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Chinatown: Xu Lin Builds Community With Dragon Boat Team

June 4, 2015 0

The summer weather is arriving and the school year ending, but Chinatown is not exactly the ideal vacation spot. “There’s nothing to do in Chinatown during the summer,” said Jason Lin, 31. “There are no […]

South Philadelphia: Neighborhood Supports The Casino Revolution Proposal

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The proposals in play for Philadelphia’s final casino license have largely drawn negative feedback from their respective communities. Bart Blatstein’s The Provence proposal has been appealed by neighborhood schools and a synagogue for failing to […]

Northwest Philadelphia: Five Things To Indulge In This Spring

May 31, 2014 1

Philadelphia may be known as the City of Brotherly Love, but a little spring-time wandering through neighborhoods and you might think of it more as “the city of hidden gems.” The spring season certainly brings […]

Casinos: SugarHouse Gives Back To Community

May 27, 2014 tub10245 1

As part of the Community Benefits Agreement with SugarHouse Casino, the Penn Treaty Special Services District has received $500,000 per year from SugarHouse since opening in 2010. Once SugarHouse’s second phase is finished, presumably bringing […]

Casinos: Penn Treaty Special Services District

May 27, 2014 tub10245 0

While the gaming license process is often presented as an us-versus-them scenario pitting the big bad casinos against potential neighbors who want no part of said casinos, the reality is much more nuanced than that. […]

Casino: Potential Casinos and Their Impact on City Planning

May 13, 2014 Kathryn Matheson 0

The recipient of the second Philadelphia casino license has yet to be named by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. While a second casino could increase tax revenue for the city, it is unclear what will […]

Callowhill: Community Organizations Stand Up Against The Provence

April 21, 2014 tub10245 0

While we slowly inch closer to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announcing the location of Philadelphia’s second gaming license, opponents of the five potential locations are making themselves heard. Local real-estate mogul Bart Blatstein’s The […]

Casinos: History of Gambling in Philadelphia

April 15, 2014 tub10245 0

It may seem like it is taking a while for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) to issue Philadelphia’s second gaming license, but the wait is nothing that the city has not been through before. […]

Casinos: SugarHouse to Expand as PA Slot Revenue Declines

April 15, 2014 1

In 2006, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board awarded SugarHouse Casino one of two gaming licenses for Philadelphia. SugarHouse, along with the now-defunct Foxwoods casino proposal in South Philadelphia, was set to become the first casino […]

Casinos: UNITE HERE Philadelphia Stands Up for SugarHouse Employees

April 8, 2014 tub10245 0

While the still-undecided final location of Philadelphia’s second gaming license dominates the local casino conversation, all is not quiet at the renovating SugarHouse. Philly’s first casino is attracting some recent notice because of renewed efforts […]