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

November 7, 2018 Geneva Heffernan

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

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Northern Liberties: Zoning Chairman Has Watched the Neighborhood Improve for 31 years

May 31, 2017 Morgan D Green

Larry Freedman has been living in Northern Liberties since 1986. Back then, there was barely even a store to buy a quart of milk. Today, many properties are worth more than one million dollars. As

History

Queen Village: How Residents Helped Create the First Conservation District

January 19, 2016 pnadmin

It all started because there were too many garages in Queen Village. According to the co-chair of the Queen Village Neighbors Association zoning committee, Michael Hauptman, it was around 2006 or 2007 when the neighborhood started

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