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  Philadelphia’s Ongoing Self-Perception Problem

  Diana Lind | Mon, Jun 23rd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: environment, philadelphia, building, brooklyn, pennpraxis, mayor nutter, harris steinberg, commerce, design montreal | 9

  Last week Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter presented a new plan for reviving Philadelphia’s waterfront to packed audience at the Museum of Natural History. I didn’t make it to the event, but have been eagerly awaiting some of the response. As per usual, Philadelphians are pretty down on their city. But now they’re picking on the block where I work (seen at right in earlier days)…

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  PennPraxis presents A Civic Vision for the Waterfront—A Plan, or a Vision? (and why

  John Reinhardt | Thu, Nov 15th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: john reinhardt, pennpraxis, harris steinberg, planphilly, civic vision, delaware river | 0

  Last night, PennPraxis presented A Civic Vision for the Waterfront, to a crowd at the Pennsylvania Convention Center so large it spilled out of the 900 seat chamber and into a simulcast room.  The plan for Philadelphia’s waterfront along the Delaware river was clear, well presented, and intelligent.  Or was it a vision?  Perhaps a vision plan?

  Whether to call it a plan or a vision may seem trivial, but understanding the nuance of terms could be the difference in whether someone left…

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  Waterfront Smorgasbord, UK’s Always Greener, Campaign Promises, More…

  Hayley Richardson | Thu, Nov 15th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: commentary, pennpraxis, orange county, identification cards, little saigon, delaware riverfront, adrien fenty, plastic bag-free city, ghirardellli square | 0

  DC Mayor Announces Plans to Preserve Affordable Housing

  “Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced last night a wide-ranging plan to provide permanent housing for the city’s chronically homeless, to preserve affordable housing by making it harder for landlords to convert buildings into high-priced condos and to help fund 500 townhouses affordable to low- and moderate-income workers.”

  Nutter Urged to Adopt Waterfront Proposal

  “The report on Philadelphia’s Delaware waterfront presented to…

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