Penn students will be moving out of their dorms this week, as the Spring semester comes to an end at the university. As usual, to accommodate this process, Spruce Street will be closed between 34th and 40th Street to all vehicular traffic on the following dates and times:

Tuesday, May 10 and Wednesday, May 11
from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

SEPTA buses will be on diversion on these two days and traffic delays should be expected in the area. Just a reminder that the street will also be closed to bicyclists unless they walk on sidewalks with their bikes.

Penn Police will be on site to assist with traffic flow.

A new bike share station has been installed near Malcolm X Park (52nd and Larchwood).

Philadelphia’s bike share program, Indego, has installed more bike share stations around the city after announcing plans to expand its service area to more underserved neighborhoods last December. As part of this plan, Indego has been expanding its operation in West Philadelphia and in the past few months, the following new bike docking stations have appeared in West Philly:

• 52nd and Chestnut
• 52nd and Larchwood (near Malcolm X Park)
• 50th and Baltimore Continue Reading

The Indego bike station at 44th and Walnut.

Indego, Philly’s bike share program, has announced that it will expand in West Philadelphia and parts of South Philadelphia next year. Indego is planning to install approximately 30 new stations in the city next year, including in the new service area in West Philly, which includes the neighborhoods of Garden Court, Walnut Hill, Cedar Park, and Mill Creek (see map below).

Indego also plans to add more stations to the already existing service area and will introduce 300 electric bikes to its fleet in 2021.  Continue Reading

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Forty-two crimes were reported in the University City area in September and nine arrests were made, according to this month’s UCD Crime Update. The number of robberies and armed robberies was down in comparison to the report published in April 2019, but the number of thefts from automobiles remained high since May.

Three gunpoint robberies were reported last month – at 49th and Hazel, 43rd and Chester and 32nd and Powelton (see map). An arrest was made in the Powelton robbery. Unarmed robberies took place at 41st and Walnut and 38th and Market, according to the report.

As for car break-ins and thefts from cars, 14 cases were reported in September in the area, and two arrests were made. There were also seven reports of stolen vehicles.  Continue Reading

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The One Africa! One Nation! Uhuru Flea Markets are an economic development project of the African People’s Education and Defense Fund (APEDF.org)

9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rain date: Sunday, Aug. 18.

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Rendering of proposed project at the Good Shepherd Community Church site on 46th near Spruce. The building on the left is the new nine-unit structure.

The Garden Court Community Association (GCCA) zoning committee will support a contentious proposal to turn the Good Shepherd Community Church on 46th Street near Spruce into apartments and build a second, 9-unit building in the church’s garden.

Hightop Development, which originally planned to demolish the church building, has agreed to several conditions requested by the GCCA zoning committee, including the addition of two “affordable” apartments, stipulations on trash storage, landscaping and building materials (see list below). The GCCA zoning committee’s support is contingent on a signed “memorandum of understanding” with Hightop that lays out the conditions.  Continue Reading