
Every few weeks, it seems that there's another residential development to tell you about in Point Breeze. But to this point, relatively few new businesses have sprung up in the area to take advantage of the swelling ranks of folks looking for a bite to eat or a tasty beverage
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A couple of years ago, we wondered about a vacant commercial space at the corner of 3rd & Catharine. Most recently home to a software company, this corner may soon be home to a new coffee and crepe shop, the third coffee shop in a roughly two block radius. Despite
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Not even two months ago, we told you that Fishtown's Little Baby's Ice Cream would be opening a second retail location at 4903 Catharine St., right next to Cedar Park. As you surely already know, this commercial stretch has seen plenty of new businesses open in the last couple of
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A year ago, we first told you about Weccacoe Flats, a three-unit project planned for 817-19 S. 5th St. in Queen Village. Brought to you by the folks who built Bancroft Green, the flats replace two homes that were built nearly two-hundred years ago, but have been vacant for quite some time.
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Over the past couple of years, we've written several times about Triangle Park, a green space that sprung up at the intersection of E. Passyunk Avenue and Christian and S. 6th Streets a few years ago. This triangular lot was a gas station for decades, then it sat vacant, then
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In 2010, Laurissa Kuehn and Carlos Cardenas purchased 2231 Montrose St., a two-story home on an adorable Graduate Hospital block. A few years later, the couple find themselves outgrowing this two-bedroom, one-bathroom home and facing a choice between expanding the home they've come to love or moving out, perhaps out
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As a Comcast customer, you can handle most account matters online or over the phone. But if you ever need to return an old cable box, make payment in person, or just give them a piece of your mind with the help of dramatic facial expressions, you need to visit a
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In recent weeks, we've mentioned several new projects coming to South Kensington, both of the large and small variety. We told you about Soko Lofts, an over-three-hundred-unit mixed-use development coming to 2nd & Thompson. We gave you the heads up about five new homes coming to 7th & Thompson. And we
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18 April, 2013 | No Comments | Point Breeze
As the development activity continues in the Point Breeze neighborhood, it's continuing to spread to the south and to the west. We came upon two projects on the 2300 block of Federal Street the other day, around the corner from six homes that were built in the last couple of
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It’s been over a year since we first told you about it, but now it's official: a new Fine Wine and Good Spirits is coming, likely by midsummer, to 43rd & Chestnut in University City. Two spots in a shopping center that were last occupied by a check cashing store and Risque
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