For Callowhill Neighborhood, Whose BIDing Will Be Done? | Hidden City Philadelphia

Bob Bruhin
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The city’s best new pubic space or a Trojan Horse for real estate investors. Some residents of Callowhill worries that the Rail Park will become a driver of displacement and that the creation of a development-minded Business Improvement District will prohibitively increase rent and property taxes. | Photo: Bob Bruhin

Chinatown North? Callowhill? Spring Arts? Loft District? Eraserhood? In a neighborhood that can’t agree on what it should be called, how will they decide who, if anyone, should have the power to tax and spend in the name of business and community development?

Source: For Callowhill Neighborhood, Whose BIDing Will Be Done? | Hidden City Philadelphia