In Passyunk Square

The Broad St. Diner, at the corner of Broad and Ellsworth Sts., will apparently live once more after having been closed for the past several years. As we learned yesterday from Michael Klein, Michael Petrogiannis, the gentleman who owns the Melrose along with several other diners, will be running the
Read MoreWhat’s Up with the Warehouse at 12th and Wharton Sts.?
3 August, 2011 | No Comments | Passyunk Square
If you find yourself near Passyunk Square (the park itself, not the neighborhood named after it), you might notice a large warehouse on the northwest corner of 12th and Wharton Sts.
While no one has recently mistaken Passyunk Square for Rittenhouse Square, it does seem strange for this large, seemingly vacant
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This 3 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom new rehab offers about 1400 sqft. of living space. The first floor includes a living room, dining room, powder room, and eat-in kitchen with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, and a tile backsplash. On the second floor are two large bedrooms and one smaller bedroom,
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If you've found yourself near Geno's Steaks at any point in the past several years, perhaps you too have been surprised to notice an abandoned-looking building, sealed by L&I. While there are countless buildings that look just like it all over town, one simply does not expect to see so
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This building, right across from El Jarocho (mmm... that pink salsa...) contains the bones of an old-timey pharmacy on the first floor and apartments on the second and third floors. In 2009, the owners went before the ZBA to propose the addition of a 4th story stair tower and two
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This warehouse on the corner of 12th and Latona Sts. has been on the market for years and vacant for longer than that. Sitting on a 14,500 sqft. lot, a developer could either rehab the existing building for condos (unlikely) or construct as many as a dozen new townhouses on
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This newly rehabbed 2 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom house has about 1000 sqft. of living space right around the corner from E. Passyunk Ave. On the first floor is a powder room and a kitchen with quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, a skylight, and a cool looking farmer's sink. On the
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On a huge city owned lot at 921-27 Ellsworth St., councilman Frank DiCiccio has proposed the construction of a 64-unit building for affordable senior housing, according to Plan Philly. The parcel is 22,000 sqft., and faces parking lots off of Washington Ave. in the rear. Its frontage on Ellsworth St.
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This 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom house includes over 1100 sqft. of living space over three stories. There are window boxes outside of the house, and a vestibule upon entering, to maintain internal temperature. Kitchen is a nice size but is not high end, and is separated from the living room
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1843-45 E. Passyunk Ave., the building that has held the King of Jeans for many years, is on the market for $800K. The current owner, Izak Farbiarz, paid his taxes in 2011 but neglected to do so in 2008-10, meaning the property is currently tax delinquent for about
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