PHILLY GOV'T LINKS:
(Also contact for support
your local
civic association
for support.)
Mayor Cherelle Parker (Mayor
of Philadelphia)
Jeffery.Young@phila.gov
(Chair of Streets Committee on City Council)
Mark.Squilla@phila.gov
(Co-Chair of Streets Committee on City Council)
Kristin.Del.Rossi@phila.gov
(Streets Commissioner)
Stephen.Lorenz@phila.gov
(Chief Engineer, Historic Streets)
Jon.Farnham@phila.gov
(Executive Director of Philadelphia Historical Commission)
MORE CITY LINKS: (Unfortunately, there is not one repository for information about Philadelphia's historically certified streets, as the Historical Commission and the Streets Department post some, but not all the resources available.)
To add a street to the "Philadelphia Historic Street District": Call the Philadelphia Historical Commission at 215-686-7660. Address: One Parkway, 13th floor, 1515 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102 / Website: http://www.phila.gov/historical/Pages/default.aspx
Philadelphia Streets Department's "Historical Streets" http://www.philadelphiastreets.com/highways/historic-streets/
Philadelphia Historic Districts, scroll down to "Historic Street Paving": http://www.phila.gov/historical/register/Pages/districts.aspx (drop down menu provides the following 2 documents)
Historic Streets List (find out if a street is certified historic, might not be up-to-date): https://www.phila.gov/media/20190213131359/Thematic-District-Street-Paving.pdf
Dec 1,1998, Report of the Historic Designation Committee (our link, could not find document online)
Dec. 9, 1998, Official nomination: http://www.phila.gov/historical/PDF/Histori...
STREETS TO BE REMOVED FROM and ADDED TO LIST: http://www.phila.gov/historical/Documents/Amendment%20to%20Historic%20Street%20Paving%20District%202014.pdf
Civic Groups Map: http://gsg.phila.gov/map#id=fa011ca0d2df46b0acb9ed35537dca21 (helps locate local civic groups for historic streets)
Jan 2015: The Streets Department's Historic Streets Assessment Report http://www.philadelphiastreets.com/images/uploads/documents/Historic_Streets_Assessment_Report.pdf
Historic Streets Plumbers' Ditch Restoration Pilot (ends Dec 2014) http://www.philadelphiastreets.com/highways/historic-streets/historic-streets-plumbers-ditch-restoration-pilot/