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Mid-Century Philly: Broad, Ridge, Fairmount and the Divine Lorraine, 1954
Last week PlanPhilly’s Jared Brey reported that redevelopment plans for the Divine Lorraine at last have secured all of the necessary…
Spotted: Rowhouses that replaced St. Boniface and Ruffin Nichols AME churches
Our eyes are ever peeled for interesting sights and sites. In the course of one day I spotted two sets of…
September 20: Greenway dreams come to life on Spring Garden
Like Brigadoon, a fleeting vision of the Spring Garden Street Greenway will appear along one block of Spring Garden for one…
From Above: Reading Viaduct and Callowhill, 1927
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
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
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
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
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
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]
And while we're on the subject of church demolition, here's the view from the corner of 11th and Mt. Vernon streets…
Blumenfeld acquires Divine Lorraine | Council shrinking stream buffers | Great Chestnut Hill | Construction violations | Vote without ID
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
Eric Blumenfeld did it. Today Blumenfeld acquired the Divine Lorraine (again) for just over $8 million. This year, we've…
PA's historic preservation tax credit still won't save Divine Lorraine
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?
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?
The folks over at the Hidden City Daily posted a photo of a Department of Licenses and Inspections orage Notice of…
