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0307 Reporter
July/August 2003 The Newsletter of The Society Hill Civic Association SOCIETY HILL Reporter www.societyhillcivic.com Society Hill Towers Celebrates 40th Anniversary Architect Ioeh Ming Pei to be Honored the Year by the American Institute of Architects and went on to build such icons as the John F. ou can’t miss Society Hill Towers. As Kennedy Library in Boston, Massachusetts, the Ymuch a landmark on the Philadelphia National Center for Atmospheric Research in skyline as the statue of William Penn atop Boulder, Colorado, the East Wing of the Smithso- City Hall, these three graceful high rises were nian National Gallery in Washington, D.C. and among the projects cited when their architect, the Pyramide de Louvre in Paris. The 37 Phila- Chinese-born I. M. Pei, was named the 1983 delphia townhouses in the Society Hill complex Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, the earned Mr. Pei a 1964 design award from the profession’s highest accolade. U.S. Housing and Home Finance Agency. “Waffles?” “Uniquely On July 30, residents of the Towers and Society Hill Towers owes its origin to a few styled aluminum picture visionary Philadelphians, among them Edmund frames?” However they the 37 surrounding townhouses will celebrate were characterized by the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking for Bacon, Charles Peterson, Joseph Clark and architectural critics in the Society Hill project with a small reception Richardson Dilworth, who in the 1940’s and the past, Society Hill for the 85-year-old Mr. Pei in two of the apart- 50’s vowed to stop the exodus of affluent city Towers and architect ments and at a poolside cocktail party. -
INVEST in NEIGHBORHOODS: an Agenda for Livable Philadelphia Communities
INVEST IN NEIGHBORHOODS: An Agenda for Livable Philadelphia Communities Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations May 2003 PACDC Members CDC Members Bridesburg/Kensington CDC Production Kensington Area Revitalization Project, New Kensington CDC Over the past ten years, our CDC Center City members have leveraged over $650 Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation million in investment to our neigh- borhoods. They have: Chestnut Hill/Germantown East Falls Development Corporation, Greater Germantown Housing Development Corpora- Developed nearly 3,500 homes and tion, Mt. Airy USA, Nicetown CDC, Urban Resources Development Corporation apartments for first time home buyers, lower income families and special needs Lower North Philadelphia populations Advocate CDC, Asociación de Puertorriqueños en Marcha, Inc., Friends Rehabilitation Pro- gram, Kensington South CDC, Project H.O.M.E., Renaissance CDC, Spring Garden Civic Asso- Created over 1.1 million square feet ciation, Women’s Community Revitalization Project, Yorktown CDC of commercial and facilities space, including supermarkets and retail space, job training centers, child care centers, Near Northeast Philadelphia and charter schools Frankford CDC, Frankford United Neighbors CDC, Mayfair CDC Assisted or created over 2,000 Olney/Oak Lane businesses Campus Boulevard Corporation, Fern Rock-Ogontz-Belfield CDC, Greater Olney Circle of Friends CDC, Inter-Community Development Corporation, Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation, Provided job training or placement for -
1 the Minutes of the 687 Th Stated Meeting of The
THE MINUTES OF THE 687TH STATED MEETING OF THE PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION FRIDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 2019 ROOM 18-029, 1515 ARCH STREET ROBERT THOMAS, CHAIR CALL TO ORDER START TIME IN AUDIO RECORDING: 00:00:00 Mr. Thomas, the chair, called the meeting to order at 9:06 a.m. and announced the presence of a quorum. The following Commissioners joined him: Commissioner Present Absent Comment Robert Thomas, AIA, Chair X Emily Cooperman, Ph.D., Committee on Historic Designation X Chair Arrived at Kelly Edwards, MUP X* 9:11 am Steven Hartner (Department of Public Property) X Josh Lippert (Department of Licenses & Inspections) X Melissa Long (Division of Housing & Community X Development) Arrived at John Mattioni, Esq. X* 9:16 Dan McCoubrey, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Architectural X Committee Chair Jessica Sánchez, Esq. (City Council President) X H. Ahada Stanford, Ph.D. (Commerce Department) X Meredith Trego (Department of Planning & Development) X Betty Turner, MA, Vice Chair X Arrived at Kimberly Washington, Esq. X* 9:08 am The following staff members were present: Jonathan E. Farnham, Ph.D., Executive Director Randal Baron, Historic Preservation Planner III Kim Chantry, Historic Preservation Planner II Meredith Keller, Historic Preservation Planner II Allyson Mehley, Historic Preservation Planner I Leonard Reuter, Esq., Law Department Megan Cross Schmitt, Historic Preservation Planner I The following persons were present: Todd Curry, Emerald Windows Kate Cowing, Kate Cowing Architect Lindsey Peruto D. Wagner S. Vorwerk PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION, -
Resolution Summary
Final SCHOOL REFORM COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING RESOLUTION SUMMARY JANUARY 19, 2017 I. SCHOOL REFORM COMMISSION SRC-1 (PRESENTED FOR REVIEW DECEMBER 15, 2016) Proposed Adoption of Policies #105.1 – Curriculum Review by Parents/Guardians and Students, #107 – Adoption of Planned Instruction, 113 – Special Education, #113.1 Discipline of Students with Disabilities, #113.2 – Behavior Support, #113.3 – Screening and Evaluations for Students with Disabilities, #113.4 – Confidentiality of Special Education Student Information, #122 – Extracurricular Activities, #123 – Interscholastic Athletics, #123.1 Concussion Management, #123.2 – Sudden Cardiac Arrest, #805.1 – Relations with Law Enforcement Agencies RESOLVED, that the School Reform Commission hereby adopts the following SRC Policies, in the forms attached, effective January 20, 2017: Policy 105.1 – Curriculum Review by Parents/Guardians and Students Policy 113.2 – Behavior Support Policy 113.4 – Confidentiality of Special Education Student Information Policy 123.1 – Concussion Management Policy 123.2 – Sudden Cardiac Arrest Policy 805.1 – Relations with Law Enforcement Agencies; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the School Reform Commission hereby adopts amendments to the following SRC Policies, in the forms attached, effective January 20, 2017: Policy 107 – Adoption of Planned Instruction Policy 113 – Special Education Policy 113.1 – Discipline of Students with Disabilities Policy 113.3 – Screening and Evaluations for Students with Disabilities Policy 122 – Extracurricular Activities Policy 123 – Interscholastic Athletics Description: The School Reform Commission establishes general parameters in which the daily operations of the School District are to be governed. As such, the policies (listed above and attached) have been revised and updated to align with current local, state and federal law. -
Agency Site Model Grades Served Site Address Site Zipcode Site
Site Director First Site Director Last Agency Site Model Grades Served Site Address Site Zipcode Name Name Site Director Email Address Site Director Phone Number Agape Community Outreach Services Agape Elementary K to 5th 1609 East Wadsworth Avenue 19150 Charmaine Richardson [email protected] 215-247-7386 Allegheny West Foundation Dobbins, Murrell High 9-12 2150 West Lehigh Avenue 19132 Robin Torrence [email protected] 215-558-3062 ASA Technology Academy ANSA Middle 6th to 8th 4700 Locust Street 19139 Deborah Proctor [email protected] 267-495-6856 Asian Arts Initiative Asian Arts Initiative Middle 6th to 8th 1219 Vine Street 19107 Ellen Hwang [email protected] 215-557-0455 x. 232 ASPIRA of Pennsylvania ASPIRA Excel Academy Elementary K to 5th 6301 North 2nd Street 19120 Dana Rosenman [email protected] 215-324-7012 x. 212 ASPIRA of Pennsylvania ASPIRA Excel Academy Middle 6th to 8th 6301 North 2nd Street 19120 Denise Bermudez [email protected] 215-324-7012 x. 212 Ayuda Community Center Hunting Park Christian Academy Elementary K to 5th 4400 North 6th Street 19140 Cynthia Whitley [email protected] 215-329-5777 Ayuda Community Center Hunting Park Christian Academy Middle 6th to 8th 4400 North 6th Street 19140 Cynthia Whitley [email protected] 215-329-5777 Big Picture Philadelphia El Centro High 9-12 126 West Dauphin Street 19133 Angela Smith [email protected] 215-203-2030 Boat People SOS, Inc. BPSOS-Delaware Valley High 9-12 600 Washington Avenue 19147 Minh Nguyen [email protected] 267-312-9136 Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia, Inc. -
PRESERVATION Hyman Myers Recognized with James Biddle
PresvNews_Spr09.qxd 4/13/09 4:34 PM Page 1 PRESERVATION Preservation Alliance for greater philadelphia MATTERS THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PRESERVATION ALLIANCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA SPRING 2009 Hyman Myers Recognized with James EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S Biddle Award for Lifetime Achievement MESSAGE hen Inga Saffron, the on over 200 projects, including many of Hy’s work has been recognized with many Philadelphia Inquirer architec- Philadelphia’s National Historic Landmarks. honors, including awards from the National Wture critic, made remarks recent- Among his early projects in Philadelphia were Trust for Historic Preservation. In 1992, Hy ly at a wonderful panel discussion organized by the 1976 restoration of the Pennsylvania received the F. Otto Haas Award, Pennsylvania’s Avi Eden in memory of his wife, Judith Eden, a Academy of the Fine Arts, followed in 1980 by highest recognition for contributions by an longtime community activist and advocate, I the restoration and conversion of the Bellevue individual in the field of historic preservation. was struck by how well her observations echoed Stratford Hotel to a mixed-use facility. a point of view expressed by the Preservation Subsequently, Hy directed preservation work on Alliance in recent years. (See page 4 for Inga’s such notable sites as Independence Hall, the remarks.) The topic was “Community Groups and Academy of Music, Girard College, the Reading The 16th Annual Distressing Economic Times: Should the Terminal Train Shed, the Philadelphia Museum Preservation Achievement Criteria for Opposing Development Projects be of Art and City Hall. Re-Assessed?” and in her remarks, Inga first Hy’s work has not been confined to Awards addressed how the physical fabric of Philadelphia. -
Minutes of the School Reform Commission Be Adopted
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA MEETING OF THE SCHOOL REFORM COMMISSION MAY 29, 2014 A meeting was held by the School Reform Commission on May 29, 2014 in the Auditorium of the School District of Philadelphia Education Center, 440 North Broad Street. The meeting was convened at 5:37 p.m. by Chairman Green. Members present: Ms. Houstoun, Ms. Jimenez, Dr. Pritchett, Ms. Simms, Chairman Green – 5 Members Absent: 0 Michael A. Davis, General Counsel, announced that prior to today’s public meeting, the School Reform Commission met in Executive Sessions to discuss litigation, labor relations, investigations, quasi judicial matters and personnel matters. Mr. Davis also announced that the public hearing on the recommended nonrenewal of the charter for Arise Academy Charter High School has been completed. Formal action on the recommended nonrenewal shall be taken by the SRC at a future public meeting. Meanwhile, the public has at least thirty days to provide comments to the SRC beginning Friday, May 30, 2014 until Monday, July 7, 2014. Comments may be submitted in writing, addressed to the SRC, Suite 101, 440 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130, or by email, addressed to [email protected] . All comments received will be made part of the record of the nonrenewal hearing. Evelyn Sample-Oates, Chief, Family and Parental Engagement, provided the order of business for today’s meeting of the School Reform Commission. She also stated that the proceedings of today’s School Reform Commission meeting are being broadcast live on television and streamed live on the internet. Ms. Sample-Oates stated that the School District’s recordings are protected by the copyright laws of the United States. -
To Address Bar Membership Posthumously
® September 2001 The Monthly Newspaper of the Philadelphia Bar Association Vol. 30, No. 9 October Quarterly Meeting O’Connor Award Former ABA President Barnett to Be Presented to Address Bar Membership Posthumously Martha W. Barnett, immedi- ate-past president of the to Judge Jamison American Bar Association, will be the keynote speaker at the by Daniel A. Cirucci Association’s Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon on Wednesday, Former Philadelphia Oct. 24 at noon at the Park Common Pleas Court Hyatt Philadelphia at the Judge Judith J. Jamison Bellevue. will be awarded the Barnett, a partner in the Philadelphia Bar global law firm of Holland & Association’s 2001 Sandra Knight LLP in Tallahassee, Fla., Day O’Connor Award was the second female president posthumously at the of the American Bar Association. Association’s October She began her one-year term at Quarterly Meeting and the close of the association’s Luncheon on Wednesday, Judge Judith J. Jamison 2000 Annual Meeting in Oct. 24. London. Barnett is immediate- “We will always be inspired by the memory of past chair of the Public Law Judge Jamison’s consummate professionalism, her Department at Holland & trailblazing journey as a woman lawyer, her attentive- Knight and is a member of its ness to everyone whom she encountered along the Directors Committee. way, and the help she gave to so many others. This During her tenure as ABA award stands as a shining reminder of her contribu- president, Barnett brought tions to all of us,” said Association Chancellor Carl S. Primavera. attention to issues ranging from Martha W. -
Philly's Own Ellis Island
January/February 2015 The Newsletter of The Society Hill Civic Association SOCIETYHILL Reporter www.societyhillcivic.org Philly’s Own Ellis Island he Society Hill Civic Association Susan became interested in the stories of immi- T (SHCA) invites all neighbors to its grants and has been collecting family histories General Membership Meeting on January 21, from descendants. She will share with you the when Pennsport neighbor Susan McAninley Pier’s history and some of those family stories. will speak about Pier 53, a Philadelphia Remember that everyone is welcome to attend treasure steps from our own community. our General Membership Meeting. Simply arrive Susan McAninley is a graphic artist and a lifetime at Pennsylvania Hospital’s Zubrow Auditorium, resident of Philadelphia. When she made her located on the first floor inside the main entrance home three blocks from the Delaware River in at 8th Street near Spruce, before 7:30 p.m. 1991, the riverfront was long abandoned and bar- All members interested in Society Hill issues ricaded. In 2008, the Central Delaware Advocacy are welcome at our monthly Board Meeting, Group launched a 10-year strategic plan to imple- 6 p.m. at the Great Court Conference Room. ment a new civic vision for the waterfront. The first area developed was the Washington Avenue Green Park, at the foot of Washington McCALL SCHOOL Historical Marker at Avenue and Columbus Boulevard. An overgrown Washington Avenue and Pier 53, abandoned since 1965, extended from Columbus Boulevard. that park into the river. Little was known about Pier 53, even though the site played a part in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812; served as a boatbuilding shipyard and the nation’s first Naval Yard; and welcomed and dispatched Civil War soldiers. -
Historic-Register-OPA-Addresses.Pdf
Philadelphia Historical Commission Philadelphia Register of Historic Places As of January 6, 2020 Address Desig Date 1 Desig Date 2 District District Date Historic Name Date 1 ACADEMY CIR 6/26/1956 US Naval Home 930 ADAMS AVE 8/9/2000 Greenwood Knights of Pythias Cemetery 1548 ADAMS AVE 6/14/2013 Leech House; Worrell/Winter House 1728 517 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 519 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 600-02 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 2013 601 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 603 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 604 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 605-11 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 606 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 608 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 610 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 612-14 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 613 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 615 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 616-18 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 617 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 619 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 629 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 631 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 1970 635 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 636 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 637 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 638 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 639 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 640 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 641 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 642 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 643 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 703 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 708 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 710 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 712 ADDISON ST Society Hill 3/10/1999 714 ADDISON ST Society Hill -
Closing the Gap: Housing (Un)Affordability in Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Departmental Papers (City and Regional Planning) Department of City and Regional Planning 3-1-2003 Closing the Gap: Housing (un)Affordability in Philadelphia Amy E. Hillier University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Dennis P. Culhane University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/cplan_papers Part of the Urban, Community and Regional Planning Commons Hillier, Amy E. and Culhane, Dennis P., "Closing the Gap: Housing (un)Affordability in Philadelphia" (2003). Departmental Papers (City and Regional Planning). 1. https://repository.upenn.edu/cplan_papers/1 Report commissioned by Philadelphia Affordable Housing Coalition, 2003. Publisher URL: http://www.cml.upenn.edu/presentations/CLOSINGtheGAP3.pdf This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/cplan_papers/1 For more information, please contact [email protected]. Closing the Gap: Housing (un)Affordability in Philadelphia Disciplines Urban, Community and Regional Planning Comments Report commissioned by Philadelphia Affordable Housing Coalition, 2003. Publisher URL: http://www.cml.upenn.edu/presentations/CLOSINGtheGAP3.pdf This journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons: https://repository.upenn.edu/cplan_papers/1 closing the Housing (un)Affordability GAP in Philadelphia Amy Hillier & Dennis Culhane Cartographic Modeling Laboratory University of Pennsylvania March 2003 Commissioned by the Philadelphia Affordable Housing Coalition This report was commissioned by the Philadelphia Affordable Housing Coalition (PAHC) with funds from the William Penn Foundation, the Samuel S. Fels Fund, the Prudential Foundation and members of PAHC. The PAHC was formed in 2001 by organizations who see Philadelphia’s affordable housing crisis up close, every day, from the front lines. -
Philadelphia Housing Authority Moving to Work Annual Plan – Fiscal Year 2021
PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY MOVING TO WORK ANNUAL PLAN FISCAL YEAR 2021 (APRIL 1, 2020 TO MARCH 31, 2021) SUBMITTED TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FIRST SUBMISSION: JANUARY 15, 2020 SECOND SUBMISSION: MARCH 18, 2020 AMENDMENT#1 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (PROPOSED AMENDMENT CHANGES ARE HIGHLIGHTED) PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY MOVING TO WORK ANNUAL PLAN – FISCAL YEAR 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 1 II. GENERAL OPERATING INFORMATION ..................................................... 8 A. Housing Stock Information ..................................................................................................8 B. Leasing Information ...........................................................................................................24 C. Waiting List Information ...................................................................................................26 III. PROPOSED MTW ACTIVITIES .................................................................... 29 Proposed Activity 2021-1: Limited Pilot - MTW Continued Occupancy Policy ..............30 Proposed Activity 2021-2: Emergency Waivers ................................................................34 IV. APPROVED MTW ACTIVITIES .................................................................... 37 A. Implemented Activities ......................................................................................................38 Activity 2011-1: Partnership