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Hollywood's Suburban Role Model
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 03/25/2013 - 2:02pmHazel Borys's recent post on joggable suburbs reminds me of something I had meant to blog about during Oscar time: a movie that gives us a fairly good role model of walkable suburbia: The Silver Linings Playbook.
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Gentrification and rent- a fuzzy connection
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 12/04/2012 - 11:17amOne common argument for allowing cities to continue to decay or de-densify is the specter of gentrification: the fear that a retrofitted city might price out the poor.
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Philly: Mayor Nutter proceeds with waterfront plan
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sun, 03/01/2009 - 6:41pmBy Inga Saffron Inquirer Architecture Critic
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Philly Ink Biz Blog Finds Norquist's Call to Tear Down I-95 "Seductive"
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 7:36amPhiladelphia Inquirer business reporter and columnist Joseph DiStefano sees business opportunity in the call from CNU Board member Sam Sherman and CNU CEO John Norquist (who was in town to pick up an
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Architect to head Planning Agency. Philadelphia Mayor Nutter Makes Good on Pledge to CNU XV
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 10:16amMayor Nutter, who has vowed to make urban design a priority again in Philadelphia, has picked Alan Greenberger to oversee the City Planning Commission, selecting an architect with planning experience
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Nutter speech inspires city planners. Friday, June 20, Philadelphia Inquirer
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Fri, 06/20/2008 - 8:25amIn the first major policy speech of his five-month-old administration, Mayor Nutter presented a pitch-perfect vision on a subject that rarely gets people's hearts racing: planning and zoning...That Nu
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Changing Skyline | City planning still bush-league By Inga Saffron Philadelphia Inquirer Architecture Critic
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 7:16pmThere are two kinds of people counting the days until Mayor-elect Michael Nutter fires David Auspitz, the blustering, bullying chairman of Philadelphia's Zoning Board of Adjustment.
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The grand design for Philadelphia's Delaware River waterfront: Help Philadelphians reconnect with their river.
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Mon, 09/24/2007 - 7:07pmThe plan's biggest idea - and easily the most controversial - is the Penn Praxis recommendation to march the city's street grid right down to the river. In voicing his strong support,Democratic mayoral nominee Michael Nutter calls for "a more urban, Philadelphia-style feeling along the water."
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Unconventionality of Old Philadelphiia - Influence on New Urbanism
Submitted by Joe Menard on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 10:04amHere's an article written right after CNU XV - from a weekly Philadelphia newspaper. The author calls for Philadelphia to take value from its past in building for the future.
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CNU XV Blog, Part 6.5: Does the Trolley Matter?
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 5:56pmOne issue that came to me after the Girard Avenue trolley tour was: does the trolley matter? Will it really make Brewerytown or Northern Liberties more appealing?
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