Avenue businesses envision refreshed facades
- Tuesday, October 9, 2012
- By Ashley Hahn
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Can an entire neighborhood commercial corridor be uplifted if enough business owners freshen up their building facades? That's the hope brewing along Torresdale Avenue in Tacony where a new facade improvement…
Right NEast/Wrong NEast: NBC10 confuses Mayfair with Nicetown, tries to cover up error
- Tuesday, October 9, 2012
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What could be worse than a TV news station reporting a shooting in Nicetown happened in Mayfair? How 'bout rewriting the headline and the story to pretend the error never happened?…
