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If you lived in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood at any point before 2018, then you've surely heard of the Chocolate Factory on Washington Avenue. This property, covering a whole city block at 2101 Washington Ave., was known as such because Frankford Candy, the largest marketer of licensed confections and gifts in the
Read MoreWe admit it: we like the cold. There is something incredibly invigorating about feeling an icy wind whipping across snowbanks, all while overlooking a frosty riverfront. It's certainly not for everyone, but it can lead to some wonderful and beautiful moments, as solitude is much easier to find in the
Read MoreOh, Philadelphia, a place where you couldn't avoid history if you tried. Let's take for example what we assumed to be a fairly mundane situation: while making our way across town, we spied new construction happening at 1712 Christian St. and decided to make a pitstop to check it out.To
Read MoreWaaaaay back in 2011, we asked you to take a gander at 1731 Washington Ave., a stubby industrial building that was home to a commercial window and door business. At the time, we were extremely excited to share the news that the building would get demoed and replaced by a
Read MoreWe've been harping about Washington Avenue for over a decade, dreaming about its potential while lamenting just how much of that potential remains untapped. Don't get us wrong - the corridor has come a long way over the course of those years, with several new mixed-use buildings rising and new
Read MoreAt 2401 Washington Ave., beauty isn't exactly something that pops to mind at first blush. For over a century, the corner has looked a bit rough, with a dilapidated wood structure from the early 1900's giving way to a surface lot that saw little but piles of trash. There are
Read MoreBoy oh boy, has Washington Avenue undergone some changes over the last few years. With projects popping up all over the place and the newly paved (and partially safer) roads, the industrial-heavy past is slowly making a sharp turn toward a mixed-use future. One place where this change is very
Read MoreBreaking Ground on a Groundbreaking CHOP Research Building
2 November, 2022 | No Comments | Graduate HospitalIt was back in August when we told you about some exciting news regarding the newest project from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). This new tower, currently named the Schuylkill Avenue Research Building (SARB), will complement the existing Roberts Center and will provide a second structure to CHOP's growing
Read MoreProject at Former McDonald’s Will Fill a South Broad Gap
21 September, 2022 | No Comments | Graduate HospitalFast food restaurants are quickly going the way of the dinosaur in Center City, with the McDonald's that once stood at 914 S. Broad St. as a prime example of how tastes change. It was back in February of last year when we told you that this McDonald's, which had
Read MoreWay back in the Spring of 2014, we first told you about the plans from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to develop a campus on the eastern bank of the Schuylkill River, across from their sprawling University City campus. CHOP purchased the large parcel at 2716 South St. back in
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