Police officers stationed at the city’s 14th district are temporarily reporting for duty at a number of trailers set up in the parking lot of their headquarters.
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The Philadelphia Department of Public Property has unveiled renderings for the proposed renovation of Thomas Paine Plaza outside the Municipal Services Building in Center City. The proposed design includes two main spaces at Thomas Paine Plaza, a 10,000-square-foot one on the southeast side along John F. Kennedy Boulevard and a 6,000-square-foot space on the northeast side along Arch Street. The plan includes more seating, trees, lighting and new public art.
Philadelphia will remove the sculptures of oversized board game pieces at Thomas Paine Plaza in Center City, citing wear and tear on the art pieces and plans to redesign and renovate the park to be more like Dilworth Plaza and LOVE Park. The public art installation, called Your Move, was commissioned in 1996. As part of the upcoming renovations, a new public art installation will be commissioned for the plaza.
All Philadelphia-owned buildings would be mandated to have dedicated lactation spaces for people to breastfeed and pump milk under a newly-proposed ordinance introduced by City Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson. Existing facilities that do not have permanent lactation rooms would be required to designate spaces, and all newly-constructed or renovated buildings would need to include permanent spaces.