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Clinton Court is a five-story apartment building at the northeast corner of 10th & Clinton with more history and less luck than we ever realized. For a good chunk of the first half of the 20th century, the Clinton Hotel stood at this location, running from Clinton to Cypress Street

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Destination Maternity is, according to Wikipedia, the largest designer of and retailer for maternity clothes in the world. Somewhat surprisingly, Destination Maternity was based for years in Philadelphia, in a large building at 5th & Spring Garden. In 2013, the company moved to New Jersey, leaving a sizable hole in the

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The 2000 block of Fitzwater is a fine block with some of the larger homes in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood, and is also home to a community garden and a bagel shop at the corner. It's lined with three story homes on both sides of the street, and just about all

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Just yesterday, we told you about a court ruling that stated that developers could demolish the former home of the Painted Bride and replace it with a condo building with 16 units. Perhaps inspired by this news, a reader reached out to us with information about another potential project that's

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The Painted Bride Arts Center got its start in 1969, in a storefront on South Street which was previously a bridal shop (hence the name). The organization describes itself as a multi-disciplinary arts presenter, and it has presented a countless exhibits and performances over the years in the areas of music,

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It's as easy to miss Kauffman Street as it is to misspell its name (we keep forgetting that second 'f'). For those unfamiliar, Kauffman Street is an east-west street that's just south of Catharine. It's one of those baby streets that comes and goes across the city, running in Queen

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There's an old hosiery mill at 2400 E. Huntingdon St. which provides a neat connection to the industrial history of the neighborhood. Over the years, the uses of the buildings on the site changed, with an assembly plant (whatever that is), a printing shop, and a wood shop all operating out

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The property at 740 S. Broad St. has sat empty for the last couple decades, and as you might expect for such a prominently located parcel, there have been a few different proposals that have come and gone during those years. As we've previously covered, a third phase of Artisan Homes was planned here,

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We've never noticed the plumbing supply business at 2616 S. 18th St., just a few steps from Oregon Avenue. We confess, we don't spend so much time in Girard Estates, but even if we did, the nondescript stucco building at this address simply blends in, as if begging to be

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More decades ago than we can remember, Ridge Avenue was a vibrant neighborhood commercial corridor in Francisville, offering all sorts of necessities for folks that didn't have the time or the inclination to travel downtown. The Ridge Avenue Farmers Market, located at 1810 Ridge Ave., was by far the largest building on the

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