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Late Victorian Charm In The Heart Of Chinatown
This classy Late Victorian on Race Street is all that and a bowl of wanton soup | Photo: Michael BixlerThe survival of Philadelphia’s relatively small Chinatown over the past century and a half is a...
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A Void In The Boyd
“The destruction of the historic Boyd Theater has begun on the Sansom Street side.” | Photo: Emily Cohen, for The InquirerThe Inquirerrecounts the “partial” yet “devastating” demolition of the Sansom...
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Worldwide InstaMeet Day At The Woodlands
Join Albert Lee, Streets Dept, and Hidden City this Saturday (3/21) from 5-8pm inside West Philly’s historic, 54-acre cemetery, The Woodlands, where we will co-host Worldwide InstaMeet Day.Philadelphia...
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$11 Million Investment Announced For 5 Civic Commons Spaces
Cyclists on Bartram’s Mile. Photo: Philly Bike Coalition on Flickr, via the Knight FoundationA combined $11 million grant from the Knight and William Penn Foundations was announced yesterday at the...
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Burk Mansion Threatened Amidst Temple’s Growth?
Last man standing: Burk Mansion, the last of the grand old mansions of North Broad Street | Photo: Bradley MauleThis morning, The Temple News confirmed that the university’s Board of Trustees has...
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Former Hospital Facility Reused In South Philly
Constitution Health Plaza on South Broad Street | Photo: Flying KiteFlying Kite looks at the upgrades at the former St. Agnes Hospital at South Broad & Passyunk, where the four-building...
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A Look At Temple University’s Demolition History
Next on the chopping block: William Penn High School, which Temple University has authorized to demolish | Photo: Bradley MauleOver the weekend, a rendering surfaced showing a hotel proposed for the...
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From The Annals Of City Administration: Introducing The SuperCube
Mandatory 10 minute yoga stretch on the hour, every hour, at the SuperCube | Photo: Michael BixlerFor Immediate ReleaseI am proud to announce that the city’s newest coworking space has just opened…at...
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Councilwoman Bass Commits Immediate Funds To Stabilize The Germantown YWCA
Germantown YWCA and the Pastorius Monument viewed from Vernon Park. Note the broken, open windows on the second and third floors | Photo: Bradley MauleWith the future of the Germantown YWCA in...
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Pennsport Segment Of Delaware River Trail Secured
The Delaware Rover Waterfront Corporation’s acquisition of this Eric Blumenfeld-controlled lot is pending. | Google MapsThe Delaware River Waterfront Corporation is poised to secure the next piece of...
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Introducing The “Funkier” Side Of Co-Working Spaces
“Rendering of the Pennovation plaza, shaded by sycamores, outfitted with tables. The $37.5 million landscape and renovation won’t be done until mid-2016, but Penn has already begun leasing space to...
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Give Schuylkill River The Wetlands It Wants
The banks of the Schuylkill River below Paine’s Park | Photo: Sean O’RourkeAn Imagined Conversation with the RiverIn thinking about the role of the tidal Schuylkill in Philadelphia’s urban ecosystem, I...
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More Homes Coming To South Kensington
The twenty new homes will face the Hancock Playground.Naked Phillyshares the design for twenty new homes to be built on the northern end of the block bounded by Mascher, Master, Hancock, & Thompson...
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Surveying The Damage With Abandoned America: The Age of Consequences
St. Bonaventure, 9th & Cambria Streets, Fairhill | Photo: Matthew Christopher, Abandoned AmericaEditors Note: The photography of Abandoned America’s Matthew Christopher is breathtaking and...
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Difficulty Ahead In Preserving Socioeconomic Diversity For Gentrifying...
Number of affordable housing units by development in central Philadelphia with subsidies set to expire 2015-2020 (yellow=1-10, light green=11-27, dark green=28-53, light blue=54-87, dark blue=88-442) |...
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Past & Future On Chestnut’s 700 Block
From Baxter’s Panoramic Business Directory, 1859 | Courtesy of the Athenæum of PhiladelphiaParting director Director of Advocacy for the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia Ben Leech will...
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The Prognosticating Developers
Christina Burris and Tim Patton at Saint Benjamin Brewing Co., North 5th Street & Cecil B. Moore Avenue | Photo: Meaghan Pogue, for the Daily NewsThe Daily Newsconsiders the next epicenters of...
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The Industrial Bones Of South Philadelphia
A penny for your postcard, a buck for your bones: Baugh & Sons postcard, circa 1910 | via ebay“Some farmers believe that they cannot procure absolutely pure animal bones finely ground.” So...
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A Broad Street Line Extension Would Need “A Broad Base Of Support”
“Rendering of Mustin Park, Canal Districts” | Rendering via Plan PhillyEvery year, some 1,000 new jobs are brought to the Navy Yard, a booming district with only a bottlenecked Broad Street to reach...
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Century-Old Ghost Sign Uncovered In Port Richmond
The Kolb Bakery advertisement will be treated and re-covered. | Photo: Conrad Benner, Streets Dept.Last week in Port Richmond, the work crew of Urban Renewal Builders unveiled a two-story wall ad last...
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