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Preservation

Jewelers Row in the 700 block of Sansom Street as a demolition crew makes way for a new condo tower on Jan. 22, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New demolition near Jewelers’ Row would take down buildings owned by Philly’s ‘King of Porn’

L&I issued permits clearing the way to demolish a jewelry shop and adjacent commercial building at 8th and Chestnut streets in the city’s historic diamond district.

6 days ago

The wetlands and woodlands of the Upper Tohickon Creek watershed are near the proposed quarry site in Springfield, Bucks County. (Courtesy pf the Upper Tohickon Watershed Association)
Community

Berms, blasts, and… dino prints? Bucks quarry hearing continues cross-examination

Springfield Twp. residents’ questions indicated a variety of reasons for opposition that could surface in later arguments, or simply go extinct.

4 weeks ago

Mural in West Philadelphia by Paris Stancel and Dave McShane
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment
Eyes on the Street

Philly needs to protect public art — and the artists that make it too

Philadelphia stands to lose more than murals if the city, employers, and cultural institutions don’t do more to support the artists that create them.

1 month ago

A view of the Highlands Preservation Area in New Jersey
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

N.J. Assembly panel clears bill requiring stewardship plans for public forests

Environmentalists object, saying the measure would mean more logging and more habitat loss.

1 month ago

Architectural rendering of the apartment building proposal for the Painted Bride site from Atrium Design Group (Courtesy of Atrium Design Group)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Isaiah Zagar’s Painted Bride mosaic could survive in new plan for Old City site

The latest plans to redevelop the Old City Painted Bride HQ include the iconic tilework, marking a departure from past plans to tear down the mosaic.

2 months ago

Jewelers Row in the 700 block of Sansom Street as a demolition crew makes way for a new condo tower on Jan. 22, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Demolition in Philly dropped by half in 2020 — Is that a good thing?

The finding cheers preservationists but forecasts a possible slowdown in development in the city heading in 2021.

2 months ago

Construction at 1324 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown.
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 12/14/20

This week: City Council President Darrell Clarke on the construction tax, Sara Goldrick-Rab on student debt forgiveness, and a teenage genealogist solving family mysteries.

Air Date: December 14, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:01
This 23-acre farm owned by Suzanne Banyacsky is one of three new additions to the Montgomery County Agricultural Land Preservation Program. (Courtesy of the Montgomery County Planning Commission)
Community

‘Great for the local economy’: Montco permanently preserves three farms

Currently, 175 farms, or about 10,000 acres, are preserved from future development through Montgomery County’s Agricultural Land Preservation Program.

3 months ago

Homes across from Fairmount Park at 33rd and Clifford streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

City Council creates Strawberry Mansion conservation district — a first for an ‘underrepresented’ community

The new regulations limit building height and ban some exterior building materials as well as roof decks.

3 months ago

Bea is pictured at the Philadelphia Zoo with her herd mate.
Community

15-month-old giraffe ‘Bea’ joins the herd at Philadelphia Zoo

Bea, a 15-month-old female, arrived at the Philadelphia Zoo on Nov. 20, from Zoo Knoxville in Tennessee.

3 months ago

T.S. Smith & Sons farm in Bridgeville, Delaware is one of nearly 1,000 farms preserved from development throughout the state. (Courtesy of the Delaware Department of Agriculture)
Politics & Policy

Funding questions remain amid new effort to preserve open space in northern Delaware

Increasing development has long been an issue in Delaware’s most populous county. Now New Castle County leaders have new guidance on how to better preserve open space.

3 months ago

Herman Termeer, 54, stands on the roof of his home as the Blue Ridge Fire burns along the hillside in Chino Hills
Science

UN calls on humanity to end ‘war on nature,’ go carbon-free

The head of the United Nations is calling on countries to end what he calls a war on nature and instead embrace a future without carbon pollution triggering global warming.

3 months ago

A group of lemurs at the Brandywine Zoo
Community

Endangered lemur exhibit opens as part of major expansion at Delaware’s only zoo

The Brandywine Zoo’s new lemur exhibit is part of a species survival plan and is one step in the biggest capital improvement plan in the zoo’s 115-year history.

3 months ago

Sigma Sound building, 212 N 12th St. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Sigma Studios, birthplace of the Philly Sound, wins spot on city’s historic register

The Philadelphia Historical Commission voted unanimously to add Sigma Studios to the local Register of Historic Places.

4 months ago

Roger 'Texas' Brown, 62, stands outside his home in the Frankford neighborhood Nov. 12, 2020. (Taylor Allen/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Why Frankford residents supported Rite Aid’s plea to demolish a neighborhood icon

The Historical Commission unanimously approved Rite Aid’s plan to demolish the midcentury modern Penn Fruit landmark.

4 months ago

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