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September 10-14: World of Gardens | YIP Challenge | City Harvest Happy Hour | Learning from San Francisco
- Monday, September 10, 2012
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John Dixon Hunt: A World of Gardens Monday, September 10, 6pm. PennDesign, Meyerson Hall Lower Gallery, 210 S. 34th Street. John Dixon Hunt, Professor of the History and Theory of Landscape,…
South Philly Food Co-Op Passes 300 Member Mark at Second Annual Garden Tour
- Monday, September 10, 2012
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The South Philly Food Co-Op’s (SPFC) second annual garden tour featured 24 home and community gardens spanning from Ellsworth to Wolf streets and Second to 22nd streets in South Philadelphia Saturday.…
Globe Dye Works cast as venue for ambitious sculptural installations [video]
- Monday, September 10, 2012
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For a few weeks, the old Globe Dye Works factory in Frankford is hosting industrial-sized sculpture. Hanging from the wooden rafters of what used to be a room for dying textiles…
Back on the steps, Hubert's students rally to celebrate change [slideshow]
- Monday, September 10, 2012
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Students of St. Hubert's High School stood fanned out on the front steps of their school Friday, proud to cheer, “green, blue, pink, gold…our school won’t be sold.” In January, they…
Goldtex protest cooling | PhillyRising in Swampoodle | Le Grand Continental | sculpture at Globe Dye | St. Joe's buying cardinal's mansion
- Monday, September 10, 2012
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Is the union protest at the Golden loft conversion over? On Friday Hidden City Daily reported that the unions had pulled most protesters after a conversation with the developers, Post Brothers.…
Scenic Philadelphia looks beyond billboards
- Monday, September 10, 2012
- By JoAnn Greco
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For the last three years, Mary Tracy has been wearing two hats, one as president of Scenic America and one as executive director of Philadelphia-based SCRUB, the Society Created to Reduce…
John Gallery looks back on a decade of historic preservation
- Monday, September 10, 2012
- By Alan Jaffe
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John Andrew Gallery, the executive director and soft-spoken lion of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, will leave the position at the end of 2012. The organization announced it would conduct…
Germantown neighbors still waiting for resolution in long-running case of spite blight
- Monday, September 10, 2012
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By Amy Z. QuinnFor NewsWorksAsk Julie Baranauskas about the situation with the vacant house next door to her in Penn-Knox, Germantown's showcase residential neighborhood, and she'll give you the…
Recap: Nutter's remarks to DNC and PA delegation
- Friday, September 7, 2012
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Mayor Nutter has been making the most of his time in Charlotte at the Democratic National Convention. He was originally scheduled to address the convention on Wednesday, but was shuffled over…
Three suspects sought in connection with Frankford shooting
- Friday, September 7, 2012
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Police are looking for three men wanted in connection with a Sept. 1 shooting in Frankford. Warrants have been issued for Khalid Boyd, Laquan Hayes and Terrance Smith, who were allegedly…
September 7-9: | Honey Festival | Secret Cinema @ Eastern State | South Philly Garden Tour
- Friday, September 7, 2012
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Honey Festival Friday, September 7-Sunday, September 9. It's a full weekend all about bees and honey.On Friday learn about beekeeping and taste honey and mead at The Wagner Free Institute of…
Kenzo Renewal's first house | Paper Box coworking opens | Big Plans at Drexel | Pier 53 park work | mail slot break-ins
- Friday, September 7, 2012
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Kensington Renewal has finished work on its first rehab and will hold an open house on Saturday for 921 East Westmoreland, NewsWorks reports. Jamie Moffett, the filmmaker and neighbor behind Kensington…
Renaissance Plaza developer WRA will discuss its proposal for the former World Trade Center site with CDAG
- Friday, September 7, 2012
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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The Central Delaware Advocacy Group will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Society Hill Towers Community Room. Here is the agenda. Future meeting dates and locations follow.…
Eastwick residents meeting Saturday to discuss future of parcels slated for apartment, airport development
- Friday, September 7, 2012
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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The Eastwick Friends and Neighbors Coalition will Saturday host a community meeting to discuss community goals for 128 acres near the Philadelphia Airport and John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge.Korman Residential…
AIA Philadelphia: Philadelphia Emerging Architect Prize
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AIA Philadelphia: Philadelphia Emerging Architect PrizeDeadline for Submissions: September 10, 2012 at 5:00pm.Is your architecture firm a contender for the PEAPrize? AIA Philadelphia is accepting entries for this annual…
Two new housing plans for Frankford
- Thursday, September 6, 2012
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At the Northeast EPIC Stakeholders meeting this month, Kim Washington announced that 12 new houses will be built on the lot at Gillingham and Tackawanna streets. The city has issued…
DAGspace: Philadelphia, Photographs and Stories [Part II]
- Thursday, September 6, 2012
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Part II Philadelphia, Photographs and Stories [read Part I] by Sean O'Rourke and Jerome Lukowicz Is it ambition, optimism, or just plain panache that motivates one to imagine…
Fels, Northeast removed from 'persistently dangerous' schools list
- Thursday, September 6, 2012
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Ruffin Nichols Memorial AME Church coming down | PA transportation funding | Platt Bridge closure | PICA approves budget | Nutter speaks @ DNC tonight
- Thursday, September 6, 2012
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Joe Boruchow post box art: 'Bell Jar' and 'A Closed System'.Is the Ruffin Nichols Memorial AME Church at 11th and Mt. Vernon collapsing or being demolished? Naked Philly reports that…
Design and development of new Pier 53 park to begin; divers have started analysis of this and other Central Delaware piers
- Thursday, September 6, 2012
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation Thursday awarded a $1.5 million contract for the design and building of a new Pier 53 park to Applied Ecological Services, Inc. - a national…
