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By Paul Nussbaum The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 19, 2010 Struggling to pay for a "smart card" fare system, SEPTA is seeking more than $29 million from a new federal program designed to boost regional "livability." By Sandy Bauers Philly.com Green Space, August 18, 2010 Lately, there have been so many announcements about green buildings and projects that it's all but impossible to keep up with them. By Sandy Bauers Philly.com Green Space, August 17, 2010 Getting around any large city is problematic, to be sure. Is it walkable? Is public transportation adequate? If we all switched to tiny cars, would things get better? By Alan J. Heavens The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 16, 2010 Remember the starter home? Some were two-bedroom, one-bath Philadelphia rowhouses that first-time owners would squeeze into for a few years while they amassed enough equity - and children - to make buying something larger a good idea. By Kellie Patrick Gates Plan Philly, August 12, 2010 The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation's recently adopted $7 million 2011 operating budget includes a 100 percent increase in city funding and counts on collecting $154,000 more in parking fees and $27,000 more from events held at DRWC's properties and rentals of those facilities. By Samantha Melamed The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 11, 2010 With its puffy shoulders and unflattering bulges, its awkward, calf-length skirt, and one-size-fits-none bodice, there's no piece of clothing so widely reviled as the bridesmaid's dress. Penn students create ambitious plan for rail service By Paul Nussbaum The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 11, 2010 A class of graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania has created a plan to rebuild the Northeast Corridor as a true high-speed rail line that would transport passengers from Philadelphia to New York City in 37 minutes. Philebrity , August 10, 2010 Last year, we shut our eyes and daydreamed about everything the Delaware Waterfront could be, with a little help from the masterminds at Penn Praxis, who have taken the lead in the thought process about what will happen to our languishing-far-too-long waterfront. This rebuilt & renewed section of N. Phila. is becoming a garden spot By Dan Geringer Philadelphia Daily News, August 6, 2010 GROWING UP east of Temple University in North Philadelphia, amid frightening ethnic tensions and the blight of trash-filled vacant lots and boarded-up rowhouses, Nilda Ruiz was consumed by an urban… By Sandy Bauers The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 6, 2010 Philadelphia's residential recycling program expanded this week to include plastic containers with any number in the little recycling triangle on the bottom. |
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