A new development is in the works at the edge of Temple University's campus, brought to you by the same people behind the hotel development at the Legendary Blue Horizon. Mosaic Development Partners and Orens Brothers Real Estate, along with Metamorphosis Community Development Corporation, are breaking ground this month on
Read MoreThere's an empty lot on the southwest corner of 13th and Buttonwood Sts. that's currently on the market. The property measures nearly 30K sqft, and the asking price is $10M. Yikes.
According to the listing, the current owners applied for and received the necessary zoning variance to construct two residential towers
Read MoreLast week, the Fishtown Zoning Committee heard an application for a new single-family home at 1412 Frankford Ave., and the community did not give its support.
While we weren't at the meeting, we can think of a couple of reasons why the community probably wasn't on board. The zoning application is
Read MoreWe were at 18th and Market Sts. earlier today and noticed cones everywhere.
After an initial moment of confusion, we remembered hearing about the Complete Street program, a joint effort of the Center City District and the Mayor's Office of Transportation and Utilities. The creators of this program are proposing changes
Read MoreA reader tipped us off that St. Andrew Ukrainian Catholic Church at 425-29 Pine St. is on the market. Currently listed for $2M, this property was purchased about five years ago for $1.5M by a private investor who, for whatever reason, was unsuccessful redeveloping the property, and is now trying
Read MoreDo you enjoy beer? How bout music? Do you want to invest in your community? If you answered 'yes' to those questions, then Bloktoberfest is just what the doctor ordered.
In its previous two incarnations, Bloktoberfest took place in cramped quarters, on the 2000 block of Christian St., but this year,
Read More1401-03 E Moyamensing Ave. was most recently the address of The Witch, an American bistro, which lasted for a couple of years before closing a few months ago. The 1800 sqft. property has been on the market for about five months and is currently listed for $399K.
From what we can
Read MoreWe were heading north on 13th St. the other day and this construction site at 13th and Kater Sts. caught our eye. We shouldn't have been surprised- there's a ton of development activity in the immediate area, with a few new construction sites popping up recently. In recent weeks, we've
Read MoreHave you ever driven on the beginning of Passyunk Ave., the 600 block that runs between South and Bainbridge Sts.? You probably haven't, and you're not alone. Sure, there are some worthwhile businesses on that block, including Gnocchi, Cohen & Co. Hardware, and S&H Kabab House, but the one-block-long, two-way
Read MoreOld Wanamaker Middle School To Become New Student Housing
10 October, 2011 | No Comments | Temple AreaWay back in 2009, word came out that Bright Hope Baptist Church and the Goldenberg Group were partnering to redevelop the 4.6 acre former Wanamaker Middle School at 11th and Cecil B. Moore Ave. with the goal of creating about one-thousand housing units for Temple students, a neighborhood charter school,
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