
Several readers have reached out to us, wondering about some slow moving construction at the southwest corner of 22nd & W. Passyunk. Some folks might remember that a Goodwill store was located for years at 2334 S. 22nd St., but the store closed a few years ago and no other
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Over the course of the last year, an addition has sprouted on the building at 1334 Bainbridge St. and now it's extremely noticeable from South Broad Street. We're... not loving how it looks, at least at this point.New addition as viewed from S. Broad StreetWe actually covered this property once
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We've always kinda had a thing for 514 Fitzwater St., one of the more unique structures in Queen Village. Perhaps you've noticed it in your travels around town, it's really pretty striking with its painted bricks, colorful cornice, and use of tile and ice cube windows on the first floor.
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For a block that's a bit off the beaten path, we sure have visited the 2500 block of Montrose Street a bunch of times over the years. It was back in 2011 that we first brought you to this block to tell you about plans for a project called Montrose
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A couple of readers emailed us this week, giving us the heads up that developers have purchased the property at 1300 S. Front St., a 35K sqft parcel that had been home to the Freda Meats for as long as we can remember. The property is massive, taking up over
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Until a couple of years ago, the 4000 block of Chestnut Street boasted four nearly identical pairs of Italianate twins designed by Thomas H. Powers and built shortly after the Civil War. A little over a year ago, University Realty demoed the buildings at 4042-44 Chestnut St. and have since built a
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News flash, Ridge Avenue is changing. Okay, this isn't as much a news flash as it is a reminder of the drum we've been beating for several years. But just because it's old news doesn't mean it's irrelevant or not worth mentioning regularly. After all, some blocks on Ridge have
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We were cruising down Fabric Row the other day and spotted an orange sign at 768 S. 4th St., a building at the corner of 4th & Fulton. We'd have to imagine that a fabric store of some kind once made its home on the first floor of this building,
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Though East Girard has gotten much of the press over the last few years, West Girard has experienced serious growth as well, most notably with the opening of the supermarket a five years back at 2nd Street. Aside from that large project that included the market, we've seen many existing
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Compared to the pace of construction from a few years ago, there's not much development happening in the neighborhoods around Temple these days. You can probably chalk that up to a combination of a shrinking supply of vacant land and a growing supply of new student housing which could translate
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