Ponies Above Palethorp
Near Norris Square, two blocks of gardens, including Iris Brown's famous Las Parcelas and this yard filled with toy and carousel ponies
View ArticleSánchez Offers Counterproposals For St. Boniface Site
Opposing plans for Norris Square, dramatic restructuring of Philly's schools, students' naiveté in North Central, Ormandy and co. a hit once more, and
View ArticlePower Struggle In Norris Square Over Plans For St. Boniface Site
"Fear" & "intimidation" in Norris Square development talks, Penn applies for financial hardship at 40th & Pine, PHA waiting to learn Germantown cemetery archeology results, and an update on the...
View ArticleNew On The Market
The urban farmers market movement a decade old, Angela Taurino gives us tour of what's new this year at Philadelphia's markets--new locations in Mt. Airy, South Philadelphia, Norris Square, and at the...
View ArticleConsensus On Former St. Boniface Site
Harmony over the blueprints in Norris Square, an Iroquois ally to give $10 million to the Revolutionary War Museum, Tinicum can't hold back the airport's expansion, more photos of the Fishtown...
View ArticleTwo Historic Kensington Bank Buildings Get Short End of Zoning Board Decision
The ZBA approves the Women's Community Revitalization Project's plan for 25 units of low-income housing at the long-disputed site under the El. Preservationists and community groups in Fishtown and...
View ArticleConflict In Kensington As Neighbors Appeal Banks’ Demolition
Preserving two monumental textile banks is key to East Kensington's future, say a diverse group of neighborhood activists, including Karen Lewis, pictured here. Their appeal of a nonprofit's plans to...
View ArticleA Row House And A Life Transformed
In this second installment of "Behind the Facade," Nicolas Esposito finds himself at the kitchen table of Pedro Ospina, a Kensington sculptor who barters and builds his way to contentment
View ArticleLast Gasp For Two Historic Banks In Kensington?
Two adjacent banks built in Kensington in the 1880s are threatened with demolition. Christopher Mote has the story of the state tax credits that might make that happen
View ArticleIn Kensington, A Major Reversal Brings New Hope For Historic Banks
Women's Community Revitalization Project gives up on building low-income housing at Front and Norris. The fate of the historic banks and the ownership of the site are unclear. Chris Mote reports
View ArticleThe Gentlemen’s Agreement: A History Of Historical Reverence
Bacon’s efforts at preserving the urban dominance of the civic heart of Philly, Fattah tries again on subsidizing co-ops, Feibush meets resistance in Point Breeze, truncated St. Boniface project nearly...
View ArticleFeibush Denied Variances For Latest Point Breeze Project
ZBA disapproves of Feibush’s dense plans for Point Breeze, Common Pleas disapproves of ZBA’s variances near Berks El, fire hydrant maintenance assuaged by technology, and tangoing in the Free Library
View ArticleTwo Kensington Historic Banks, Back On The Table
Back in the hands of the Norris Square Civic Association, the monumental banks are the subject of a request for development proposals that privilege commercial use, sustainability, and preservation....
View ArticleComing: Review Of Proposals For Development Of Kensington Banks
It's down to two development firms to win the right to develop the site of the banks. But can at least some part of the historic buildings be saved? Christopher Mote has details
View ArticleHistoric Kensington Banks “For Sale,” But Not Really
The saga of two historic banks struggling for survival under the EL continues. GroJLart has the update
View ArticleIn Kensington, Old Textile Mill To Be Revived With Apartments
Gotham Hosiery, once the country's most popular pantyhose manufacturer, quickly rose to fame and crashed even faster. Now, the nearly 100-year-old mill at 2nd and Norris is getting a residential...
View ArticleNew On The Market
The urban farmers market movement a decade old, Angela Taurino gives us tour of what's new this year at Philadelphia's markets--new locations in Mt. Airy, South Philadelphia, Norris Square, and at the...
View ArticleTwo Historic Kensington Bank Buildings Get Short End of Zoning Board Decision
The ZBA approves the Women's Community Revitalization Project's plan for 25 units of low-income housing at the long-disputed site under the El. Preservationists and community groups in Fishtown and...
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