
In October, we told you about three homes in the works for the corner of York & Amber, having just noticed a hole in the ground on the corner. A few months, later, one home is framed out.
From what we hear, two more Postgreen homes are on the way in
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Over the summer, a new corner store opened on the corner of 20th & Carpenter, and soon after put up some signage that could generously be described as incredibly ugly.
Near neighbors, offended by the sight of the signs on a daily basis, worked with the owners of the corner store to
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A reader checked in the other day, wondering about a recent demolition of a long blighted home on 20th St., just north of Fairmount. Turns out, we told you that this was going to happen to 735 N 20th St. about a month ago.
Back in December, when we pointed out
Read MoreDuplexellence Should Be an Excellent Addition Near the El
18 January, 2013 | No Comments | South Kensington
Last week, we told you about a vacant lot on Thompson Street that was potentially getting twelve new residential units. Today, we have some info on a development a block away, just on the other side of the El, that's much further along.
Duplexellence is a new project at 110 W.
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A less talked-about provision of the new zoning code implemented at the end last summer is a new restriction on three story homes on blocks that predominantly feature two-story dwellings. For developers who wish to construct three story houses on two story blocks, the code requires an eight-foot setback on
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We were in the area and happened upon three new homes going up on the 2100 block of E. Hagert, pretty much across the street from Philadelphia Brewing Company. This was, until very recently, a vacant lot.
In the past
Now, however, there are three homes that are well on their
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When we last checked in on the 800 block of Opal Street in June, foundations were being dug for two new homes with a garage in the middle. We were in the area yesterday and the construction has definitely progressed.
As we told you back then, these homes were designed by
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We last checked in on the Northstar Point Breeze homes at 20th & Dickinson almost a year ago, when they had just been framed out. As you can probably guess, these affordable homes have been finished in the time that's passed, and have been on the market since April. All
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A large brick structure occupies half a block on 11th Street in the Bella Vista neighborhood, quietly serving as a conveniently located self-storage facility. While the nondescript building, bound to the northwest corner of 11th & Catharine, does nothing to distinguish the location today, history does attach to it some distinguished
Read MoreUpdate: Huge Project at 19th & Poplar Looks About Half Finished
17 January, 2013 | No Comments | Francisville
It's been a few months since we last checked in at 19th & Poplar, on the giant 35-unit project we first told you about over the summer. At that time, demolition was taking place on the site. In September, there was framing taking place. Today, the project looks to be
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