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From Above: Reading Viaduct and Callowhill, 1927
- Friday, September 13, 2013 1:40pm
- By Ashley Hahn
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- Callowhill, Philadelphia PA
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It’s been an age since we featured a vintage view of Philly from above, but here’s an especially apt one in…
Church demolition resumes at 11th and Mt. Vernon
- Monday, August 12, 2013 3:38pm
- By Ashley Hahn
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- 622 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia PA
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For more than half a year the Ruffin Nichols Memorial AME Church, a robust stone edifice at 11th and Mt.…
West Poplar locksmith's faded sign gets repainted
- Monday, June 17, 2013 3:06pm
- By Eyes on the Street
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- 926 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia PA
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As part of their reporting for Philadelphia Neighborhoods and PlanPhilly, Tasia N. Morgan, Angela M. Mayo, and Samantha Ortiz are sharing dispatches from…
Poplar Library Branch Embraces Technology and Social Media
- Thursday, June 13, 2013 11:26am
- By Eyes on the Street
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- 600 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia PA
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As part of their reporting for Philadelphia Neighborhoods and PlanPhilly this summer, Tasia N. Morgan, Angela M. Mayo, and Samantha Ortiz are bringing…
November 2-4: Mutt Strut, Dia de los Muertos, Literature & the City
- Friday, November 2, 2012 11:54am
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6th Annual PAWS Mutt Strut Saturday, November 3, check in at 9am, walk at 11am. FDR Park. Help the Philadelphia…
Stadium district casino | Inga on The Provence | 40th and Pine appeal grinds on | Germantown's horticultural heritage | Viaduct as great connector
- Friday, November 2, 2012 9:21am
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Reading Viaduct, October 2012 | Christine Fisher, PlanPhillyHappy Friday, Streeters. Here's this morning's Buzz: The owners of Parx (Greenwood Gaming)…
Ruffin Nichols Memorial AME Church Demo Underway [slideshow]
- Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:09pm
- By Ashley Hahn
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And while we're on the subject of church demolition, here's the view from the corner of 11th and Mt. Vernon streets…
Inundating Eastwick | Assumption future unclear | TinyWPA at Rittenhouse | Roxy to go art house | N. Broad transformation: shelter to Starr
- Wednesday, October 10, 2012 9:13am
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Blumenfeld acquires Divine Lorraine | Council shrinking stream buffers | Great Chestnut Hill | Construction violations | Vote without ID
- Wednesday, October 3, 2012 9:17am
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Developer Eric Blumenfeld now owns the Divine Lorraine Hotel. Will Philly's most iconic symbol of blight finally see new life? |…
Blumenfeld snags Divine Lorraine at sheriff sale
- Tuesday, October 2, 2012 3:09pm
- By Ashley Hahn
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Eric Blumenfeld did it. Today Blumenfeld acquired the Divine Lorraine (again) for just over $8 million. This year, we've…
Divine Lorraine could become Blumenfeld's (again)
- Thursday, August 9, 2012 9:09am
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Divine Sunset | Jeremy Marshall, Eyes on the Street Flickr Group Hidden City Daily reports that "developer Eric Blumenfeld appears…
Considering Rodeph Shalom's addition | spray park for Shissler Rec | King of Jeans signage | Assumption sold for $1.12m | Bike fun fading
- Friday, July 20, 2012 8:20am
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PA's historic preservation tax credit still won't save Divine Lorraine
- Wednesday, July 18, 2012 12:10pm
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Last week I whipped out the calculator and explained why Pennsylvania's new tax credit for historic rehabilitations will work better for…
Poll: A casino on Callowhill?
- Friday, April 13, 2012 11:40am
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Since the license for a Foxwoods casino is officially dead, we've been wondering where a second casino might go in…
Is City maneuvering on Divine Lorraine with violations?
- Friday, March 23, 2012 3:50pm
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The folks over at the Hidden City Daily posted a photo of a Department of Licenses and Inspections orage Notice of…
