
A couple of weeks ago, we checked in on 2300 South Street, letting you know that a continuation of the marathon ZBA hearing for this project would be taking place yesterday. In case you're new to the conversation, this project proposes the demolition of the current buildings on the southwest
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The continued retail redevelopment trend along Frankford Avenue is continuing to thrive. For the past year, beautiful looking bikes have been worked on at 1331 Frankford Ave. at the Hammarhead Industries motorcycle shop But now Hammarhead is out and a retail operation more suited to drawing passers-by has expanded into
Read MorePlanning Commission Gets it Right at 1601 Washington
11 December, 2013 | No Comments | Graduate Hospital
Back in May, we first told you about plans for a large new mixed-use development at 1601 Washington Ave., currently a portion of the parking lot for the Big 8 Supermarket. Then, over the summer, we had some additional info and elevations drawings to share after the developers presented to
Read MoreNaked Philly Site Redesign, Comin’ Atcha!
10 December, 2013 | No Comments |Naked Philly has been around for awhile now, and it's about time for us to do a little sprucing up. Today, we'll be launching a site redesign that's been over a year in the making. The site will look totally different, and will be much easier to navigate on mobile
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It seems that most of the projects we cover in Pennsport these days are major residential developments. A dozen homes here. Eight homes there. Another ten homes someplace else. But that doesn't mean that smaller projects aren't taking place as well. For example, a reader recently gave us the heads
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It was over two years ago that the former St. Clare’s Monastery was demolished at the corner of Corinthian & W Girard, with plans for some big new buildings to be constructed on the site. Though the developer demolished the old and handsome structures, we learned that they would be
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With development having about filled in Northern Liberties like a full connect four grid with nowhere else to go, we imagine we will see additional small retail spots pop up at different corner locations throughout the neighborhood in the near future. Two years ago, we told you about two vacant commercial
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Perhaps you've wondered about why you've never seen anyone coming or going from the PHA building on the 2000 block of Chestnut Street. Well, pretty soon you'll have to wonder no more. Because if we had to wager, we would bet that the building will be torn down in the
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On the southwest corner of Broad & Somerset, pretty much between Temple University and Temple Hospital, sits a very cool building. A couple of years ago, it contained a kitchen supply store and looked pretty awful. More recently, Broad Street Beer Distributor opened here, and cleaned up the building some.
Clearly,
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A couple of weeks ago, we told you about a new coat of paint at 20th & South, where Philly Cupcake had recently shut its doors after less than a year in business. At that time, we wondered how long it would take for the landlords to find a new
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