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This special edition of the CCD and CPDC quarterly newsletter documents this extraordinary year in photos and features CCD President, Paul R. Levy's letter, Ready to Rebound in 2021.
Beginning June 1, participating locations within the Center City District will offer $6 cocktails, $5 wine and $4 beer every Wednesday after work through August 31. As return-to-office efforts expand, this unique promotion is the perfect opportunity to reconnect with friends and coworkers while supporting some of the city’s best culinary and entertainment venues.
A new, temporary art display, Color Under the Canopy, debuts at Sister Cities Park following a two-day installation. The project was designed and executed by local artist Janell Wysock. Using a loom to knit fabric, she created colorful, eye-catching wraps to decorate some of the park’s most precious assets: its trees.
Center City District SIPS is back after a two-year hiatus with weekly discounts at dozens of local bars and restaurants on Wednesday nights throughout the District. This unique happy hour program brings back the opportunity for returning office workers to explore all that Center City has to offer once the work day ends.
This annual housing report examines Center City Philadelphia's residential sector momentum and the cumulative effects of three decades of growth, the rebound from 2020 and its impact on housing markets, new and upcoming residential developments and homeownership trends, and the status of the rental market.
Pedestrian activity in the core of Center City continued to increase during the last quarter of 2022 and into the first two weeks of January 2023, as the volume of residents, workers and visitors of all types downtown continued to grow.
Center City continued its steady process of recovery in June and during the first three weeks of July with pedestrian volumes in July reaching 92% of 2019 levels. During the month of June, the combined number of residents, workers and visitors were up 2% from the previous month.
When the stay-at-home order took effect in March 2020, the Center City District’s on-street employees, more than 150 of us, were designated “essential workers.” Read the full Philadelphia Inquirer Opinion piece by managers from the CSR and CCD cleaning staff.