Point Breeze 

Point Breeze, a South Philadelphia neighborhood of uniform blocks of two-story homes, is experiencing development pressures that are leading to the intrusion of unsympathetic three-story houses as infill in otherwise intact blocks.  Brawer Hauptman + Larkin was hired by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia to assist the Point Breeze community in establishing a Neighborhood Conservation District that overlays zoning guidelines tailored to the specific issues of the neighborhood.  Mike Hauptman had co-authored the guidelines and led the adoption process for his own neighborhood, Queen Village, which became the first Philadelphia neighborhood to become an NCD. You can read the full report here.