
According to a couple of different sources, Lorraine Hotel LP, owners of the Divine Lorraine building as well as the large lot to its rear, are on the verge of selling off the building. The agreement, with an unknown buyer, will be contingent on separating the land that the building
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The ten-home project at 19th and Catharine Sts., which we've been keeping tabs on for nearly a year, continues to chug along. The first five homes, which front Dorrance St., appear to be nearing completion. The second series of homes, fronting 19th St., just started going up this week.
The homes in
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It seems appropriate, on the day after E.M. Stanton and Isaac Sheppard Elementary were spared closure by the SRC, to wonder about the fate of the former George W. Childs School. Located at 17th and Tasker Sts. in Point Breeze for over a century, the school moved to 16th and Wharton Sts.
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Last fall, we wondered about the fate of the building that last held The Witch, a short-lived neighborhood bar in Pennsport. At the time, the property, 1401 E. Moyamensing Ave., was on the market for $399K. It seemed like a decent enough location that could probably hold a successful business, with
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Last May, we told you about the first supermarket coming to Brewerytown in almost two decades. But that project was delayed due to a lack of funding.
Now, it’s back on track. Today, at noon, at 31st & Girard, state and local officials, members of local civic groups, and developers will break out
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In November, we told you about the ongoing construction at 838-840 N. 20th St., where Dottie Properties LLC was replacing an overgrown vacant lot with a pair of single family homes. Let's take a walk down memory lane, shall we?
As you might imagine, both homes have been completed in the past few
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Almost a year ago (wow, how time flies), we told you about Queen's Walk, a sixteen-home development under construction at the corner of 5th and Montrose Sts., formerly the site of a dessert topping manufacturer. At the time, the development consisted of wood framing and some foundations.
As the past ten
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A reader tipped us off to a new house being built on the corner of Lawrence & Tasker Sts., which we confirmed earlier today. This site was a vacant lot for many years, owned by the city since 2004. For a vacant, city owned lot, it didn't look so terrible...
As
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Over the past several months, some empty lots at the corner of 26th and Montrose Sts. have been transformed into three fancy new homes, still under construction.
The three homes, built by Oh Hoo Ho and Oh Eun Young, are at the end of Montrose St. on this side of the river,
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Walking down memory lane the other day, childhood days spent at the Philadelphia Zoo came to mind, making us feel all warm and fuzzy. Sure, it's been many years since we rode a pony or teased the monkeys at the Zoo, but the place still has a special place in
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