This just in, from the shameless self-promotion department: OCF Realty is hosting a neighborhood cleanup in Point Breeze on Saturday, June 9th, at 11am, at Chew Park. But this will be no ordinary block cleanup. No, this one will feature (wait for it...) an educational component! Yes folks, before the

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Last week, we dropped by the Philadelphia Eagles Playground Build, this year at Comegys Elementary in Southwest Philly. This was the 16th annual playground build from the Eagles and the Eagles Youth Partnership, a non-profit entity associated with the Eagles that serves over 50K low income children every year.

The extremely

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A reader checked in, asking for some insight into why the new CVS going up at 22nd and South Streets will merely be a one-story structure. They wondered why additional density wasn't being considered for a corner that could, at the very least, handle another two stories. They were even kind

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A few months ago, we told you about the upcoming arrival of Shake Shack, a New York chain specializing in burgers and shakes ('natch) at the corner of 20th & Sansom. More recently, we brought this construction site to your attention again, noting the excellent and unexpected addition of greenery

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A reader checked in with us the other day, asking if we knew the deal with 1246 Frankford Ave., a long-time community garden that had recently been fenced off. We immediately had a flashback to the situation that recently developed at Triangle Park, where the property owner had erected a

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Last Fall, we brought the Spring Arts Condos to your attention, at the corner of 12th and Green Streets, across the street from the Institute. These four new construction units have not sold as of yet, and are still listed for sale, priced between $275K and $285K. When we first

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Note: We know that property tax talk is boring. Read this anyway, it's important.

As many of you have probably observed in terror, our fair city's leadership is currently endeavoring to fix our long-busted property tax system. Much has been made of the mayor's proposal to tuck a $94M tax increase to

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I’ve got rhythm. I’ve got music. Who could ask for anything more? How about eight artist-decorated pianos that anyone can play, set at various locations throughout University City?

Heart and Soul is an interactive public art exhibition coming June 7-17 from the folks at University City District (UCD), that seeks to combine performance and

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In January, we updated you on the progress of four homes on the 600 block of Poplar Street, on the edge of Northern Liberties. At the time, we speculated on the upper boundary for the pricing of these homes, guessing that people wouldn't pay much above $400K, given the location.

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In March, we speculated about a proposed ten-home development at 1235 Crease St., in Fishtown. Developers were, at the time, planning to build ten units, with five homes fronting Crease Street, and five additional homes fronting an interior courtyard of sorts. According to the very active comments section for that

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