Attention Builders: Philadelphia to Host Greenbuild 2013
13 July, 2012 | No Comments |What would Philly be like if 30K sustainability-minded folks visited for a few days to talk about green efforts? Enter Greenbuild 2013.
Next year, The Greenbuild International Conference and Expo will take place in Philadelphia, officially hosted by the Delaware Valley Green Building Council (DVGBC). Since 2002, the world’s largest conference
Read MoreThe historically designated Church of the Assumption, located at 1123-33 Spring Garden Street, is under agreement, according to the website for realtors Colliers International.
Colliers director Michael Barmash told Naked Philly it was a sensitive issue and too early to release any further information, but according to the Inquirer, the new
Read MoreWe've covered these types of projects ad nauseum, but developers continue to build 'em. We're referring, of course, to new construction, privately owned student housing in the vicinity of Temple University. Recently, a couple of the projects we've brought to your attention have been perhaps a little further from campus
Read MorePhiladelphia Sheriff’s Office is An Embarrassment
12 July, 2012 | No Comments |Sometimes, we like to waste half a day at sheriff's sales. Mortgage Foreclosure, Tax Lien, Tax Delinquency, it doesn't matter the flavor, it's always the same shtick; a well air-conditioned room on the third floor of 3801 Market St. that's teeming with realtors, developers, contractors, speculators, slumlords, flippers, onlookers, and so forth,
Read MorePhiladelphia Named a Green Power
12 July, 2012 | No Comments |Philadelphians purchase almost 600 million kilowatt-hours (kwH) of renewable energy each year, the equivalent, according to a City press release, of removing 80,000 passenger cars from the road.
As such, Philly has been designated a Green Power by the EPA. It is the largest city in the country to receive said designation which requires
Read MoreA new housing development is being proposed for the edge of Old City, on a vacant lot at Front and Willow Streets (just north of Callowhill). The huge lot in question, 412 N Front St., sits on the western side of Front Street, and sits in the shadow of an onramp to I-95.
Read MoreA few months back, we told you about 1107 S 2nd St., a mixed-use building that was on the way on a stretch of 2nd Street that was notable for new construction houses as well as stalled construction. Take a look at the site back in February, as a new
Read MoreA few months ago, we reported that Cafe Bookz-n-Beanz filled a vacant coffee shop space at 10th & Carpenter in Bella Vista. Not long before that, we noted that Filter Cafe had taken over the very same space. It seems that at some point, between Filter converting to the colorful Bookz-n-Beanz, it was changed
Read MoreStarting in the mid-19th century and lasting for over one hundred years, Philadelphia’s garment sector boomed. The city was home to the so-called Big Six—the Milwaukee-founded Gimbels, the Pittsburgh-based Frank & Seder, and the Philly-based Wannamaker’s, Strawbridge & Clothier, Lit Brothers and Snellenburg’s. Of the four chains founded in Philadelphia, Snellenburg’s (more…)
Read MoreA reader tipped us off that two homes were in the process of being torn down on adorable Saint Albans Street, in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood. We went over and took a peek, and it's true- 2026 and 2028 Saint Albans St. are pretty much gone.
At least one if not
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