In Northern Liberties

We were in the area the other day, and moseyed on down one of Northern Liberties' narrowest streets to check out some development on display. 1018 and 1020 N. Leithgow St. were previously vacant lots, but now they contain two rather tall framed out homes with garages.
1018-28 N Leithgow St.
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The 1100 blocks of N. Howard St. and N. Hope St. have come up repeatedly on this site over the past year, mostly due to the Residences at H3, a large project that's brought twenty new homes to these blocks. As those homes have apparently been completed, we've seen some
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Developers and members of the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association (NLNA) have compromised on a project that will turn a building that some considered a nuisance property into nine residential units.
338-40 Brown St. and 723-25 N. 4th St. most recently hosted Media Bureau, a company that produced film and music as well as hosted some (occasionally loud
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About a year ago, we told you about plans for two duplexes at 410-12 Olive St., in Northern Liberties. Well, the project has been built, but it appears to have changed considerably since then.
From what we can tell, the developer made a significant compromise through NLNA and agreed to reduce
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Back in August, we first told you about a plan for twenty-two new homes on 5th Street in Northern Liberties. We were in the area the other day, and can tell you that there has been quite a bit of progress on this project, with many of the homes already
Read MoreUpdate: Two New Homes on Lawrence Street Slooowly Happening
30 January, 2013 | No Comments | Northern Liberties
Last March, we told you about two homes replacing two vacant lots at 949-51 N. Lawrence St., in Northern Liberties. Typically, when we share info about projects like this, we expect them to be in the ground a couple of months later, with framing after that, and the homes going
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Last week, we briefly mentioned progress on the Stable Flats project, across the street from a garage that will soon turn into a salon. We first mentioned this project last spring, and and in that time it's progressed from foundations to the assembly of three modular units, and the name
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In the summer of 2011, a highly anticipated new Superfresh opened on the second floor of a large new building at the corner of 2nd & Girard. Just north of the Piazza, this new structure was not only supposed to give Northern Liberties its much-needed new supermarket, but also a
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We got the heads up from a reader that a zoning notice had recently gone up at 1109 N. American St., a kind of disgusting looking garage building immediately to the north of One Shot Coffee and across the street from the progressing Stable Flats project. We took a wee
Read MorePlans for a burned out warehouse site in northern liberties
16 January, 2013 | No Comments | Northern Liberties
Last July, a fire destroyed the blighted warehouse that occupied part of 1108-30 N. Front St. Previously owned by Tower Investments, Wilmington based 1118 Front Street LLP purchased the property in September with plans for redevelopment. They first presented plans for 30 three-story homes to NLNA in November, though some criticism arose about parking
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