Update: 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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A reader tipped us off that a developer had finally broken ground at 2301 Montrose St., a former vacant lot previously owned by PHA for many years. Zoning approval came from SOSNA and the ZBA over a year ago.
When complete, the snug home will have 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms over
Read MorePlans for a burned out warehouse site in northern liberties
16 January, 2013 | No Comments | Northern Liberties
Last July, a fire destroyed the blighted warehouse that occupied part of 1108-30 N. Front St. Previously owned by Tower Investments, Wilmington based 1118 Front Street LLP purchased the property in September with plans for redevelopment. They first presented plans for 30 three-story homes to NLNA in November, though some criticism arose about parking
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A reader recently tipped us off about the still-being-planned Philadelphia Wax Museum, a tribute to Philadelphia's most famous and influential. The vision behind the museum is, as you may imagine, to represent such luminaries as William Penn, Bill Cosby, and Reggie White in full-sized waxy glory to educate visitors about their
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A month ago, a large warehouse at 2nd & Wharton caught fire, ruining a couple of neighboring properties and causing dozens of neighbors to spend their afternoons watching the building burn while standing in the street.
A couple of weeks ago, we believe the City stepped in, demolishing about half of
Read MorePennsylvania 6 Is Coming Soon to Former Tweed Space
16 January, 2013 | No Comments | Washington Square West
A year and a half ago, we gave you the rundown on the extremely sketchy disappearance of Tweed from their popular and well appointed Wash West location. For nearly a year, the space at 114 S. 12th St. sat vacant, with little activity to speak of; that is until Michael
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Just the other day, the good people at Plan Philly (in partnership with Azavea) released a cool new web tool called License to Inspect. We took a few minutes to mess around with it, and we've got to say it's a welcome addition to our own toolbox, trying to understand the
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University City, University City. Oh how there’s so much building these days in your part of town. When the projects are finished, it will mean a new Market Street west of 30th Street Station. One that area administrations have dreamed about for decades.
First, there’s the new Drexel business school. This past
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Almost exactly a year ago, we first told you about plans for NextFab Studio, “a membership-based, high-tech workshop and prototyping center,” to move from West Philly to an old warehouse at 2025 Washington Ave.
In case you don't recall and don't feel like going back and reading our well-written and informative original
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For the 5100 block of Chester Ave. in West Philly, Farm 51 could represent an important marker in the rebuilding process for a block.
A few years ago, the northwestern side of the 5100 block of Chester featured run down homes and a few vacant lots. Before one of those lots
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