Reversing car dependency, creating pedestrian scale on Cottman Avenue, increasing density and mixed-uses, and preserving Midcentury Modern commercial architecture are key features of the plan as it head toward its final form. Sandy Smith reports

The Planning Commission’s Central Northeast District Plan should be ready for action in the spring, but in the meantime they’re engaging Northeast residents with meetings and workshops to guide their direction. Sandy Smith reports on last week’s which focused on Cottman Avenue, Northeast’s downtown

As the Northeast’s car-centered suburban form wasn’t inevitable–it didn’t start out that way–Sandy Smith wonders if it can now be reversed. Upcoming work on the Central Northeast District Plan might be a place to start