In Rittenhouse

Last year, when the AAA Building turned into 2040 Market Street, one of Center City's largest and fanciest Fine Wine & Good Spirits shops opened in the building. The opening of that store resulted in the shuttering of the large and popular liquor store at 1911 Chestnut St., which kind of
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It seems we've been waiting for the redevelopment of the northwest corner of 17th & South forever. It was almost three years ago that we first broke the news that a four story mixed-use building would be replacing a vacant lot at this site. Then there was a whole lot
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Near Center City, the waterfront of the Schuylkill River has improved by leaps and bounds in the last decade. The Schuylkill River Trail is wonderful. Penn Park took acres of dusty rail yards and turned them green. And plans are moving forward for a new CHOP facility that could make
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Over the summer, we told you that L2, a longtime occupant of the corner 22nd & South, was closing its doors. For months, it sat vacant, and we discovered that it was purchased by a developer at the end of last month. Today, we were passing by the building and
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A few months ago, when we last checked in on the north side of the 1900 block of Lombard Street, a collection of low-rise apartment buildings were being demolished in anticipation of the construction of ten new luxury row homes. Demolition is long finished, and construction is well underway. Framing
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Over the weekend, we were relaxing in Rittenhouse Square and developed a healthy thirst. Searching for a bottle of water, we made our way to Walnut Street, but stopped dead in our tracks when we came upon 1720 Walnut St., home to a Cosi for as long as we can
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Today, we passed by a new home that's under construction at 503 S. 23rd St., less than a block from Catharine Thorn Park.Current viewInterestingly, it seems like the property is owned by a church with a mailing address in DC, which has owned the property since 1997. That remains the
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Back in 2012, we first told you about the likelihood that three buildings on the southeast corner of 15th & Walnut would be demolished and ultimately replaced by a new commercial building. A year later, we checked back in with a new rendering from Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, the guys who famously
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Tangier, a quintessential neighborhood bar, has been a stalwart at 18th & Lombard for decades, weathering waves of change in the neighborhood. For many years, the building stood as an island, with a large surface parking lot next door. Last year though, a row of new luxury homes appeared on the
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Rittenhouse Square has its share of residential high-rises. But at the start of the 20th Century, the corner occupied by 1530-1532 Spruce St. was one of the few. According to the United States Office of Education’s Annual Report from 1875, the building on the southeast corner of 16th & Spruce was occupied by the Ingleside
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