Development Real Estate Brochure For Vacant School Sounds Alarms in Germantown Neighbors rally around Germantown High School after a real estate listing revealed potential redevelopment plans. Emily Birdy Busch has the ...
Preservation Historic Districts Make A Comeback After nearly a decade of lost opportunities, creative new strategies emerge for protecting Philadelphia's historic ...
Urbanism The Spring Garden Tunnel: A New Bike Route to West Philadelphia? The unused lane of Spring Garden's Street seems like a no-brainer to make for a safe bike passage under very-busy Eakins Oval. Or does it? Brendan Skwire tried it out for himself before ...
Urbanism The Unbuilt Vision For A Grand Cathedral Road Like so many cities, Philadelphia had such grand postwar visions for urban renewal that only a fraction of them were built—thankfully. Among the unbuilt visions was a grand boulevard that would have linked the Main ...
Development The Complicated Growth Of CHOP What happens when a growing healthcare institution meets with a growing residential neighborhood at a crucial location for the entire city? The answer, Theresa Everline finds, is quite complicated, in this detailed look at CHOP's ...
Urbanism Ed On Ed: Hidden City Chats With Rendell, Set To Receive Bacon Prize Former Mayor and Governor Ed Rendell will on Tuesday receive the 2014 Edmund N. Bacon Prize, given annually to someone for their accomplishments in planning, development, design, and community improvements. Rendell's advocacy and investment in ...
Urbanism Weighing Futures In The Central Northeast 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 ...
Urbanism As Central Northeast District Plan Moves Forward, Cottman Avenue Becomes Focus 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 ...
