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• 2006 REFORM AGENDA: for Planning and Design Review in Philadelphia

  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The system of planning and design review in Philadelphia is broken and needs to be fixed. The absence of clear plans and the means to interpret them creates conditions

• 500 Walnut with Tom Scannapieco & Cecil Baker

• 76 Place is still not the solution for Market East

  Center City Philadelphia has significant problems, including a lifeless Market Street and a precarious Chinatown. A year ago, the Steering Committee of the Design Advocacy Group (DAG) argued that the

• A Buddhist temple embedded in a synagogue tells the story of South Philly immigration

  For our August meeting, Andy Toy from SEAMAAC and Damon Rich from Hector presented on the plan to rebuild Mifflin Square Park. Inga Saffron furthers the points made by them

• A Conservation Plan for Sharswood

• A Conversation about 76 Place with David Adelman and Jordan Goldstein

  David J. Adelman is a Philadelphia-based entrepreneur and active private investor. As CEO of Philadelphia-based Campus Apartments, Adelman redefined the college living experience in University City and nationwide; today, he

• A design for living... with casinos

  THE RECENT court decision upholding most of the law enabling the development of gaming facilities in Pennsylvania, but overturning the section that would have allowed the state to bypass local

• A Fireside Chat with Prema Gupta and Rebecca Johnson

  Prema Katari Gupta is Vice President of Parks and Public Realm for Center City District (CCD) and Executive Director of the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation (CPDC). Her wide-ranging experience as a strategic

• A Floodplain Manager's Guide to Flooding in Philadelphia

  Josh Lippert is the Floodplain Manager for City of Philadelphia and the chair of the City's Flood Risk Management Task Force. He also serves on the Pennsylvania Association of Floodplain Managers board

• A Jury of Peers

  On a corner of Rittenhouse Square, a new custody battle over four buildings has once again pitted the city’s Historical Commission and interested developers against local merchants and preservation advocates. The