Real Estate
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Features in FishtownPay to Play at the ZBA? How to Participate in Zoning Without Throwing D Batteries
[caption id="attachment_4391" align="aligncenter" width="707"] East Falls residents protest a proposed Zoning Board of Adjustments decision. Philadelphia Bulletin published this photograph in 1952. Credit: Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries,…
Jack Grauer | 08/12/2015 -
Features in FishtownWant To Buy A Church?
Well, sort of.... What's actually for sale is the Convent for Holy Name of Jesus Church, a three story detached single stone structure built in 1924. The structure is located at…
Joshua Albert | 07/28/2015 -
FeaturesThe Politics are Hyperlocal: “We are working to actively remap all of the Riverwards”
Mayor Michael Nutter has signed a bill rezoning wide swaths of the Frankford Avenue/Front Street corridor in East Kensington and Fishtown. We first reported on the two proposed companion bills,…
Kenneth Lipp | 07/17/2015 -
Community in Northern LibertiesMore Neighborhood Construction? 88 New Residential Units to Face Zoning Board
[caption id="attachment_3544" align="alignright" width="300"] Conceptualized housing along the 600-block of N. 5th Street[/caption] This year has given rise to construction in the area, with commuters seeing a change—for the worse—in…
K. Andrew Deffley | 07/10/2015 -
Community in Northern LibertiesThe Mystery Of The Misfit Tree In NoLibs
Back in 2011, there was a random tree growing in the middle of the "street" on the 800-block of Leithgow Street, as discovered by Naked Philly during a period of…
K. Andrew Deffley | 07/01/2015 -
Local Business in Northern LibertiesShared Workspace Firm to Set Up in NoLibs
An up-and-coming, New York-based "co-working" provider is coming to Northern Liberties to take advantage of the growing market for shared office workspace, which is gaining patronage from small companies and…
K. Andrew Deffley | 06/19/2015 -
Community in FishtownHoly Resurrections: St. Laurentius is One Step Closer To Historic Status That Would Prevent Demolition Indefinitely
Unresolved disputes over the structural integrity of St. Laurentius Church persist between the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (AOP), the Save St. Laurentius group (SSL) and structural engineers. More than a year after…
Andrew Mark Corkery | 06/11/2015 -
Community in FishtownZoning for Dummies
Philadelphians have a number of pressing issues occupying our daily lives as city dwellers — crime, police brutality, racial discrimination, rising rents, zoning — wait, zoning? The City of Philadelphia…
Austin Nolen | 05/06/2015 -
Community in FishtownNew Group Organizes Front and Girard with Smart Approach
Monday, April 13th, was a beautiful day. Sunny skies and a high in the 70s brought everyone out of their homes on one of the first warm days since 2014.…
Kenneth Lipp | 04/22/2015 -
Community in Port RichmondPennDOT’s I-95 Plans Deflate Recent ORCA Meeting
In 1947, the Philadelphia Planning Commission expressed that, “The critical need of the area is a north-south express highway, running close to the Delaware River…with quick access into downtown Philadelphia.”…
John Piotrowski | 04/08/2015 -
Community in KensingtonReclaiming the Riverwards
Unused land within a neighborhood is a hazard to safety, repels businesses, and poisons home value — one abandoned property within a few hundred feet on a home can bring…
Kenneth Lipp | 03/18/2015 -
Community in FishtownSmall Business Owners Network To Bolster Local Commercial Corridor
In order to gain a better understanding of the business climate in the Fishtown area and identify the different challenges and opportunities presented before the neighborhood’s small business owners, Philadelphia…
Max Pulcini | 05/07/2014