NEXT AT DAG: JANUARY 7TH, 2010

At the first DAG meeting of 2010, David Schaaf, Director of Urban Design at the Philadelphia City Planning Commission will present the plans for the north side of the 2900 block of Market Street – adjacent to 30th Street Station – and Jeff Weinstein, of Brandywine Realty Trust, will describe what’s happening at the former Post Office Building on the south side of the this important block that links Center City and West Philadelphia.

The meeting will be held Thursday, January 7th at 8:00 a.m. at the Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street. Please enter through the building lobby, not the Bookstore and Design Center.

SHARING DAG MONTHLY MEETING PRESENTATIONS

Our guest speakers at the DAG monthly meetings present us with some wonderful visuals that summarize months or years of thoughtful work – more than can be absorbed during a brief presentation. We feel it’s a shame not to share these presentations with DAG members who cannot attend out meetings, so we will begin asking speakers for permission to do so, and we will begin posting the presentations on the DAG website, here. We hope you will find these presentation as interesting and valuable as we do.

DAG LETTER TO PLANNING COMMISSION ON REDESIGN OF DILWORTH PLAZA

DAG recently sent a letter to the Planning Commission commenting on the proposed redesign of Dilworth Plaza. Click to Read.

DAG LETTER TO CITY ON PROPOSED TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONING

DAG has prepared a statement on the city's proposed Transit Oriented Development zoning that has been sent to Councilmembers Greenlee and Jones, Deputy Mayor Cutler, Planning Commission Chair Alan Greenberger, and Beverly Coleman, Executive Director of Neighborhoods Now.

The statement can be read here.

DAG LETTER TO PLANNING COMMISSION ON PROPOSED DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE

Thanks to everyone who submitted comments regarding the Philadelphia City Planning Commission's proposal to establish a Design Review Committee. Your comments helped shape our thoughts, which have been sent to the Planning Commission. You can read the letter here.

To advance DAG's goal of promoting good design by encouraging thoughtful public discussion of design matters, DAG is initiating a monthly opinion piece.  Read DAGSpace articles here.

DAG LETTER TO MAYOR REGARDING FOXWOODS CASINO AT THE GALLERY

DAG recently sent a letter to Mayor Nutter advocating for a careful process and good design in relocating the proposed Foxwoods casino to a location at the Gallery on Market Street.  Read the full letter, with attachments, here.