If you have a child who attends the Philadelphia School or you simply live in the neighborhood, you've definitely noticed the construction activity going on at the corner of 25th and Lombard Sts. throughout the summer. The school is re-imagining its entrance and its interaction with the street, and the

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In recent weeks, we've dedicated some digital ink to the area surrounding 4th and Brown Sts., discussing the new Four Squared development on the east side of 4th St., and mentioning a couple of gross looking, facade-less buildings on the west side. We'd like to mention one more building of

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We were in the neighborhood the other day and noticed some work going on at 603 Catharine St. From the looks of it, the house is being completely gutted. Being curious and a little forward, we stopped to ask the crew what they were up to. Turns out they had

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A reader asked us about a newish foundation they noticed on tiny Clymer St. in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood.

Clymer St. only runs for two blocks in the neighborhood. The 2000 block is almost exclusively for rear (and often parking) access for homes on the 2000 blocks of Fitzwater and St.

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Just a few weeks ago, we updated y'all about the progress at a ten home development at 19th and Catharine Sts. Whelp, the builders, Brickhouse Developers, are moving awfully quickly. The five eastern homes are fully framed, and the foundations are poured for the western side of the development. At

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With all the hoopla and hubbub surrounding the recently opened Superfresh at 2nd and Girard, it seems that the thousands of square feet of vacant commercial space on the first floor of the building have been sort of lost in the shuffle. We've heard some uninspiring rumors about T-Mobile, Starbucks,

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Back in May, we broke the news about Kaleidoscope, a new boutique coming to the former Matthew Izzo space at 151 N. 3rd St.  We hadn't been able to uncover many clues about the new spot, and none of our sources really knew what kind of place it was going to

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Philadelphia, along with nearly two-hundred other cities, will participate in Park(ing) Day today. Celebrated annually since 2005 in cities all over the world, Park(ing) Day participants repurpose metered parking spaces for a day, turning them into public spaces. Now in its fourth year in Philadelphia, local artists, architects, designers, and

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A reader tipped us off that a couple of buildings are currently being torn on the south side of Fairmount Ave., just west of 16th St. We went to check it out and found that two row homes that didn't look very well maintained are indeed being demo'ed by a

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As we mentioned a few months back, Brewerytown Living, the brainchild of the folks at MM Partners, is an online community that helps spread awareness about and build community in the Brewerytown neighborhood. Their next event, the Connie Mack Classic Wiffle Ball Tournament, will take place tomorrow at 1pm at

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