City Mobilizes Against Trash With Zero Waste Action Plan
Can the City eliminate Philly's litter epidemic by 2030? Nic Esposito, director of the Zero Waste and Litter Cabinet, says it can be done if government and residents work together. Michael Bixler catches up with the 'litter czar' to discuss an ambitious, municipal action plan to tackle the issue > more
Zoning Misstep Buys Jewelers Row Preservationists More Time
More time to fight Toll Bros. Jewelers Row demo, the settlement costs of deficient streets, looking back to Philly’s original firehouses, and more student housing for Mantua > more
Embracing The Quirky Confines Of Trinity Homes
A look inside Philly’s answer to the tiny home phenomenon, more residential planned for Broad & Washington, 43.3% of Philadelphians live in “distressed” areas, more student housing for Powelton Village, do-it-yourself block cleaning, and repair work begins on vandalized Andorra school grounds > more
Nostalgia For “Atomic Age Ambition”
Interest in PA’s Midcentury Moderns growing, Streets Department to replace wooden pavers on Camac, and previewed the Kenney administration’s development agenda > more
Thomas Jefferson To Subsume Philadelphia University
Schools in Center City and East Falls to merge, our neighbors to the north take note of Philly’s apartment market, piloting new lights in Center City, and a third Target for Center City > more
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