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Where There’s A Will, There’s A Greenway
Urbanism

Where There’s A Will, There’s A Greenway

The last major open air creek without surrounding green space in the city, the Frankford Creek is poised to be lined by a trail and park connecting the Tacony Creek Park, now under construction, and the Delaware River. A feasibility study for the project will begin in 2013

A (Grapefruit) Tree Grows In Kensington
Art & Design

A (Grapefruit) Tree Grows In Kensington

Ariel Diliberto visits the garden and greenhouse of Manny Rivera, fervent nexus of evolving vacant land policy, immigrant culture, and urban farming, to ask what will become of such personal–and monumental–efforts when city laws change?

Getting to the Root of the Problem
Development

Getting to the Root of the Problem

Urban agriculture needs to be tied to broader strategies of economic development, says Ariel Diliberto in her review of the film “Urban Roots”

Frankford Avenue Drawing More Than A Dozen New Projects
Development

Frankford Avenue Drawing More Than A Dozen New Projects

With a hotel, theater, market, and new shops and restaurants coming, are the days of drag racing and short dumping over? We survey the scene and talk to some of the developers and observers close to the action

In South Philly, Subtly Staking Territory
Development

In South Philly, Subtly Staking Territory

Exploring the shopping center architecture of Vietnamese Washington Avenue

Sign of the Times
Urbanism

Sign of the Times

Why is the city ignoring illegal bandit signs, which clutter vulnerable neighborhoods and prey on the poor and desperate?

Urbanized, Not Quite Radicalized
Urbanism

Urbanized, Not Quite Radicalized

Filmmaker Gary Hustwit’s ambitious, intelligent film on urban design gives us a common language for understanding this century of the city but fails to account for underlying economics and ignores the issue of jobs (and joblessness)


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