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By Jennifer Lin
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 4, 2010
For more than two decades, the owner of two prime acres on Vine Street had big plans for turning a parking lot, stretching from 17th to 18th, into high-end housing.
By David Madden
KYW Newsradio , June 4, 2010

How does the idea of making the Delaware River a National Park hit you? There’s an effort afoot to make that happen over the next few years. It started with a meeting in Camden Friday morning.

Delaware Valley Green Building Council website, May 31, 2010

The Delaware Valley Green Building Council (DVGBC) hosted its sixth annual sustainable design competition.

Philadelphia Inquirer , May 31, 2010
By Peter Mucha
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 2010
Starting Saturday, bikecabs, also known as pedicabs, will pedal paying passengers around the streets of Philadelphia.
By Paul Nussbaum
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 2010
SEPTA fares will increase on July 1, after approval Thursday by a divided SEPTA board.
By Kia Gregory
Philly.com, May 27, 2010
Nilda Ruiz remembers when the grassy park in her East North Philadelphia neighborhood was a dumping site, filled with old toilet bowls, flat tires, and broken glass.
By Sandy Bauers
Philly.com, May 27, 2010

In recent years, the heads of the Academy of Natural Sciences have included a paleontologist, a zoologist, an oceanographer, and a physicist.

This time, the institution with Thomas Jefferson's fossils and John James Audubon's birds - among its 17 million specimens - is going for the money man.

By Miriam Hill
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 27, 2010

A giant game of budget chicken is happening at City Hall.

By Catherine Lucey
Philadelphia Daily News, May 26, 2010
A year ago, Mayor Nutter introduced his Greenworks Philadelphia plan, promising to make Philly the greenest city in America with new parks, better air quality and energy-efficient homes.