The Three Buildings

Everything must go on Fabric Row, at least on the block just south of Bainbridge Street. A few months ago, we told you that Famous 4th Street Deli was listed for sale for $5M, in a listing that included the bricks of its home, the double wide building at the southwest corner of

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Former Dairy

The weather is getting nicer, which means that walking around town doesn't just have to be about getting from one place to another anymore. It's the perfect time of year to explore your neighborhood or some other parts of town that you don't know so well. And you'll probably find

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Looking East On Alter Street

Every now and then, we find ourselves on a block for the first time. And that's what happened today after we got a tip about some ongoing demolition on the 2500 block of Alter Street. This block is accessed from 26th Street but dead ends before it gets to 25th

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Beiler's Donuts

If you want to be a hero at work, one of the best ways is to show up with a dozen donuts from Beiler's. They're delicious, they're relatively inexpensive (11 bucks for a dozen!), and for some added comedy, the Fruity Pebbles donut has been known to provoke the occasional

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Spring Arts Point Homes To The Left, Vacant Land To The Right

Looking over the calendar for upcoming ZBA hearings, we spied a little project immediately next door to another project we recently covered. It was just a few days ago that we showed you the newest phase of Spring Arts Point, six homes now gettting framed out at the corner of

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Overhead View From A Couple Years Ago

The 2000 block of Gerritt Street has experienced some changes since we last visited about a year and a half ago. At that time, vacant lots outnumbered buildings and there was one new home under construction on the block.Today, there are six new homes on the block, with a few

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Garage On The 2000 Block Of Lombard

Parking sure is tough in Center City, and it could soon get tougher. You may recall, last month we told you that we had heard that developers were buying the parking garage on the 2000 block of Lombard Street and would close it by the end of the year. We

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A Home With Zoning Notices On Either Side

The development frontier seems to be expanding in South Kensington on a regular basis. We've seen new projects appear further and further west, recently checking in on a pair of projects near 6th & Jefferson, for example. On the 100 block of W. Berks Street, there's a significant residential project

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Looking North On W. College Ave.

Last fall, we discovered a newly vacant lot at 1228-32 W. College Ave., across from Girard College, where developers had recently demolished a row of buildings that had seen better, less stuccoed days. We told you to look out for a new by-right project at this address with 11 apartments

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Edward Corner Building

The Edward Corner building at the corner of Delaware Avenue and Shackamaxon Street has sat empty for as long as we can remember, a blighted link to the area's industrial past. Back in 2010, plans came and went to renovate the building and put a diner on the first floor.

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