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Philadelphia Piled in front of a Philadelphia City Hall entrance April 27, were 18 boxes filled with 15,000 petitions and 3,000 written postcards opposing the proposal to build a $1.3 billion 76ers’ basketball arena. This would lead to the destruction of one of the last neighborhoods in the city’s downtown…
The controversy surrounding the proposed new 76ers arena might be less contentious if there were a process for how the decision will be made.
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The number of bags kept out of the stream so far is the equivalent to filling City Hall with bags every eight months, according to a report commissioned by the city.
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Councilman Mark Squilla holds the power to stop the proposed $1.3 billion Sixers arena in its tracks ― or set it on its way through the approval process.
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The pandemic slowed Philadelphia's zoning board to a crawl, hampering many small business owners. Can it be fixed?