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How one urban farm was lost: La Finquita's finale
- Monday, June 4, 2018
- By Jen Kinney
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It started with a lock and a “No Trespassing” sign. They appeared one day on the fence at Lawrence and Master streets, next to a hand-painted sign reading, “La Finquita,” or…
St. Mary's Manayunk redevelopment and South Kensington project asked back to Civic Design Review
- Wednesday, April 5, 2017
- By Jake Blumgart
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There never was a Civic Design Review (CDR) meeting that passed without strife, but April’s Tuesday meeting was especially contentious. Two multi-family projects, one on Germantown Avenue in South Kensington and…
Time’s a ticking on TIGER grant funded projects held up by American Street redesign
- Tuesday, March 14, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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- N. American Street, Philadelphia PA
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The clock is ticking on a project to transform North American Street in Kensington from a barren industrial roadway into a verdant, commercial avenue. If the city doesn’t meet rapidly approaching…
Mixed design review for projects in Brewerytown, Pennsport, Roxborough, South Kensington, and Logan Square
- Wednesday, January 11, 2017
- By Jake Blumgart
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January’s Civic Design Review kicked off 2017 with a bang. During the course of the almost three-and-a-half-hour meeting, the experts on the panel tried to shame a developer into building a…
Art Commission supports Don Quixote pedestrian plaza, library art, but not PPA lot billboard
- Thursday, January 5, 2017
- By Jake Blumgart
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The Art Commission’s meeting Wednesday began the year with a bang. The contentious proposal to deaccession stained glass bus shelters on Chestnut Street consumed much of the energy, but the rest…
City advances redesign for North American Street, including 28-foot wide bioswale
- Tuesday, July 26, 2016
- By Jon Geeting
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- American Street, Philadelphia
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North American Street could become the city’s premiere example of a green street, using the road’s expansive width to soak up stormwater with a 28-foot wide bioswale running up the center…
Community Farm in South Kensington claiming its ground in court
- Wednesday, March 23, 2016
- By Ashley Hahn
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- Master and Lawrence streets, Philadelphia PA
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On Friday afternoon, Clifford Brown planted beet seeds in tidy rows at La Finquita, a volunteer-run market farm in rapidly redeveloping South Kensington. It’s spring business-as-usual for this 28-year-old urban farm,…
Mixed reviews from design committee for charter school, residential projects
- Wednesday, March 2, 2016
- By Jared Brey
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Blackstone Development’s proposal for a 76-unit apartment complex on a formerly industrial vacant lot in South Kensington hit a roadblock yesterday, when the Civic Design Review (CDR) Committee asked the developers…
At Design Review, Soko Lofts clears last hurdle
- Thursday, August 6, 2015
- By Jared Brey
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- 2nd Street and Master Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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It was a “classic bait and switch,” said Leah Murphy. When City Council adopted the most recent zoning change for the huge vacant lot at 2nd and Master streets, South Kensington…
Design committee to review projects in South Philly, Old City, Kensington
- Monday, August 3, 2015
- By Jared Brey
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Philadelphia’s Civic Design Review Committee will consider three residential projects at its monthly meeting on Tuesday. Developers of a proposed apartment complex at 401 Race Street will present for the second…
Commission approves two housing projects on 5th Street
- Wednesday, July 22, 2015
- By Jared Brey
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- 1213 N. 5th St.
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The Philadelphia City Planning Commission approved plans on Tuesday for two major housing developments scheduled for N. 5th Street in Northern Liberties and South Kensington. The projects, at Fairmount and just…
Lower North Plan recommends gentrification impact study, speedier transit, protection of single-family blocks
- Tuesday, May 27, 2014
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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- Lower North Philadelphia
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The image above, taken from the Lower North PCPC presentation, shows proposed changes west of Broad Street. See more maps and other images within the full presentation, included beneath this article.…
PCPC reviews plans for Central Northeast, Lower North neighborhoods
- Tuesday, January 28, 2014
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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The Philadelphia City Planning Commission reviewed district-level comprehensive plans for the Lower North and Central Northeast sections of Philadelphia Tuesday. District-level plans apply the goals and concepts of the city-wide comprehensive…
Lower North Plan gets warmer reception at final public meeting
- Tuesday, December 17, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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There weren't big changes in the latest version of the Lower North District plan presented last week at Temple's Howard Gittis Student Center. But reaction to the plan was more positive…
Lower North District draft plan to be revealed
- Monday, November 25, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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The final large, public meeting on the the Lower North District Plan – which will serve as the city's guide to future development in North Philadelphia, North Central, Norris Square, Olde…
Selective demolition at South Kensington's Gretz Brewery
- Wednesday, November 20, 2013
- By Ashley Hahn
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- 1524-38 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia
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Lower North District Plan progresses, support for community pledged
- Wednesday, October 30, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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Residents of Lower North Philadelphia have already told city planners the Lower North District-level Comprehensive Plan should support current homeowners. “We've heard what you said,” city planner and Lower North project…
Affordable housing rehabs in Fairhill and South Kensington improve 77 units for low-income families
- Wednesday, October 23, 2013
- By Ashley Hahn
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As afforable housing developments age, managing and preserving them, both physically and financially, while neighborhoods change and energy costs rise is becoming a key concern for community developers. Here’s a look…
Preliminary Lower North recommendations include price incentives for vacant land, focus on commercial corridors
- Tuesday, October 15, 2013
- By Kellie Patrick Gates
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From the outset, city planners crafting the Lower North District Plan have said its neighborhoods present challenges far greater than those earlier district plans tackled, related mostly to a sharp population…
191-unit complex in South Kensington goes through design review
- Wednesday, September 4, 2013
- By Jared Brey
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- 1203-33 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
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Blackstone Development’s plan for a 191-unit, mixed-use project on an industrial parcel at Germantown Ave. and Thompson Street in South Kensington was subject to Civic Design Review Tuesday afternoon, and the…
