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Café Cret in Cret Park at 16th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, one of four parks managed and programmed by the CCD, on September 26 began offering beer and wine and expanded its hours of operation.
After decades of job loss, Philadelphia has enjoyed nine straight years of job growth that accelerated in 2014. Despite the recent upturn however, the city has rebounded more slowly than most peer cities.
Seasonal transitions are underway across CCD managed parks, including the return of park fountains, refreshed landscaping and the Rothman Orthopaedics Roller Rink.
CCDF is approaching its fundraising goal for planting 200 new trees in the central business district during the next two years through its initiative, Plant Center City.
The CCD's quarterly newsletter. In this issue- People who work, live, shop or dine in Center City are quite optimistic about downtown’s future. That’s apparent in the CCD’s annual customer satisfaction survey. But, there are caution flags.
Op-ed by CCD president and CEO Paul Levy, on recent proposals to tax development in the city.
A monthly count of pedestrian traffic in Center City Philadelphia. With the installation of 14 cameras that measure pedestrian volumes 24 hours a day, the CCD now provides retailers, brokers, and developers with detailed counts and analyses of hourly trends.
Center City retail and restaurants have almost fully rebounded from the events and challenges of 2020.
Brandywine Realty Trust CEO Gerard Sweeney on the reforms Philadelphia must enact to bolster job growth.
As Philadelphia marks the two-year anniversary of the mandated citywide COVID-19 shutdown on March 16, 2020, Center City continues to show promising signs of recovery, buoyed by rising numbers of pedestrians who are supporting increases in retail and restaurant sales, local tax revenue, new store openings and downtown vibrancy.