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Twenty years ago, 901 N. Penn St. was a huge vacant lot on the Delaware waterfront which was previously home to Riverfront Restaurant & Dinner Theater and before that, a short-lived old-timey faux-historical concept called Philadelphia 1700. Things changed dramatically in 2004, as work began on Waterfront Square, a five-tower

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The saga continues at the northwest corner of 16th & Washington. Let's look back to... good Lord, ELEVEN YEARS AGO, when there was a proposal for the superman-logo-shaped property at 1601 Washington Ave. for a mixed-use building with 35 units over commercial. This project got a zoning variance, but the

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Folks, we know that real estate development news isn't your top news priority today. But real estate development in Philadelphia doesn't rest. And while this might not be the talk around the water cooler (real or virtual), we still feel compelled to share news that potentially portends progress on a

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If you're anything like us, you enjoy Philadelphia sports teams, real estate development, and an occasional cold beer. Today we have a story that speaks to two of those passions, as we turn our gaze to the northwest corner of 17th & Fairmount. You might have some familiarity with this

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We don't make our way to Packer Park all that much, mostly because this neighborhood doesn't see all that much construction activity these days. That's a dramatic shift from the relatively recent past, of course. As you may or may not know, huge swaths of this neighborhood were occupied by

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It's not secret that Fishtown, East Kensington, and South Kensington have collectively experienced an explosion in development over the last decade plus. And this development boom made sense, for a host of reasons. Rising prices in Northern Liberties pushed buyers and renters to look for less expensive options, but folks

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We've told you in the past, but we'll remind you anyway: CHOP wasn't always located in West Philadelphia. The move to its current location happened only fifty years ago; and for an organization that dates back to 1866, that's only about 30% of its history spent on the other side

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Waaaaaay back in 2012, we told you about plans for the creation of a superblock in Mantua, combining the four square blocks encompassed by 36th Street, 38th Street, Haverford Ave., and Wallace St., which was to be occupied by a suburban-style supermarket and a sea of surface parking. This plan

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On this Monday evening of a holiday week, perhaps you'll unwind from a busy day at the office with a glass of wine. And maybe, as you're sipping a fine Cabernet or Merlot, you'll daydream about a long ago trip to wine country, and an unforgettable glass of wine you

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Here's a rare case of a Naked Philly story taking things a bit too literally: a reader reached out the other day, giving us the heads up about a somewhat notorious property that's currently for sale. 1900 S. Columbus Blvd. probably isn't an address that immediately sparks any recognition. If

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