
Back in 2013, 200 N 16th St., a large office building also known as One Franklin Plaza, hit the market as a vacant property. The hulking modernist structure sits next to the equally hulking modernist Sheraton Hotel, both of which were built in 1980 as part of the early stages
Read MoreEdward Corner Building Renovation News, Now With Renderings!
20 October, 2016 | No Comments | Fishtown
Yesterday, we told you about a community meeting at which developers presented plans for the renovation of the Edward Corner building at 1100 N. Delaware Ave. and the construction of a new mixed-use building next door, and we told you that we'd provide renderings as soon as the CDR site
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Famous 4th Street Delicatessen has one of the more accurately descriptive names you'll ever see in the restaurant business. It is indeed on 4th Street, specifically where 4th Street hits Bainbridge at the top of Fabric Row. It's very much a deli, serving gigantic meat sandwiches and baking all sorts
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It was three and a half years ago that we first brought the Edward Corner building at 1100 N. Delaware Ave. to your attention, wondering when development would catch up to this relic of a bygone maritime age. We learned about the 2010 plan to renovate the building and create
Read MoreConstruction on Tulip Street Past Allegheny?
19 October, 2016 | No Comments |
We did not see this one coming. We were perusing the ZBA calendar the other day and noticed 3315 Tulip St. among the properties on the list. Upon further examination, we discovered that a developer had purchased this 15K sqft parcel about a year ago for just under $300K and
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The other day, we were excited to share the news that a row of vacant lots on Amber Street near Frankford Avenue could be redeveloped, but a reader comment gave us the indication that the proposal isn't coming to fruition. Fear not, it seems a new project will soon emerge
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Community groups are the straw that stirs the drink in many neighborhoods, providing services to residents, organizing cleanups, and dealing with all of the aggravation that zoning meetings entail. This and more could certainly be said about the Northern Liberties Neighbors Association, which will be celebrating its 40th anniversary tonight
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A mixed-use building at the corner of 16th & Lombard probably isn't long for this world, as there's a proposal on the table to tear it down and replace it with something much taller. 1601-03 Lombard St. is a double-wide building that has been used most recently as a day
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The past year or so has brought a whirlwind of change to 5th Street in South Kensington, and since it all seems to be going pretty well, how about a little bit more? Over just a few days during the summer of 2015, we told you about two major projects
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It has come to our attention the a row of vacant lots in the Callowhill neighborhood could soon get developed, pretty much around the corner from the office/creative space reuse project we told you about the other day. Developers purchased 430-444 N. 9th St. earlier this year, paying half a million
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