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We're big proponents of attending community zoning meetings, as it helps you understand what's coming to your neighborhood and provides you with a forum to comment on projects that might have a direct impact on your life. Sometimes though, this practice might result in you sitting for hours in a

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If you've lived in the neighborhood for any amount of time, you've probably bought a six pack and a lousy slice of pizza at Omega Pizza on the northeast corner of 22nd & South. If you're a fan of the place you probably want to get there quickly, because it

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Yesterday, we told you about plans for an addition at 2108-10 Walnut St., currently a four story brownstone and a surface parking lot. We told you that the developers, along with architects from Cecil Baker + Partners, got approval from the Historical Commission and opposition from CCRA, and ultimately withdrew their application before

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Developers have their eye on an old brownstone at 2108 Walnut St. and the vacant lot next door which has been used as a surface parking lot for many decades. We actually covered this building at one point a few years ago after a spa moved out of the first floor

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It's been a couple of years since we last checked in on 1703-05 Pine St., and the passing time has made quite a difference. Back in 2013, we brought this property to your attention, wondering how the former home of Rittenhouse Cleaners could be sitting vacant and looking so awful.A

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Nobody would argue the point that Delancey Street in Center City is one of Philadelphia's ritziest addresses, which makes the perpetual blight at the corner of 18th & Delancey all the more striking. We first brought 325 S. 18th St. to your attention almost five years ago, but we've had

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A number of readers have reached out in recent weeks, noticing increased construction activity at the northwest corner of 22nd & South and wondering what's going on. Some history- L2 restaurant made its home here for over fifteen years, closing in 2013. In the summer of 2014, we heard rumblings that

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Another day, another mansion project. Just yesterday, we showed you renderings of the four homes planned on 3rd Street, next to the historic Salvation Army building in Society Hill. Today we turn our attention to Fitler Square, where developers have purchased 235 S. 24th St., a building that housed Penn

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As the weather has improved and your inclination to stroll around town has grown, perhaps you've noticed that the northeast corner of 16th & Walnut is now a construction site. After bricks from the adjacent building crashed through the roof of Lululemon at 1527 Walnut St. a little over a year

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Today of all days would be a lousy day to visit Schuylkill River Park, but it's been a mild enough winter that perhaps you've found yourself over there at some point in the last couple of months. And if you have indeed ended up there, you've probably noticed that the

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