Critiquing Philadelphia's Parcel By Parcel Approach To City Planning

Inga Saffron, the Philadelphia Inquirer's architecture critic, loathes the city's 'let's make a deal' approach to urban planning.

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November 3, 2006, 2:00 PM PST

By Mike Lydon

"There have been moments in the last few weeks -- since Mayor Street named Janice Woodcock as the Planning Commission's executive director and assigned PennPraxis the task of crafting a master plan for the Delaware waterfront -- when I've been tempted to think that -- hallelujah! -- the smart people are finally in charge of the city's physical future. And then there are days when it looks like the same old let's-make-a-deal culture still runs things."

FULL STORY: Are We Planning Yet?

Thursday, November 2, 2006 in Skyline Online

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