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Septa's Germantown Station is located at 120-28 E. Chelten Ave., providing access to Chestnut Hill and Center City on the Chestnut Hill East Regional Rail line. If you hop off the train at this station and walk in either direction on Chelten Avenue, you'll see a mix of vacant lots

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There's a big empty lot at 1224 Frankford Ave. next to Frankford Hall which might be one step closer to being redeveloped this week, after the Civic Design Review committee recently gave their blessing to a less than straightforward proposal. Considering we've been wondering about this site for more than

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Philadelphia has experienced a development boom over the last twenty-five years, with hundreds of projects adding thousands of units and tons of commercial space, effectively transforming the city. That being said, we would posit that the greening of the eastern bank of the Schuylkill River from a barren post-industrial stretch

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Welcome to the Neighborhood is a mural by David Guinn at the bottom of the South Street Bridge, at the corner of 27th & South. This mural was painted in 2006, when the surrounding neighborhood was very much in transition and nearby Naval Square was only in the early stages

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There are many great restaurants in Philadelphia, and Friday Saturday Sunday is one of the best. It's such a culinary institution that it merits its own Wikipedia page. While plenty of acclaimed eateries might be tempted to coast on their reputation, a 2023 James Beard Award confirms that this Modern

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From a five story project next to Ridge Ave. to an old garage being replaced with 12 apartments, the stories keep on coming from Francisville. The latest example is a proposal to add a fourth floor atop the Green Hill Market House to convert the building to 20 apartments. Before

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As South Kensington has experienced a construction boom over the last decade plus, we've seen countless vacant lots and dilapidated buildings transform into new projects. After all these years, you might think there aren't any development opportunities left in this part of town, but that's simply not the case. Take

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1409-13 Fitzwater St. has been home to an auto shop since the 1960s, with a business called Mina Motors operating out of the triple-wide building for at least the last couple decades. This more or less made sense for many years, as auto shops were quite common in residential neighborhoods

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Just last week, we reported on a new five story mixed-use building replacing a home on Ridge Avenue in Francisville. Next on the docket in this neighborhood is a 12 unit apartment building which could succeed an old garage on the other side of Ridge. While the former was able

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Even after all these years of former textile factories being converted into apartment buildings in old manufacturing neighborhoods, there are still a decent number of conversion candidates remaining in Philadelphia. The latest empty plant slated for redevelopment is the former Oak Worsted Mills in North Philadelphia, which once manufactured menswear

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