Urban Planning
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After months of wrangling, a boost in city water rates will take effect in September
The city's water rate board has OK'd an increase in monthly water bills, with a slight bump in September and a bit more to come in 2019.
7 years ago
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Brainstorming how to make an Old City park as welcoming as its surroundings
The corner of Second and Market streets in Old City is laden with history.
7 years ago
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A master plan for Society Hill proposes new design guidelines — and downzoning
It aims to protect the vision of Edmund Bacon, the master planner who transformed the neighborhood into one of Philly's wealthiest during the urban-renewal era of '50s-'60s.
7 years ago
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Bold strokes in W. Philly Promise Zone housing plan, but no funding punch to back it up
What good are big plans without any funding?
7 years ago
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With Wayne Junction’s historic district come questions: Some old, some new
The Philadelphia Historical Commission just approved historic protections for eight of Wayne Junction's old industrial buildings.
7 years ago
Why does it take so long to upgrade Philly’s water infrastructure? Here’s an explanation
The July 3 rupture raised a lot of questions for Philadelphians. Chief among them: Is the city’s water infrastructure too old or too shoddy to prevent such events?
7 years ago
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As Drexel transforms University City, communities nearby prepare for gentrification
When Schuylkill Yards was first announced – Brandywine Realty Trust’s proposal to turn 14 acres of largely empty, Drexel University-o ...
7 years ago
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Army Corps considers massive storm surge barrier from N.J. to N.Y.
Other proposals include multiple smaller flood barriers, flood walls, berms, and levees.
7 years ago
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Afrofuturism and the new era for Sharswood’s North Philly Peace Park
After sprouting from vacant land in Sharswood in 2012, North Philly Peace Park was displaced by a $500 million redevelopment plan by the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
7 years ago