Out With Garages, In With Condos on 2nd Street, Eventually
13 December, 2013 | No Comments | Northern Liberties
Eight or more condos along with ground-floor retail may soon fill another vacancy on the busy N. 2nd Street commercial corridor in Northern Liberties. Half a block south of the Piazza at 950-54 N. 2nd St., this project would replace an ugly garage and a strip of vacant land next
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A reader reached out the other day, wondering whether we had any news about 712-14 South St., most recently home to the Bottom of the Sea restaurant. The restaurant closed about a year ago, and was apparently headed to sheriff's sale as well. If you pass by today, you'll see
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About two and a half years ago, news first broke about plans for a new bar/restaurant at 780-782 S. 2nd St., an address that was formerly home to Il Villaggio. Stephen Simons, owner of the Khyber Pass Pub, Royal Tavern, and Cantina restaurants, had his eye on a Japanese gastropub
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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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