City Council Approves Plan to Acquire 7 More Properties in Parkside Historic District Redevelopment Efforts

Official:Approving the second amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Parkside National Register Historic District Urban Renewal Area, being the area generally bounded by Parkside avenue and Girard avenue on the north; the Conrail freight railroad right-of-way line running east of and parallel to Thirty-eighth street on the east; the railroad right-of-way line of the former Pennsylvania Railroad on the south; and Belmont avenue on the west, including the second amendment to the urban renewal plan and relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately seven (7) properties for residential and related uses; the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project.