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The Center City District's quarterly newsletter. In this issue- Not A Tale of Two Cities; CCD Cleaners; Pulse Opens at Dilworth Park; Outdoor Seating Report; and more.
Center City Philadelphia continues to demonstrate its robust growth trajectory with 66 major development projects either completed, under construction, or in planning stages. The just-released 2025 Center City Real Estate Development Report provides images and key details for these projects, which span from Girard Avenue to Tasker Street, river to river.
Dilworth Park’s spring activities are beginning to sprout! Starting in March, colorful tulips, outdoor programming and family-oriented entertainment will pop up. Enhanced health and safety protocols, like mandatory mask wearing and social distancing, remain in accord with State, City and CDC guidelines.
Center City’s retailers, restaurants and street-level service business are rebounding from the pandemic, supported by the third-largest downtown residential population in the U.S. and by returning volumes of city and regional shoppers, college students, tourists and convention attendees and a steadily rising number of office workers.
This CCD, CPDC report suggests that Philadelphia should increase its commitment to quality of life investments and resume its prior commitments to tax reduction, in order to retain and attract residents and businesses and spur widespread and inclusive private-sector job growth.