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Nicetown building project kicks off with demolition pep-rally event
The latest step in a unique building project in Nicetown will involve a 350-year-old French company, about 120 alternative high-school students and two long-vacant houses on Wingohocking Street. Also in that…
Ivy Ridge Trail planners identify four locations to finalize design plans for by May
With planning and design work well underway and most funding in hand, construction work on a park and trail path across the iconic Manayunk train bridge could begin by the end…
From Portland, cues for Philly school-building reuse
The halls of Portland's Kennedy School are alive with faces. Former students peer down from class photos, and alumni smile from newspaper clippings mounted along corridors leading to the principal's office…
Manayunk's Restaurant Depot to nearly double in size at new Bakers Centre site
"We sell to a lot of delicatessens. You have delicatessens in Philly, right?" Larry Cohen, the chief operating officer of Restaurant Depot, is describing his typical customer -- the corner pizza…
OARC, commonwealth discuss possible settlement
The Ogontz Area Revitalization Corporation and Corbett administration budget officials are in talks to settle a lawsuit filed by the housing and community action agency over a state investigation. Read more…
No human remains found at Potter's Field site, final PHA decision pending
No human remains were found during an archaeological dig at the site of the Philadelphia Housing Authority's Queen Lane Apartments, where an 18th-century Potter's Field burial ground also once existed. Hand-sifting…
New gym shaping up at former Ridge Avenue car dealership site
Things may have got off to a slower-than-expected start for a new Planet Fitness gym at a long-vacant former car dealership in the heart of Roxborough's business district, but work is…
Germantown's spite-blight case finally comes to a legal end
The city's latest legal case against the elderly owner of a Germantown home involved in a long-running dispute with neighbors came to a quiet end in court, but not a lot…
Waldorf School's move to historic Germantown church property gets zoning-board support
Plans to move the Waldorf School of Philadelphia to a long-empty historic Germantown church property are moving ahead with support from local groups and an OK from the zoning board. It…
State AG's office seeks OARC lawsuit dismissal
The state Attorney General's office, on behalf of Gov. Tom Corbett and administration budget and economic development officials, is seeking to have a lawsuit filed against them by the Ogontz Avenue…
Revamped Germantown Special Services District scheduled to launch July 1
Last year, city Planning Commission staffers spent months conducting a study of the Chelten Avenue corridor, part of an effort to bring back shoppers and a better mix of businesses to…
Search for remains begins ahead of schedule at Germantown Potter's Field site
Several newly dug holes peppered the property around the Queen Lane Apartments this week as archaeologists began examining several locations in the search for remains from an 18th-century Potter's Field on…
Vacant Germantown church could soon become Waldorf School's new home
A Germantown private school and a local developer are moving forward with plans that would see a long-empty and historic Wayne Avenue church property transformed into a new elementary campus. Developer…
Wissahickon Charter School awarded grant to aid construction costs
Expansion plans for the Wissahickon Charter School are getting a boost from a just-announced William Penn Foundation grant. The school was awarded $500,000 toward the cost of constructing its new campus…
'Never Give Up' fitness studio secured as additional tenant of former Propper Bros. building
For decades, Sam Kroungold watched the comings and goings at Manayunk's Propper Bros. furniture store from his office, from a desk perched in a mezzanine overlooking the cavernous showroom. These days,…
Job accessibility takes center stage at community meeting for Bakers Centre ShopRite
A few weeks back, representatives of the Bakers Centre retail development, under construction at the former Tastykake site, appeared at an East Falls Community Council committee meeting to give an update…
Archaeological dig at Germantown Potter's Field site will not start before March
An archaeological dig to see if human remains lie beneath the Queen Lane Apartments site won't begin until at least March, as a months-long historic review of the 18th-century Potter's Field…
Charter-school expansion plans, supermarket appeal the focus of Chew and Washington development meeting
Two plans that would transform the area around Chew Avenue and Washington Lane are now in the works, though neither is yet guaranteed. At 815 E. Washington Lane, an offshoot of…
