Thanks To The Water Department, More Fish In The Schuylkill
Inside the Fairmount Dam Fishway, “looking up” at the Tulpehocken Station, the synergy of the creative class along commercial corridors, and Levy’s plea for transforming the tax system in Philly > more
City To Buy Land For “Mixed-Use” Prison
Nutter Administration eyes another prison facility, Upper Roxborough Reservoir work nearing completion, a call for more convenient ways of handling construction waste, and a photo tour of US Airways’ members’ clubs at PHL > more
Councilman Squilla Wants Laxer Zoning For Area Around Ben Franklin Bridge
Bill would permit 100% lot coverage near bridge, Saffron on Glaxo building, no permits in GHo renovation project, work begins on Wharton Street Lofts, gripes with an unkempt Pennypack Park, and Domino Lane getting a new sewer > more
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
There’s A World Going On Underground
Tom Waits was right--there is a world going on underground, and Brendan Clinch has explored a good portion of what lies beneath Philadelphia, from sewers to train tunnels to abandoned subway stations > more
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