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 > more
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 > more
Planning Commission Adopts Plan For Lower Northeast
Rethinking Castor Ave, the last of "Open Air," the collapse of the first South Street Bridge, discussing Chinatown's import, and Boeing assists in surveying the Delaware > more
City To Sell LOVE Park Garage
Ahead of planned renovations, the Nutter administration announces the sale of LOVE Park's underground garage; cleaning up Kensington's "Needle Park;" Lower Northeast plan to focus on health and transit; and residential improvements near Rittenhouse Square > more
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 > more
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