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Feb. 26, 2016 9:40 am
These 3 public spaces are getting makeovers from international design teams
The Play Design Competition prompts interdisciplinary teams to reimagine three public spaces in Philly. Finalists hail from China, Canada and the U.S.
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Feb. 24, 2016 12:49 pm
“This is really a unique time in Philadelphia for public space” — Knight Foundation’s Patrick Morgan
Philly’s program director offers an update on the “Reimagining the Civic Commons” initiative, which he'll discuss at Friday's PHENND Conference at Philadelphia University.
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Dec. 5, 2014 11:31 am
North Philly Sports Field Gets Renovations Four Years After Promise from Mayor Nutter
Columbia Field, just off Cecil B. Moore Avenue between 10th and 11th streets, was built in 1970. But it wasn’t until the Blackhawks youth football team, which uses the field, won the National Pop Warner Pee Wee Championship in 2010 that the city decided to renovate it. In fact, Mayor Nutter promised the team a […]
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May 2, 2014 12:40 pm
The Philadelphia Parks Alliance Surveys How the City Uses Public Space
Community board at Liberty Lands Park in Northern Liberties The Philadelphia Parks Alliance, an independent advocate for public parks and spaces, released a survey designed to shed light on how the city uses its public space. A specific goal of the program is to determine what kind of regular programming is taking place at public […]