Quick Hits: 3-story homes rule; Ward election battle that matters; and The Dolphin is 1 year old
- Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell has dropped her push to ban new three-story houses on predominately two-story blocks across the city. Plan Philly reports that the City Planning Commission has been talking to Blackwell about a neighborhood-conservation zoning overlay that would apply to her West Philly district only.
- Ori Feibush, developer/2nd Council District candidate, has been rounding up candidates for the Democratic committee posts in the 36th Ward, bordered by Washington Avenue, Broad, Moore and the Schuylkill, reports Philly Clout. Though yesterday a judge threw out his challenges to his rival’s slate of candidates, the Daily News reported today.
- The Dolphin Tavern has been grinding, sweating and thumping away for a year now. Man, time flies.