Media coverage of Greg’s work.

The People's Planner (The Philadelphia Citizen) 1/19/2023)
1,700 units of housing are set to vanish in the next 5 years. There’s little Philly officials can do. (PlanPhilly 11/11/2021)
What If Pandemic Aid Went to Tenants, Not Landlords? (The New Republic 10/1/2021)
Philadelphia set to run out of rental relief money in two weeks as it waits for federal funds (Philadelphia Inquirer 9/30/2021)
As more Philly landlords move to sell and hold off on repairs, analysts see a threat (PlanPhilly 9/30/2021)
Treasury To Release Final Rental Assistance Funds To Most Efficient Jurisdictions (Bisnow 9/15/2021)
Slow relief funds rollout: featured is Philadelphia program's success at spending federal rent relief funds (CNN Business 9/3/2021)
Philadelphia’s eviction diversion program became a national model. What’s next as COVID-19 relief funds run out? (Philadelphia Inquirer 8/26/2021)
Kenney urges residents to apply for rental assistance before moratorium expires Saturday (Plan Philly 7/28/2021)
EQUITY TO END INEQUITY (Philadelphia Citizen 7/6/2021)
35,000 Philly residents have applied for rent relief as spending deadlines loom (Plan Philly 7/3/2021)
Mending the Lending Gap (Wesleyan University Magazine 5/28/2021)
Can Free Cash Solve Philly's Poverty Problem? (Philadelphia Citizen, 2/4/2021)
Use It or Lose It: Tenant Aid Effort Nears a Federal Cutoff - New York Times (12/15/2020)
Rental assistance program gets a boost (9/17/2020)
South Philly seniors eye affordable housing as St. Rita’s Place begins (8/11/2020)
Archdiocese of Philadelphia breaks ground on new affordable housing project (8/16/2020)
Philadelphians can apply now for new COVID-19 pandemic rental assistance (7/6/2020)
Philly’s small landlords can apply for loans to offset missed rent during the pandemic (7/1/2020)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Workforce Housing Program Encourages Affordable Housing at Minimal Cost to the City (6/2/2020)
Philadelphians Can Apply to Have Rent Covered During Coronavirus Pandemic (5/12/2020)
Emergency rental assistance is here for Philadelphia (5/11/2020)
New city program provides emergency rental assistance (5/11/2020)
Philly wins battle against slumlord, but it cost the city millions (2/4/2020)
Philly just challenged an infamous slumlord to a legal death match and won (1/22/2020)
Philly and Boston Will Help Some Low-Income Tenants Pay Rent (1/28/2020)
New Philly program aims to help renters by giving repair loans to their landlords (11/19/2019)
Philly experiments with new rent voucher aimed at keeping families in their homes (1/10/2020)
Philadelphia Housing Development Corp. Absorbs Redevelopment Authority, Land Bank In Department Merger (10/13/2019)
Closed Sharswood school to be cleaned, reborn as veterans’ housing (10/25/2019)
Building community: How urban planning, design impact cities (10/8/2019)
A Gentler Way to Gentrify? (8/16/2019)
It's Up To Developers To Avoid Turning Philly Into Another Gentrified Metropolis (7/15/2019)
Philadelphia seeks to heal old Eastwick wound with a ‘village in the city’ (3/27/2019)
Philadelphia to launch low-interest loan program that will help residents fix aging homes (3/13/2019)
Philly Applies a ‘Light Touch’ to Get Dollars Flowing for Middle-Income Homes (2/14/2019)
Philly developer breaks ground on 26 affordable homes in gentrifying West Poplar (11/27/2018)
How two brothers are using the Land Bank to build homes working Philadelphians can afford (12/4/2018)
Philly agency ramps up vacant land sales, starting in Fishtown and Whitman (11/28/2018)
City selling vacant lots with eye to 'social impact' (11/29/2018)
Competitive bidding now open for vacant lots, buildings in several Philly neighborhoods (12/2/2018)
A community-based public-land study comes to an end, and trust is rebuilt in Eastwick (7/30/2018)
Infamous Germantown Settlement scammer allegedly still trying to steal rent from tenants (5/7/2018)
Philly’s $9 million goodbye to Germantown’s worst landlord (3/22/2018)
Philly agency to seize dozens of Germantown Settlement properties (3/19/2018)
With Philly At “Turning Point” Redevelopment Authority Sharpens Its Focus (2/28/2018)
Mantua artist's resistance pushes Philly to build a better grocery store (1/19/2018)
Philly’s new Housing Preservation Loan Program: What to know (1/19/2018)
New Philadelphia loan program offers hope to residents with homes in disrepair (1/18/2018)
Neighbors hopeful, skeptical about rebuilding homes burned in MOVE bombing (11/24/2017)
Philadelphia Wants to Remedy an Urban Renewal Failure (6/5/2017)
Workforce Housing Rises At the Edge of Northern Liberties (6/6/2017)
Single Family Workforce Housing Comes to East Poplar (Philadelphia Magazine, 5/25/2017)
Developers picked to rebuild at MOVE site face wary neighbors at project kickoff (4/28/2017)
Renovated apartments lauded as affordable housing option (4/21/2017)
Redevelopment Authority Selects Developer To Renovate MOVE Bombing Site (4/20/2017)
Redevelopment authority selects firm to redevelop houses destroyed in MOVE incident (4/19/2017)
Pennrose-led group chosen to develop sprawling city-owned site in Chinatown (4/10/17)
Here’s a comparison of the 2 proposals for 8th and Vine in Chinatown (3/7/2017)
Competing visions for ‘social impact’ development at 8th and Race (3/7/2017)
City Wants To Redevelop Part Of Chinatown, Hears Proposals (3/7/2017)
Eastwick starts community-oriented planning process hoping to rewrite the history of urban renewal (1/31/2017)
The Kenney administration sets its sights on social impact (12/29/2016)
Philly reaches for upgraded parks, rec centers and more in 2017 (Metro 12/19/2016)
City Plans to Build New Homes in Neighborhood Damaged by MOVE Bombing (NBC 10, 11/29/2016)
Acknowledging MOVE bombing’s enduring trauma, city wants to rebuild again (11/22/2016)
Germantown YWCA gets new lease on life (11/18/2016)
Can Philly Fix the Block It Razed, Then Shabbily Rebuilt, After MOVE Bombing? (11/21/2016)
Philadelphia Seeks to Rebuild Homes Damaged in MOVE Bombing (NBC 10, 11/17/2016)
Historic Germantown YWCA, left to languish, on track for 'new era' (PhillyVoice, 12/12/2016)
City resumes effort to develop Mantua site where market was planned (Philly.com, 10/4/2016)
City Wants Development With Social Impact at 8th and Race (Philadelphia Magazine, 8/15/2016)
Germantown's ywca gets another shot at redevelopment (Flying Kite, 8/9/2016)
City to Seek Development Proposals for Historic Germantown YWCA (Philadelphia Magazine, 7/14/2016)
Business People on the Move (Philly.com, 4/26/2016)
On the Record: Q&A with Greg Heller (PlanPhilly, 4/19/2016)
ACT CEO: Turn Philly's Logan Circle back into a square (Philly Voice, 3/12/16)
Gregory Heller Named to Head Redevelopment Authority (Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/9/2016)
March 10: Greg Heller to PRA | ACLU pans RCO regs | Frankford Ave streetscaping (PlanPhilly, 3/10/2016)
Here are two approaches to using real estate for social impact (Generocity, 3/7/2016)
Urban Innovation Exchange (February 15, 2016)
This CEO Wants to Change the Real Estate Game for Low-Income Neighborhoods
Maryland Food Hubs (Midday with Dan Rodricks, 12/8/2014)
Food production campus aims to help entrepreneurs get started (Baltimore Sun, 10/27/2014)
Between the Lines: Planner as Agent of Change (Source: Wesleyan magazine Date: February 26, 20014 Byline: David Low Between the Lines: Planner as Agent of Change)
Book Review: Planning Philadelphia (Source: The Phoenix Date: January 20, 20014 Byline: Izzy Kornblatt Book Review: Planning Philadelphia)
Books to give any time: The Inquirer staff's recommendations (Source: Philadelphia Inquirer Date: December 22, 2013 Byline: John Timpane)
Howard food hub among farm-to-table initiatives (Source: Baltimore Sun Date: December 9, 2013 Byline: Luke Lavoie)
"Recommended Fall Books: ‘Ed Bacon’ by Gregory L. Heller" (Source: Philadelphia Magazine Property Blog Date: November 7, 2013 Byline: Liz Spikol)
"ART MATTERS: Architecture: Bringing home the legacy of Bacon" (Source: Montgomery Media Date: September 26, 2013 Byline: Diane M. Fiske)
"Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and Building of Modern Philadelphia" (Source: H-Net Date: September 19, 2013 Byline: Dylan Gottlieb)
Listen Up Candidates, Planning Matters: Two New Books on the History of Planning (Source: Huffington Post Date: August 27, 2013 Byline: Heath Brown)
Old pumping stations to become food hub for city (Source: WBAL-TV Date: August 12, 2013 Byline: Kim Dacey)
Interview with Gregory Heller (Source: New Books in Political Science Date: August 12, 2013 Byline: Heath Brown)
The Rise of the Kitchen Incubator (Source: Next City Date: August 8, 2013 Byline: Nancy Scola)
Blighted East Baltimore land to become urban farm (Source: Baltimore Business Journal Date: July 25, 2013 Byline: Kevin Litten)
Can the redevelopment of a former pumping station boost Baltimore's food economy? (Source: BmoreMedia Date: July 23, 2013 Byline: Julekha Dash)
Robert Moses Redux: Our new infatuation with old urban titans (Source: The New Republic Date: July 11, 2013 Byline: Inga Saffron)
How High Was Up? A History of Philadelphia’s “Gentleman’s Agreement” (Source: The Philly History Blog Date: June 25, 2013 Byline: Ken Finkel)
Summer 2013 Book Quarterly: The Philly Edition (Source: Philadelphia City Paper Date: June 14, 2013 Byline: Bryan Bierman)
Plan would turn abandoned pumping station into culinary center (Source: The Baltimore Sun Date: June 9, 2013 Byline: Ian Duncan)
Review of “Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia” (Source: stevenujifusa.com Date: May 31, 2013 Byline: Steven Ujifusa)
Paine’s Park with a side of Bacon becomes reality (Source: The Philadelphia Business Journal Date: May 24, 2013 Byline: Peter Van Allen)
Changing Skyline: Edmund Bacon, doer (Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer Date: May 23, 2013 Byline: Inga Saffron)
Edmund Bacon, architect of modern Philadelphia, and champion of skateboarders (Source: Newsworks Tonight Date: May 22, 2013 Byline: Interview with Dave Heller)
In Conversation With: Greg Heller on Ed Bacon and his legacy (Source: Plan Philly Date: May 15, 2013 Byline: JoAnn Greco)
The Philadelphia Story (Source: Architect Date: May 14, 2013 Byline: Ben Adler)
On The Book Of Bacon: A Q&A With Greg Heller (Source: Hidden City Date: May 14, 2013 Byline: Sandy Smith)
Heller ’04 Writes First Biography of Architect Edmund Bacon (Source: The Wesleyan Connection Date: May 13, 2013 Byline: David Low)
Ed Bacon, In Perspective (Source: Hidden City Date: May 3, 2013 Byline: Nathaniel Popkin)
Greg Heller’s: Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia (Source: Philadelphia Weekly Press Date: May 1, 2013 Byline: Nicole Contosta)
Greg Heller’s: Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern Philadelphia (Source: Philadelphia Weekly Press Date: May 1, 2013 Byline: Nicole Contosta)
Author of Ed Bacon biography to speak at Center for Architecture (Source: Flying Kite Media Date: April 23, 2013 Byline: Greg Meckstroth)
Q&A: Spike Gjerde dishes on the local food supply chain (Source: Bmore Media Date: April 9, 2013 Byline: Julekha Dash)
In A 1930s Supermarket, Reinventing The Food Industry (Source: Hidden City Philadelphia Date: September 19, 2012 Byline: Hidden City Staff)
Center for Culinary Enterprises could Be a Game Changer in West Philly (Source: Naked Philly Date: January 23, 2012 Byline: Lou Mancinelli)
Food Fueling West Philly Project (Source: Hidden City Date: October 31, 2011 Byline: Rachel Hildebrandt)
Making It Local: Barriers to Success (Source: Metropolis Date: September 1, 2011 Byline: Elise Vider)
Culinary incubator sets the table for West Philly’s top food entrepreneurs (Source: Flying Kite Date: September 21, 2010 Byline: John Steele)
Enterprise Center plans culinary incubator in W. Philly (Source: Philadelphia Business Journal Date: August 16, 2010 Byline: Natalie Kostelni)
West Philadelphia: The Plan of The Center for Culinary Enterprise Source: Philadelphia Neighborhoods (Date: June 29, 2010 Byline: Kimberly Wood and Ashley Myers)
The Future is Now (Source: Philadelphia City Paper Date: December 16, 2009 Byline: Nathaniel Popkin)
Ed Bacon’s call for a post-oil economy (Source: Plan Philly Date: March 17, 2009 Byline: Thomas J. Walsh)
Reformers’ Roundtable SEPTA funding fight (Source: Metro Date: June 25, 2007 Byline: Josh Cornfield)

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