Three New Homes Coming to Long Vacant Point Breeze Lot
20 February, 2013 | No Comments | Point Breeze
If you read this blog with any sort of regularity, you know that we cover tons of development on the northern end of the Point Breeze neighborhood. Despite the dozens of new homes that have been built in the area in recent years, there is still quite of a bit
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A reader gave us the heads up recently about 440 Belgrade St., a new home that was recently constructed on a formerly vacant lot. We swung by the property recently, and we will admit it's like nothing we've ever seen.
The extra-wide three bedroom home also has two full and two
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We were in the area the other day, and moseyed on down one of Northern Liberties' narrowest streets to check out some development on display. 1018 and 1020 N. Leithgow St. were previously vacant lots, but now they contain two rather tall framed out homes with garages.
1018-28 N Leithgow St.
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As the months have gone by, we've been peeking in the windows every couple of weeks to check on the progress of the new Honey's Sit 'n Eat planned for the northwest corner of 21st & South. Today, we walked by the long-awaited commercial space, and were surprised to see
Read MoreExcitement and Concern for a Point Breeze Cafe Coming Soon
18 February, 2013 | No Comments | Point Breeze
Point Breeze generally doesn't see many new businesses opening up. Remember, we were stoked when a dry cleaner (currently closed, reopening next month under new management) opened a year ago at 16th & Federal. So you can only imagine our surprise and excitement when we read Meal Ticket's report that
Read MoreMore AVI Analysis: Land is Apparently Worthless in Philadelphia
17 February, 2013 | No Comments |
With the release of the 2014 assessed home values by the Office of Property Assessment, we now have an idea of what property taxes will look like next year across the city. And in many neighborhoods, it ain't pretty. You can check on your neighborhood, using the Axis Philly AVI
Read MoreEarly AVI Analysis Tells Us that Assessors Know How to Use Google Maps
16 February, 2013 | No Comments |
We are disappointed and bummed out.
Yesterday, the Office of Property Assessment released 2014 property assessments, with an eye toward the novel idea of taxing properties in this town based on what they're worth. We took a look at a random sampling of data from the new assessments, and we did discover improved fairness across the board.
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Last May, we checked in on the old, gross warehouse at the corner of 12th & Latona, and were excited to discover that it had been demolished at last. At that time, the new mixed-use building across the street, built by the same developer, looked like it was nearing completion.
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The story of how I-95 cut a gash through Philadelphia starting in the 1960s is not just a single tale of eminent domain. The superhighway is best anthologized through the various neighborhoods and industrial work sites that disappeared thanks to its construction. This post is the first in an ongoing
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When we checked in on the intersection of York & Amber last month, a new home had recently been framed out on the corner, with the promise of two more homes to come. We stopped by the corner again the other day, and saw that promise fulfilled.
As you can see, the
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