Preservation
NJ Spotlight
DEP plans new effort to regulate off-road vehicles in Pinelands
The new commissioner hopes public hearings will resolve a rancorous debate. He promises new regulations and permits, and tougher penalties.
5 years ago
Developer files appeal to halt demolition of Reading Railroad station
A spokesperson for Arts & Crafts Holdings said Reading International needs to clean up the derelict Spring Garden Street station.
5 years ago
Black arts landmark Dox Thrash House to live again as apartments, commercial space
Developer Beech Community Services bought the Sharswood landmark last year after activists worked to raise awareness of the Black history that happened there.
5 years ago
Philly’s Spring Garden railroad station to be torn down despite efforts to save it
A successor to the Reading Railroad Company filed permits to demolish the historic train station months after a group filed a conservatorship petition to save it.
5 years ago
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.
5 years ago
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.
5 years ago
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.
5 years ago
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.
5 years ago
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.
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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.
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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
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‘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.
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The new regulations limit building height and ban some exterior building materials as well as roof decks.
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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.
5 years ago
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.
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