As The Zoning Code Turns One, A Reminder That Planning Is Political
The first in our assessment of the new zoning code on its first anniversary, Sandy Smith explores the rewards and dangers of an inherently political process > more
Parking Secured For Canal Street Plans, Neighbors Want More
Canal Street development gets additional parking, Planning Commission to hold input meetings on new zoning code, a halfway house may be coming to Port Richmond, and a junkyard fire in Southwest Philadelphia > more
Drexel Constructing Think Tank For Eco-Friendly Urbanism
University City gets a laboratory in sustainability, Lea’s green work, City Council to consider less permissive zoning code, the money owed on Manayunk bike race, and AVI assessments a month away > more
Nutter Serious About Philly Bike Share
Communal bikes more and more likely, farming meets zoning, Assumption’s towers to blame, checking up on Dilworth Plaza’s subterranean progress, and some Middle East in the Northeast > more
HUD Paints Over Mural, Perhaps
An overly zealous graffiti buffer “obliterates” art, Clarke to limit parking requirement amendments to North Central, Temple to reuse several North Broad properties, senior housing in Frankford, and the Friends of the Wissahickon announce a meeting > more
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