Sushi Coming to Historic Building on Walnut St.
31 October, 2011 | No Comments | Washington Square West
The University Club building at 1316 Walnut St. was built in 1887 and designed by Wilson Eyre, who we wrote about back in August. Most recently containing a camera shop on the first floor, the historic property was on the market for awhile and was purchased by Jason Real Estate
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Over the weekend, we spotted an unusual looking rehab ongoing at 1523 Ellsworth St.
According to the zoning application, developers Urban Real Estate Investments, who purchased the property about a year ago for $70K, are adding a one-story addition to a two story portion, a two story addition to a one
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In July, 2006 hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze for hours at 1222 Locust St. By the time the fire was doused at the Lincoln Apartments Building, designed in 1892 by George H. Fettus, a contemporary of Frank Furness, five floors of apartments had collapsed like a V in the
Read MoreWhat Will Happen to Prince’s Fairmount 1500?
30 October, 2011 | No Comments |
This past week, we showed you renderings of a new thirty unit residential development at 1424 Fairmount Ave. What we didn't mention is the nuisance bar immediately next door, Prince's Fairmount 1500 Lounge, located on the corner of 15th and Fairmount Ave.
Prince's, aside from being located in an amazing, old-timey
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A few months ago, we wrote about the anticipated reopening of the Trestle Inn, a former go-go bar at the southeast corner 11th and Callowhill Sts. The bar opened a couple of weeks ago, keeping the old name and the go-go dancers, too. The new place, owned by Ian Cross
Read MoreFour Houses on the Way at the Corner of Lawrence and Poplar
29 October, 2011 | No Comments | Northern Liberties
Developer PH Properties is building four houses at 424-28 Poplar St. in Northern Liberties. They broke ground in the past week or so, and we spotted the formwork for the foundations today.
Once built, the homes will be of the single-family variety and will have rear access garages. There will be
Read MoreFormer Corner Store Being Rehabbed in Graduate Hospital
28 October, 2011 | No Comments | Graduate Hospital
We got a tip from a reader about a rehab at 2154 Webster St., a run-down former store across the street from the Sidecar Bar & Grille. We took a look at this property a few years back, and the inside was pretty much in the condition you'd expect, looking
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At Front & Girard, in a former KFC that looks like it was once on fire, a 7-11 will soon welcome customers with slurpees and weird hot dog varieties.
It's perhaps not the most intuitive addition to this area, which is seeing tremendous residential and retail development from local builders and
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Continuing our coverage of the boom in Francisville, we've spotted a new foundation on the way at 812-14 N. 15th St.
According to the zoning application, the developer is consolidating two lots into one large six-family home with no parking. Though we don't know what the new building will look like,
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As we've mentioned in the past, the Philadelphia Department of Public Property is selling off a small number of individual lots and vacant buildings owned by different city departments. One such lot, 1121 Catharine St., was purchased about a year ago for $65,100 by Metro Titan Acquisitions.
The lot had some
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