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Articles for Central
With Dilworth and Love Park remade for leisure, Paine Plaza redo is a chance to save a space for protest
Thomas Paine Plaza, the public space outside the Municipal Services Building, is so unremarkable that you’d be forgiven for not knowing its name. But you might recognize it by the bronze…
Volunteers count vehicles in the bike lanes as upgrade work on Pine and Spruce is delayed
The bike lanes on Pine and Spruce streets are Philly’s versions of the watched pot that never boils.
While volunteers from the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia engage in a week-long…
Articles for Lower Far Northeast
District plan aims to make Far Northeast more pedestrian friendly
At the February meeting of the Philadelphia Planning Commission, the draft district plan for the Far Northeast made its debut. The proposal focuses on making three key areas in the auto-centric…
SEPTA proposes new buses for University City, Roosevelt Blvd.
SEPTA unveiled the name for its new express bus service coming to Roosevelt Boulevard: the Boulevard Direct Bus.
Technically, the Boulevard Direct Bus is a mere proposal—nothing set in stone—one of…
Articles for Lower North
Hispanic and Asian communities frustrated by city's fair housing assessment process
This summer Philadelphia’s housing agencies began collecting data for a forthcoming plan to address segregation and fair housing in the city. The results of the federally-required initiative are not yet available,…
Saving face: Commission votes to protect Blue Horizon facade, not interior
The Philadelphia Historical Commission voted on Friday to add the front facade of the Legendary Blue Horizon boxing venue on North Broad Street to the local Register of Historic Places. At…
Articles for Lower South
Gov. Wolf announces $292 million for Port of Philadelphia to expand container capacity
Governor Tom Wolf announced plans to double container capacity at the Port of Philadelphia via a $292 million capital investment from Harrisburg, promising 2,250 new jobs.
The announcement comes just weeks…
Lens: Finding Stonehouse Lane, South Philly's lost neighborhood
A trip through the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin archives reveals detail on the otherwise lost neighborhood Stonehouse Lane, in deepest southeast Philly, where residents lived on the fringe of city life in…
Articles for Lower Southwest
Lower Southwest District Plan adopted by commission
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to adopt the Lower Southwest District Plan--the 12th of 18 District Plans to be completed as part of the city’s Philadelphia 2035…
From Above: Refining along the Lower Schuylkill, 1926
In honor of the Lower Schuylkill Master Plan’s [pdf] release earlier this month, we head back into the past to look at a section of the Lower Schuylkill from above.…
Articles for North
Philly Free Streets: Enjoyed by walkers, cyclists, beach lovers — but not drivers
Cyclists, walkers, children and dogs were happy to take over the four-lane expanse of North Broad Street during Philly Free Streets on Saturday. The event, in its third year, is a…
Philly Free Streets, Part 3, moves to North Broad on Aug. 11
Philadelphia is shutting down North Broad Street, Saturday, August 11, to show off the major artery.
This third edition of Philly Free Streets will close the street to cars from 8…
Articles for North Delaware
Living shoreline at Lardner's Point a model project
The shoreline at Lardner’s Point Park is tidy—kind of. The rows of willows on the slope leading away from the water are neatly maintained, and a manicured dirt path leads from…
DRCC gets $125,000 to update plan for North Delaware Greenway
Philadelphia’s North Delaware riverfront is evolving after years of work from the Delaware River City Corporation (DRCC) and its partners to advance the cause of a new recreational greenway and public…
Articles for River Wards
Pew study finds LOOP program in use around Center City
The Longtime Owner Occupants Program, a relief measure passed by City Council in 2013 to ease sudden tax spikes for some homeowners after a citywide reassessment of property values, is…
Commission releases draft plan for River Wards
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission has released a draft plan for the River Wards, the area of the city stretching north along the Delaware River from Fishtown to Bridesburg and west…
Articles for South
20 years after a deadly robbery, a neighborhood market is reborn
Muhammed Aslam died in the South Philadelphia business he built.
It was a cold December evening in 1999 and the shop owner’s son, Zakria, then 12, had just gone to their apartment…
Mixed reviews for a proposed $120M renewable-energy plant at South Philly refinery
Making energy out of trash has great environmental appeal. Yet last week’s announcement that a commercial biogas plant is planned for 22 acres at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery complex in…
Articles for University/Southwest
Woods Square and new buildings at Penn and USciences pass design review
August doldrums didn’t stop the Civic Design Review (CDR) board from grilling a return applicant on Tuesday. Although only four of seven members were in attendance — chair Nancy Rogo Trainer,…
Seeking common ground through Shakespeare in Clark Park
Now in its eleventh season, Shakespeare in Clark Park (SCP) staged five free nights of The Two Gentlemen of Verona for its loyal audiences in West Philly from July 27 through…
Articles for Upper Far Northeast
District plan aims to make Far Northeast more pedestrian friendly
At the February meeting of the Philadelphia Planning Commission, the draft district plan for the Far Northeast made its debut. The proposal focuses on making three key areas in the auto-centric…
Far Northeast district planning kicks off in Somerton
On Wednesday night the district planning process for the Far Northeast launched in a nursing home on Roosevelt Boulevard. The Philadelphia City Planning Commission’s lead for the region, Greg Waldman, spoke…
Articles for West Park
MLK Drive Trail wins $500,000 grant for restoration
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) approved a $500,000 grant to restore nearly four miles of trail running along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at its monthly board meeting Thursday.…
