Press Release Is your city prepared for global warming and peak oil? What will happen to the local economy when oil reaches $150 a barrel? How will global warming affect the regional water supply? How should we plan for transportation, land use, and public safety while facing huge uncertainties about energy and climate? Post Carbon…
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Love Us Back
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by Nathaniel Popkin A month ago the Septa board voted to kill the system. Well not exactly a bullet to the heart. More like the way the American military likes to take care of the “world’s most dangerous terrorists:” the long, slow death by torture. Capital funds will be used to operate the system. That…
Hallwatch: Keeping An Eye on City Hall
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In 2001, inspired by citizen activism and the effectiveness of old-fashioned letter writing campaigns, web publisher Edmund Goppelt started Hallwatch to provide information about Philadelphia politics and policies to the city’s citizens. Hallwatch informs Philadelphians about issues being decided in City Council, provides city real estate and tax information, and offers a faxbank where residents can type…
The Soccer Pitch
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by Brion Shreffler – Politicians and the lords of the PA Gaming Control Board say that they want to put something on the blighted and underdeveloped Delaware Riverfront. They want something to spur economic growth and to create copious jobs within the city of Philadelphia. Why not soccer? Why not finally give the people of…
NABR Riverfront Planning Workshop
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NABR Press Release Save the Date- April 28, 2007 8:30AM Registration 9:00AM – 1:00PM Workshop Old Brick Church Marlborough & Richmond Streets Neighbors Allied for the Best Riverfront (NABR) will be hosting a planning workshop where participants will develop alternative design proposals for the 2 proposed casino sites- the so-called “SugarHouse” site at Delaware and…
Recycle Now!
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Today at 1PM in room 400 at City Hall there will be a hearing on recycling. Philadelphia is recycling only 5 percent of its residential waste, literally throwing away $17 million every year. Come out today and support an expanded recycling program! Also today, 100 middle school students from across the city will participate in…
Talking Transit with Marc Stier
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With SEPTA going through yet another funding crisis, the future of transit is once again a hot topic. As cities look forward to find solutions to the problems of tomorrow- increased populations, the effects of high carbon emissions, and rising fuel costs- transit issues become more important. From everything to figuring out the best way…
2 Different Visions of Our Future
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Read Bruce Schimmel’s article arguing that the PennPraxis waterfront development process evolve two plans for the river- one with, one without casinos. At this point, there are reasons to hope that the casino slots barns the state is determined to foist, without serious contemplation as to the irrevocable impacts they bring to close by neighborhoods…
The Plan and the People
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Last week PennPraxis sponsored three “value” forums to begin laying the foundation for the Central Delaware Riverfront design plan. The idea was to distill individual views into a set of common values. That so many residents came out to the meetings shows their concern for and commitment to smart city planning. Underlying the involvement of…
River Planning Picks Up Steam
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Participants in the December 4th Advisory Group meeting for the PennPraxis-led Delaware Riverfront plan covered a range of topics, noting first a citywide parallel effort to engage the citizenry in growth and planning issues through a series of “Great City” forums. If the meetings of the Central Delaware planning initiative’s Advisory Group are a microcosm of…
