
Infill. Infill. Knock down the garage and put up a new building.That's a refrain it seems we're hearing at least once a month in Fishtown these days. The latest tune refers to plans to knock down a one-story garage at 958 Shackamaxon St. and in its place construct a four
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Over the weekend, we were relaxing in Rittenhouse Square and developed a healthy thirst. Searching for a bottle of water, we made our way to Walnut Street, but stopped dead in our tracks when we came upon 1720 Walnut St., home to a Cosi for as long as we can
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A little over a year ago, we brought the Sedgley apartment building, located at 45th & Pine, to your attention. Back then, the castle-like structure was in the very early stages of a renovation which would see the interior gutted and rebuilt, and the exterior worked on as well. A little
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Today, we passed by a new home that's under construction at 503 S. 23rd St., less than a block from Catharine Thorn Park.Current viewInterestingly, it seems like the property is owned by a church with a mailing address in DC, which has owned the property since 1997. That remains the
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Redevelopment in Fishtown has officially reached the border, as developers continue to look to build near Aramingo Ave., which is like a gateway of sorts to Northeast Philadelphia.Recently, Fishtown Neighbors Association supported developers plans' to create two lots from one and to build two single-family homes at 2618-22 E York St., a
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The Graduate Hospital neighborhood has easy access to Center City, close proximity to South Street West, and a great community. One of the complaints we hear from people in that area, though, is that there isn't enough commerce inside the neighborhood itself. SOSNA, the local community group, is trying to
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About a decade ago, we moved into a house a block away from Pat's and set upon exploring our new neighborhood. We quickly discovered and fell in love with a new bar called Pub on Passyunk East, which had just opened its doors at Passyunk & Dickinson. And it wasn't
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We were traveling on Frankford Avenue the other day and spotted a Liquor License Application that we hadn't noticed before. But for some reason, 2519 Frankford Ave. felt familiar to us. And then it hit us. We wrote about this building before! Years ago!Back in 2011Back then, the friendly looking
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Over the past year in Passyunk Square there has been a push of redevelopment, mostly infill. But some of its has been for readaptive purposes like plans to convert the former Kingdom Hall at Jehovah's Witness building on the 1200 block of Federal Street into new apartments. A couple blocks away,
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For over a hundred twenty years, Saint John the Evangelist Episcopal Church proudly stood on the northwest corner of 3rd & Reed. And a year ago, we visited the site as a crew demolished the gorgeous old building, which was coming down in favor of a new twelve-home development dubbed
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