Update: Nine Homes Looking Likely at 6th & Fairmount
11 December, 2012 | No Comments | Northern Liberties
Nine single-family homes are slated to replace a warehouse that still has to be demolished at 6th and Fairmount Ave. Final designs will need to be tweaked and reviewed by members of the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association (NLNA) who supported the project during a return visit from 626 North Fifth Partners, a
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About a month ago, grocery-loving residents of the greater Center City area were abuzz with the news that a new, enormous Whole Foods would be opening at the Best Western site at 22nd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, replacing the store's too-small Callowhill location. Coming in 2017, the new market will
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Minor cleanup work has started inside the former Croydon Apartments located at 49th and Locust, according to Matt Barrabee of Orens Brothers. Orens Brothers is the developer poised to renovate the long vacant building once known as a squatter’s paradise into 127 one, two, and three-bedroom apartments.
Readers have noted in our comments
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Back in June, we told you about a project planned for 731 N. 20th St., a little home built as part of a PHA homeownership program a few decades back, that was to involve the home's demolition and replacement with a quadplex. One possible hiccup that we brought up at
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Over the summer, we brought a long-delayed project at 114-120 E Girard Ave. to your attention, noting that work had finally begun at the site after nearly five years of delays. Today, we bring you a little status update, revealing that work is moving along here as the months have gone
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Last September, we told you about unclear plans for 1500 Sansom Street, formerly home of Roy's Restaurant. We were in the area the other day, and realized that absolutely nothing has happened at this site (at least on the outside) in the last fifteen months.
The bricks below the windows were torn
Read MoreWhat’s Up With a Huge Vacant Lot on the Brewerytown Border?
8 December, 2012 | No Comments | Brewerytown
The other day, we told you about the residential conversion that's planned for the church on the northwest corner of 27th & Girard. While we were up there snapping photos, we were reminded of the presence of a huge vacant lot, located kitty corner to the soon-to-be-renovated church.
We've (clearly) noticed
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Over a year ago, we first told you about plans from Bright Hope Baptist Church and the Goldenberg Group to build a large mixed-use development on the 4.6 acre site of the former Wanamaker School at 11th and Cecil B. Moore. At the time, it was understood that the project would move forward in
Read MoreA Block of Lancaster Avenue Has Some Better Lighting on the Way
7 December, 2012 | No Comments | West Philly
The University City District (UCD) has been establishing itself as a major player in University City neighborhood relations. From the announcement of its recent plans to renovate the 40th Street Septa Trolley Portal, to their staff in leaf cleaning vehicles that travel the streets of West Philly via bike lanes, it’s hard
Read MoreStill More Change at the Corner of Frankford and Montgomery
7 December, 2012 | No Comments | Fishtown
We've written about the corner of Frankford & Montgomery a couple of times, first bringing three new buildings under construction to your attention last August. We returned to this intersection a year ago, telling you about a short-lived "casino" at 1802 Frankford Ave. that was pretty much doomed from the
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