Archive for the 'Environment' Category


Art in the Fall in Philadelphia

September 23rd, 2008 - by Dan Pohlig

Artblog’s Roberta Fallon shares here fall round up of the Philadelphia art scene which also appeared in last week’s Philadelphia Weekly.
I especially recommend heading to the American Philosophical Museum at 5th and Chestnut to check out “Drawing Dock Creek.”  The exhibit is centered around the work of artist Winifred Lutz who raised historic Dock Creek [...]


Parking Day in Pictures!

September 19th, 2008 - by Dan Pohlig

Following up on my own advice to go out and experience a little bit of Park[ing] Day, I wandered around Old City and the South Street area to shoot a bunch of pics and talk to some of the folks who were putting together these cool little micro parks.
Here’s a slide show of my day.
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Park[ing] Day transforms a little piece of asphalt into an oasis in the city

September 19th, 2008 - by Dan Pohlig

This morning, WHYY’s Peter Crimmins reports on Park[ing] Day, a effort by several local architects, designers, urban planners and artists to occupy parking spaces throughout Center City and transform them into tiny 8 foot by 20 foot parks.  Alan had a post about it at the It’s Our City blog yesterday.  His post included information [...]


The 100k house gets some run on radio

June 24th, 2008 - by Dan Pohlig

I’ve been following the 100k House blog for a few months now and I’m looking forward to seeing how it ends. Hopefully they’ll have an easier time dealing with the city than I have in my quest to get a business privilege license and a renter’s license.
Anyway, WHYY’s Alex Schmidt checked in on the [...]

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