
Lehigh Avenue is primed to see another addition in the near future, as developers have purchased 2046 E. Lehigh Ave., a building that's been used as an auto shop for the last couple decades. We can't really picture what this corridor was like when the building was constructed around 1950 as a
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It's been over a year since we last wrote about 1600 Carpenter St., also known as the Hoa Binh Plaza. For those that don't recall, this property runs all the way to Washington Avenue, but doesn't include the hard corner of 16th & Washington, for whatever reason. A warehouse was constructed
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Running between 2nd and 3rd Streets and connected by a pedestrian-only path, Liberties Walk arrived on the scene about fifteen years ago, around the time the Piazza was constructed across the street. It's sort of charming but also kind of disarming, with a Disney-ish prepackaged vibe that never really meshed with
Read MorePointy Building Coming Soon at 2nd & Germantown
29 September, 2020 | No Comments | Northern Liberties
If you've tried to travel down 2nd Street in Northern Liberties at any point in the last little while, you've probably had a hard time. It's a mess just south of Girard, where the street is closed as three sizable projects are all under construction at the same time. At 1115 N.
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You've probably driven past the corner of 5th & Wood a few times, but it's rather unlikely that you've ever found yourself there while on foot. That's because its location is deceptively remote, despite its Center City location. On three sides, the property is adjacent to highway onramps which connect
Read MoreCladding Comes Off the Old Leader Theatre on Lancaster Avenue
24 September, 2020 | No Comments | West Philly
Roughly three years ago, we drew your attention to the building at 4102 Lancaster Ave., noting the discount store on the first floor and the metal cladding covering the windows on the upper floors. Nothing about the building's appearance was especially notable, though the metal cladding's red white and blue color scheme did
Read MoreUnexciting Adaptive Reuse Planned For Huge South Kensington Parcel
23 September, 2020 | No Comments | South Kensington
The industrial history of South Kensington has a number of practical effects on the neighborhood's present. Most obviously, the area is home to numerous buildings that were once used for making stuff, and we've seen several of those former factories converted to residential or commercial uses over the last several
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In the spring, we asked you to take a look at 909 Corinthian Ave., noting that MM Partners purchased the five-story building in 2018 and renovated it into 22 apartments. We also shared some of the history of the property, noting that it dated back over a hundred years and was originally constructed as nurse
Read MoreHow Much of a Shoddy Looking Industrial Building Should Be Preserved?
21 September, 2020 | No Comments | South Kensington
Perhaps you've noticed, there's a building at 1700 N. Howard St. that looks generally awful, but if you look carefully at the former industrial building, you can tell it's got great bones. And indeed, it has a fascinating history, having been constructed about a decade after the end of Civil War, for use as
Read MoreDemolition at 19th & Bainbridge, With More Demolition on the Horizon
18 September, 2020 | No Comments | Graduate Hospital
Though it feels like seven years ago (thanks COVID), it was only seven months ago that we shared some upcoming development news for the southeast corner of 19th & Bainbridge. As we told you then, the Foreign Mission Board (FMB), a non-profit which operates numerous mission stations in Africa, the Caribbean, and
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