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Viral Block Cleanup Event: September 14
Welcome to the world where cleaning up litter and beautifying blocks in Philly goes viral. W Rockland Street Project A friend of mine Carl Dash put together this Facebook invite challenging everyone in...
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Finally, Something to Make You Happy and Believe in City Government
An astute reader snapped this photo of the Police Impound Lot located at 7992 Pennrose Ferry Road. If you look carefully the lot is filled with confiscated dirt bikes and ATVs, all awaiting...
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The Champs-Élysées of Junkie Real Estate Gets a Makeover
Many moons ago I told you about 1532 E Berks Street in Fishtown, which was a popular house for squatters given its location in trendy/safe Fishtown. The house was put through the civil forfeiture...
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Land Bank Up For Vote at City Council
The current “Kiss the Ring” property disposition system the City uses doesn’t go away with the new Land Bank. Well today is the day; Philadelphia will now have a land bank. City Council adopted...
View ArticleHappy New Year! Slumlords Suing People Who Paint ID Murals on Abandominiums
I am so frustrated with people who will not put the screws on or lay the blame for blight where it truly belongs; in the hands of the property owner who holds the deed to a property. But what about...
View ArticleAfter Memorial Day You Can FINALLY Use the City’s Dump Sites
Score a huge win. Streets Commish David Perri after hearing the trials and tribulations of Celia Pretter, a Mt. Airy resident who discovered that the Streets Department dump sites [what Streets calls...
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION WIN: Front & Norris Banks To Be Taken Over, Redeveloped...
The inside of 1942-58 N Front St Several years ago Kensington and Fishtown were caught in a quagmire over a proposal by the Women’s Community Revitalization Project to demolish two bank buildings at...
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School Funding Crisis Meets Anti-Gentrification Hysteria in Le Bok Fin
Bok Technical High School was the gem of the New Deal-era of Great Spending under Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Depression-era Art Deco monolith was built to bring vocational skills to new adults in South...
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HAY GUISE DO YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED IN A DEAD FISHTOWN POWER STATION?
It’s bland. It’s cold. It’s dreary. Just like your marriage will be.The Fishtown Neighbors Association has a zoning teed-up for this dead hulk of a PECO power station next to Penn Treaty Park.In May...
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