SOUTH STREET: The vacant lots on 17th & South and 18th & South are rumored to have new buildings in the works. “The NW corner of 17th and South has approved plans for commercial first floor and condos above, pretty nice plans from what I remember,” says one PhillyBlog scoop-ist. “The owner of the lot is from NY and was asking around $1,000,000 for the property, which seemed a bit excessive to me (and apparently the rest of the market!). The SW corner of 18th ad South is approved for a Walgreen’s. I was under the impression that we would be seeing construction soon, but so far no signs of progress.” [PhillyBlog]
SOUTH PHILLY: The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is designing planters that would add some color to the sidewalks and capture stormwater runoff. There are two designs being considered right now, and the planters will appear around the city in the very near future. The kinks are still being worked out with the type of plants that will be in the planters, because they are going to have to have some very tough plants if they are going to survive on the streets of South Philly. [PW]
CENTER CITY/UNIVERSITY CITY: This morning, Mayor Nutter spoke about the notion that parking meter rates are going to increase in Center City and University City. The price increase is meant to help ease congestion and discourage drivers from actually using the meters, which causes drivers to to drive around in circles having to find a spot. (Say it with me: “What?”) The prices as of now are 25 cents for 15 minutes, and the price rise could be effective as early as late fall this year. [KYW]

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 at 12:09 pm.