Twice now, we've brought your attention to the 4000 block of Baring St.- first to 4001 and 4011 Baring St. which together account for 25 new residential units, and then to 4032 Baring St., a new triplex on the corner of Preston and Baring Sts.

Now, three more lots, 4006-10 Baring

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The Museum Towers at 1801 Buttonwood St. in Center City offer city views that could be taken as photographs and hung on walls in slim quarters. Now its owners, Forest City, have plans to develop Museum Towers II.

Towers II would mean the erection of a similar 16-story building, according to Logan Square Neighborhood

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Back in June, we brought 1201 S. 21st St., a blighted building on the southeast corner of 21st and Federal Sts., to your attention. The one-story, former laundromat, has been owned by Young Lae Song since 1992, when he purchased it for $2,500.

According to the Zoning Application that we recently noticed,

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It was supposed to relocate to its new home this fall, then maybe by the New Year. An email was sent to members and news posted online that it would happen on February 1st.

Now, the opening date for the new Mariposa Co-op site, at 4824 Baltimore Ave. in West Philly, has been moved

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We were in the neighborhood the other day, and noticed some construction activity at 1538-40 Ogden St., in the form of formwork. This is immediately next door to the rear of the future home of the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale, which we told you about over the summer.

The developers, Ogden

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Perhaps most commonly noticed as the building next door to the shuttered Letto Deli, the Gramercy Building, located at 210 S. 13th St., has recently undergone a significant renovation. The six story building was constructed in 1915, and designed by Clarence Eaton Schermerhorn.

Developer Leo Korein, Pinard Architects, and contractors Marc Kaman

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The other day, when we snapped some photos of the ongoing construction of the new Family Court Building, we caught an in-person glimpse of Grumman Greenhouse for the first time.

Artist Jordan Griska has taken a decommissioned Grumman Tracker II, a Cold War era submarine bomber, and bent the nose of the

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At the corner of Juniper and Chancellor Sts., a historic building has sat vacant for the past few years.

Most recently a divey gay bar/club called Key West, the former carriage house has a fascinating history, according to Philly Bricks. The building, constructed in the mid-1860's, was converted to architectural offices

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A couple of weeks ago, a developer went before the ZBA with plans for three new construction homes at 1417-21 Fitzwater St., in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood. After an initial proposal to SOSNA to have the homes set back from the street to accomodate two parking spaces, the revised plan

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Last week, we lamented the conditions on Washington Ave., west of Broad St. as we hoped that NextFab Studio would help shake things up. Washington Ave. to the east of Broad St., while certainly not Shangri-La, interacts considerably better with the neighborhoods that surround it. There are active businesses on

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