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Chinatown: City Planning Commission and Residents Discuss Future of Roundhouse Site

March 9, 2022 Ingrid Vera Slater 0

Following the PPD headquarters move, city-wide outreach has begun to decide what to do with the vacant land parcel. [continue reading…]

Community Meetings

Mt. Airy: Residents Debate Mixed-Use Development Coming to Former Trolley Car Diner Site

November 1, 2021 Brian Creech 0

Story by Ryan Conway Nearly 100 Mt. Airy residents attended a recent virtual public meeting to express their opposition to a proposed apartment building coming to the old Trolley Car Diner site at 7619 Germantown [continue reading…]

History

Manayunk-Roxborough: Residents Confront Perennial Problems With Parking And Traffic

September 16, 2019 Jared Johnson 7

On any given morning in Manayunk, traffic snakes up Green Lane, sometimes reaching 10 or more blocks from Main Street up to Manayunk Avenue and beyond. Commuters may spend a half hour or more waiting [continue reading…]

Center City

Chinatown: Committee Rejects Proposal to Legalize Unregistered Apartments

April 17, 2019 Christine Quach 0

The Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC)’s planning committee rejected a proposal to legalize unregistered apartments above Ly Jen Therapy Salons at 121 N. 11th St. on March 12. The current owners of the building presented [continue reading…]

East Falls

East Falls: Community Organizations At Odds With Each Other

February 1, 2019 Lindsay Hargrave 1

East Falls, a 1.45 square mile neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia that is home to about 9,650 residents, is served by two registered community organizations: East Falls Community Council (EFCC) and East Falls Forward (EFF). It is also covered [continue reading…]

Housing

Mt. Airy: Zoning Issue Puts Spotlight On Development In Community

December 4, 2018 Michaela Althouse 0

Cresheim Road resident Ginny Barnwell had no idea she needed to be concerned after a local construction company bought two homes a few doors from her in February. Barnwell, who’s lived on the 7000 block [continue reading…]

Business

East Falls: EFCC Zoning Committee Tests Out New Meeting Spot And Timmons House Spared

November 7, 2018 Geneva Heffernan 0

On Wednesday, Oct. 17, community members gathered at Billy Murphy’s Irish Saloon for an East Falls Community Council’s (EFCC) zoning meeting. Presenters at the meeting included representatives from William Penn Charter School and the Kelly [continue reading…]

Housing

Poplar: Residents Express Concerns About Girard Avenue Development

October 25, 2018 Laura Smythe 0

Poplar residents raised concerns about an influx of college students and the lack of adequate parking after hearing a proposal for a new six-story development at a neighborhood meeting last week. More than 30 people [continue reading…]

Housing

Zoning: Mt. Airy Residents Hold Rally To Halt Apartment Construction

October 24, 2018 Michaela Althouse 1

Residents of the 7000 block of Cresheim Road held a rally Saturday morning, Oct. 13, to protest the proposed construction of an apartment building on their block. Speakers, including representatives from West Mt. Airy Neighbors [continue reading…]

East Falls

East Falls: Votes, Traffic And Zoning Occupy Community Council

October 17, 2018 Lindsay Hargrave 0

Candidate’s Night at the East Falls Community Council meeting, a special meeting held each year before primary and general elections, was held at at the East Falls Presbyterian Church on Vaux Street on Oct. 8. [continue reading…]

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