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Cumberland Street Rehab Looks Like a Cyborg 27 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
Last week, when we were coming back from a jaunt to the Northeast, we spotted a rehab project at 2119 E. Cumberland St. that we were previously unaware of. We noticed the building all the way from Fra...
Two Blighted PHA Properties Demolished. Now What? 27 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
Last month, we shared some outstanding news for people who live near 20th & Carpenter- two long-vacant and blighted PHA properties were finally being demolished. This came a month after the properties...
PEC Builds Two Triplexes on Haverford Avenue 27 Aug 2013 | 01:02 am
A reader tipped us off the other day about two new buildings that they noticed on the 3800 block of Haverford Avenue. As you can imagine, our gut reaction was that a couple of new student housing unit...
Mildred Court Approved, Apparently Moving Forward 26 Aug 2013 | 11:13 pm
Several months ago, we told you about Mildred Court, a plan to redevelop half of a square block in Bella Vista, including a former 7-Up bottling plant on Carpenter Street. In the intervening time, the...
Two Condo Units Getting Built on Long Vacant Francisville Lot 26 Aug 2013 | 08:23 pm
It’s probable you’ve never heard of Swain Street. For the uninitiated, Swain is an east-west street that runs between Brown Street and Fairmount Avenue. It starts in Francisville at 15th Street and di...
Fifteen Units Planned to Replace Gross Old Warehouse 26 Aug 2013 | 05:36 pm
In Fishtown, a former print shop next to I-95 that’s been vacant for a few years is slated to be transformed into 15 new residences, provided the ZBA approves. In a second community meeting last month...
All Monolith Like, Three Homes Rise on Fairmount Avenue 25 Aug 2013 | 09:37 pm
Last fall, we told you about plans for three new homes at 444-48 Fairmount Ave., currently a vacant lot. The interesting twist to this development is that the homes face an inner parking aisle rather ...
Three More Spring Arts Point Homes Under Construction 24 Aug 2013 | 07:43 pm
When we last checked in on Lawrence Rust’s big and bold project for 10th & Mount Vernon, three new homes were under construction after the Spring Arts Point project was dormant for a couple of years. ...
Some New Details on 1601 Washington Avenue. Also Pictures! 24 Aug 2013 | 12:20 am
Back in May, we told you that we were hearing rumors about the construction of a large, mixed-use development on the northwest corner of 16th & Washington. Details at the time were fuzzy, but we were ...
Look For the Old Artisan Boulanger Building to Come Down Soon 23 Aug 2013 | 09:26 pm
Last summer, we told you about plans for a new restaurant at 1646-48 S. 12th St. from Chris Scarduzio of the Table 31. This building had been home to Artisan Boulanger Patissier for quite some time, a...
