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In Common: Rail Park opens, carrying the freight of a changing neighborhood
What does it mean to create a new park in a changing, sometimes contested neighborhood? Next in our series about Philly's…
Building Stories: The Roundhouse
For our spring series Building Stories, we're bringing you design postcards from around the city. We're asking Philadelphia architects to take us…
Addressing displacement: The business of community development
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation's John Chin and Sarah Yeung make the case for devleopment without displacement in this op-ed. Chinatown and…
Chris Bartlett on how to make the neighborhood you want [TEDxPhiladelphia video]
PlanPhilly was a proud partner of this year’s TEDxPhiladelphia event, New Workshop of the World. As we look forward to…
Be a tourist at home: Seven Jane's Walks, May 2-4
It’s time to take your eyes to the street, Philly. Join PlanPhilly May 2-4 as we present Jane’s Walk, a…
Night Market returns, hungry for more neighborhood delights
We’re officially entering fair-weather street festival season and last week The Food Trust announced its four Night Market locations for the…
When will construction start on Phase 1 of the Rail Park?
Creating a linear park out of the whole Reading Viaduct and City Branches may be a long way off, but last…
From Above: Reading Viaduct and Callowhill, 1927
It’s been an age since we featured a vintage view of Philly from above, but here’s an especially apt one in…
August 12: Casino spend and schmooze | Convention Center and Carpenters | North Philadelphia Aztecs get new field | WalkSafePHL expands
Welcome to the working week, Streeters. We hope you enjoyed the beautiful weekend. Here's what's buzzing this Monday morning: Applicants to…
Icon of Chinatown overlooked no more
If you’ve walked down 10th Street in Chinatown you’ve seen Philadelphia’s version of a Mandarin palace, the Chinese Cultural and Community…
Meet Chinatown's new parklet
This weekend Chinatown celebrated the opening of its very own parklet, which adds a new pedestrian amenity along the busy 10th…
April 12: COMPANION (PASSING THROUGH) | Hunting Park's Logan House | Arts in Chinatown North | Praise for The Circuit
Happy Friday Streeters! World renowned artist KAWS installed his larger than life, 16-foot COMPANION (PASSING THROUGH) sculpture in 30th Street Station…
Philly Spring Cleanup preview: Painting, river work, Chinatown street sweep, playgrounds and more
The warm weather is here just in time to get everyone outside for the sixth annual Philly Spring Cleanup Day.…
Casino proposal 'listening tour'
The Inquirer's Double Down blog reports that the City Planning Commisison is embarking on a "listening tour" to gauge public opinion…
2012 Endangered Properties List: Philly Modern, breweries, Family Court, and tax credits
The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia released its 10th Annual Endangered Properties List [pdf] today, which includes three city-owned buildings, our dwindling…
November in the Flickr Pool: Wissahickon Waterfall and more
Steve Ives, aka frequent Eyes on the Street Flickr Group contributor phillytrax, snapped this shot of the Wissahickon Creek in…
William Penn Foundation ousts Nowak | Convention Center privatization | parking minimums for North Central | Variances for 40th and Pine | Dox Thrash mural lost
Good morning, Streeters and happy Thursday. Yesterday morning, the Business Journal broke the surprising news Jeremy Nowak was ousted from the…
City Branch visions | O'Neill advocates more zoning rollbacks | Electric Factory ad-wrap, again | No marker for Wood Street steps
Commercial Corridor, Old York Road | phillytrax, Eyes on the Street Flickr groupGood morning and Happy Friday, Streeters. As you…
All Lit Up: Mesh mockup atop Lit Brothers
Lit Brothers could soon have large, animated digital ads on its roof as part of the Market East Commercial Advertising District.…
