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O’Neill’s Attempt To Repeal New Commercial Zoning In NE Advances; Here’s Why It Matters
Urbanism

O’Neill’s Attempt To Repeal New Commercial Zoning In NE Advances; Here’s Why It Matters

Castor Avenue is poised to become the Northeast’s “downtown”–the kind of a walkable and engaging shopping district the growing Northeast deserves. Maneuvers in City Council today may mean another wasted opportunity, argues writer–and Oxford Circle resident–Sandy Smith

A Case For An Urban Expressway
Urbanism

A Case For An Urban Expressway

Turn Roosevelt Boulevard into a submerged expressway with a subway in the middle, argues veteran journalist and new resident of the Lower Northeast Sandy Smith

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

Making Pedestrian Oriented Avenues The Future For Lower Northeast
Urbanism

Making Pedestrian Oriented Avenues The Future For Lower Northeast

The growing district needs livelier retail avenues, says writer Elizabeth Schlingmann. On Castor, a plan to increase density and building height to draw growth away from traditional single family streets solves two problems at once


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