Viva Venice: How A Water Department Project Is Transforming Manayunk’s Social & Civic Hub
Thanks to an EPA mandate telling the Philadelphia Water Department to modernize its facilities and install an underground sanitary interceptor for major storms, the Venice Island rec center is starting over from scratch. Vivienne Tang and Brad Maule take a look at what the $45M project means for Manayunk > more
Squilla-Bill Calls For Phasing In Of AVI Tax Rates Over Four Years
Legislation to be introduced that would ease the burden of AVI’s dramatic changes, West Fairmount Avenue likely to get bike lanes this year, a new book explores the history of the unique architecture of Northwest Philly, and the Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center’s Members’ Show set to open this Sunday > more
Gaming Board Auditioning For Second Philly Casino
The public to hear from wannabe-casinos today, Nutter predicts the “topping point” for West Philly revitalization efforts, Dilworth Plaza renovations reaches milestone, and Main Street welcomes ice sculptors once more > more
Brady Rescues Bike Race
Cyclists to climb “the wall” in 2013, council bill would require contractors to recycle site waste, photos of the removal of Independence National Historic Park’s Bicentennial Bell, and Drexel hires firm to design community outreach center > more
Community Anxious Over Threat Of Increased Gang Violence With School Merger Plan
Turf wars possible within MLK High, the city selects a firm to create a bike-share business model, why is Brandywine Realty Trust sitting on 20th & Market?, and Manayunk residents meet to spurn public drunkenness > more
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