That's The Way It Works

Philadelphia has selected a (long) short list of seven developers to submit plans for Penn's Landing... just in time for the Mayoral campaign.

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May 15, 2003, 11:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"Ignoring an entire winter's worth of vigorous public discussion about the reasons for the waterfront's failure, the mayor has just asked a so-called shortlist of seven developers to prepare new schemes for Penn's Landing. The developers have been told to submit detailed plans by Aug. 1 - just around the time that the city's mayoral campaign will be entering its final trimester and Street will be voraciously hungry for ribbon cuttings, photo ops and anything resembling news."

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