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In Germantown, real estate developer Ken Weinstein sees value in jumpstarting his competition
- Thursday, August 31, 2017
- By Jake Blumgart
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Brandon Irving and Christopher Williams are standing in front of an unpretentious, stone-clad twin on East Germantown’s Rittenhouse Street and thinking about the future. They bought the house in April for…
Little Wakefield and Wister House designated historic despite La Salle's protests
- Tuesday, February 14, 2017
- By Jake Blumgart
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Jewelers’ Row wasn’t the only contentious case before the February Historical Commission meeting. Prior to the skirmish over Sansom Street, a series of nominations on La Salle University’s campus were sent…
PHA says Queen Lane Apartments on track for December opening
- Monday, October 12, 2015
- By Alan Jaffe
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- Penn Street and Pulaski Avenue
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A little over a year since the dramatic implosion of the deteriorating, 16-story Queen Lane Apartments, a $22 million development of rental homes is close to completion on the site. Applications…
Germantown plans for a summer without a neighborhood library
- Friday, June 26, 2015
- By Emily Brooks
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- 68 W Chelten Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19144
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Members of the Germantown community and library staff gathered in the meeting room of the Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library on Wednesday to come up with a contingency plan for…
Why the 14-second Queen Lane Apartments implosion will sound like 'a thunderbolt'
- Wednesday, September 10, 2014
- By Aaron Moselle
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- W. Queen Lane and Priscilla Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Fourteen seconds. That's roughly how long it will take to reduce Queen Lane Apartments to a pile of rubble Saturday morning, to end its nearly 60-year stay in west Germantown. Only…
New date set for Queen Lane Apartments implosion
- Friday, August 15, 2014
- By Matthew Grady
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- Wayne Avenue, Coulter Street, McKean Avenue and Hansberry Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
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After community outcry, city officials announced a date change for the highly-anticipated demolition of a public-housing high-rise in Germantown. The Queen Lane Apartments tower, a vacant 16-story building in a residential…
Adult daycare likely coming to former Germantown Settlement Charter School campus
- Tuesday, April 8, 2014
- By Aaron Moselle
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- 4811 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA.
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An adult daycare center is now on track to become the newest tenant of a five-building complex in southwest Germantown. For-profit Tori's Garden of Eden wants to open the center at…
Maplewood Mall redesign selections expected in early April amid online local-hire debate
- Tuesday, March 25, 2014
- By Alan Jaffe
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- Germantown Avenue and Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA.
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Ten months after the city announced a $2.2 million capital-improvement project for Germantown's Maplewood Mall, a selection is expected early next month on the lead design and engineering firms for the…
'Gray Area' discussion series moves on from Germantown
- Thursday, November 21, 2013
- By Alan Jaffe
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- 212-220 Roberts Avenue, Philadelphia, PA.
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Germantown residents completed an academic exercise on Wednesday night that may have some practical and fascinating implementations for the many historic buildings in their community. Could an old industrial complex be…
L&I cleans up Germantown spite-blight property for the 11th time
- Tuesday, October 29, 2013
- By Alan Jaffe
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- 5357 Knox St., Philadelphia, PA.
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For the neighbors in Germantown — and in the spirit of the season — this is the ongoing story of the "Nightmare on Knox Street." Earlier this month, a crew from the Department…
Former Germantown industrial site to house community preservation initiative
- Wednesday, October 9, 2013
- By Alan Jaffe
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- 212 Roberts Ave., Philadelphia, PA.
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A vacant factory in southwest Germantown is the blank canvas for a new historic preservation experiment. The result probably won’t be a particular renovation or reuse plan for the local subject…
Can coffee and pastries bring new scent of success to struggling sliver of Germantown Ave.?
- Monday, October 7, 2013
- By Alan Jaffe
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- 6700 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA.
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Coffee and pastries are becoming an economic engine in Mt. Airy. The opening early next year of a High Point Café wholesale bakery/roastery and a second location for Little Jimmie's Bakery…
GSFS considers next steps after demolition at School House Lane and Greene Street
- Tuesday, October 1, 2013
- By Alan Jaffe
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- School House Lane and Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA.
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A flat, fenced-in swath of land has appeared at the northwest corner of School House Lane and Greene Street, that busy nexus of three educational institutions: the Pennsylvania School for the…
Stenton mansion to undergo $800K landscaping 'rejuvenation'
- Monday, September 9, 2013
- By Alan Jaffe
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- N. 18th Street and W. Courtland Street, Philadelphia, PA.
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A Germantown property that is central to the history of Pennsylvania is about to get a re-do — one that will reflect 100 years of change at the site, while reconnecting with…
PHA director: Queen Lane Apartments may not be torn down after all
- Friday, September 6, 2013
- By Aaron Moselle
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- 5326 Pulaski Ave., Philadelphia, PA.
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The Philadelphia Housing Authority's plans to redevelop the site of a shuttered high-rise in Germantown have reached a tipping point. It's been more than two years since PHA first presented its…
Awbury Arboretum hopes $300K grant leads to sustainable future in Northwest Philly
- Monday, August 26, 2013
- By Alan Jaffe
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- Chew Ave. and E. Washington Lane, Philadelphia, PA.
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One of Northwest Philadelphia's largest green resources, Awbury Arboretum, is about to begin an extended season of growth. The 55-acre arborteum at Chew Street and Washington Lane in Germantown learned this…
Effort to unite Germantown-area CDCs continues at Thursday gathering
- Friday, August 16, 2013
- By Aaron Moselle
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Open communication and cooperation. For those working to improve Germantown and other Northwest Philadelphia neighborhoods, the pairing is paramount. "If we could just get each group here, I'd be so happy.…
Plans for Wayne Junction industrial conversion altered after neighbors' input
- Thursday, June 6, 2013
- By Amy Z. Quinn
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- 4700 Stenton Ave., Philadelphia, PA.
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Plans to convert an empty industrial site near Wayne Junction are changing in response to questions and concerns expressed by community members, the project's attorney said. Robert A. Rosin, who represents…
Plans to convert shuttered Wayne Junction factory into daycare leave neighbors concerned
- Thursday, May 30, 2013
- By Amy Z. Quinn
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- E. Abbottsford and Stenton avenues, Philadelphia, PA.
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Neighbors near Wayne Junction want more information from a property owner looking to convert a long-empty factory building into a daycare center and housing units. Peer Investments is seeking a zoning…
Look Up! Train station welcomed residents to city’s first garden suburb
- Monday, April 22, 2013
- By Alan Jaffe
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- 314 West Tulpehocken St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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The Tulpehocken Station has been restored, but awaits a new occupant to serve commuters and visitors to Germantown. “Look Up!” is a PlanPhilly feature that encourages appreciation of our architectural…
