planning
- A Slow Way to Get Ahead
- When Nature Calls in the City
- Zippers
- Planning for a Safer Philadelphia
- Sputnik, Starbucks and Philadelphia Zoning
June 6, 2007
Type: Article
- Mysteries of the Capital Budget
March 16, 2007
Type: Article
- Thinking Outside the Box About Philadelphia
October 1, 2003
In the words of Daniel Burnham, the great architect and planner who had an enormous influence on the development of the city of Chicago, “Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work . . . Think big.”
Type: Publication
- The Fight for Metropolitan Philadelphia: An Agenda
April 1, 2003
A follow-up agenda to Flight or Fight (2001) that proposes
policy shifts to concentrate development, conserve natural lands,
equalize fiscal resources, and connect growth with right
transportation, housing, and workforce policies.
Type: Publication
- Economic Impact Analysis of the Proposed I-95/PA Turnpike Interchange
April 1, 2000
A report on the proposed I-95/Pennsylvania Turnpike interchange
detailing potential impacts associated with interchange construction
and infrastructure improvements, cost-savings due to the reconfigured
roadway system, and gains in business and tourism attraction.
Type: Publication
- Understanding the Economic Value of Schuylkill River Park
January 1, 1997
The Schuylkill River Development Corporation engaged the Pennsylvania Economy League,
Inc.-Eastern Division to conduct a thorough study of the Park's economic
value, focusing on the qualitative aspects of value but providing quantitative
analysis where possible.
Type: Publication