Site Maintenance This Weekend
25 June, 2011 | No Comments |We'll be doing some updates and upgrades to the website over the weekend. This shouldn't have an effect on your Naked Philly experience, but if you inexplicably can't access the site, there's your reason. Just figured we'd give ya the heads up.
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This 1650 sqft. home offers 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and some of the most green features in the city of Philadelphia. With dual zone geothermal HVAC, highly efficient windows, extra insulation, dual-flush toilets, reclaimed bricks, and a green roof, you'll save hundreds of dollars a year on utilities while acting
Read MoreAnd While We’re At It, Let’s Cap 676
24 June, 2011 | No Comments |
People go nuts over the idea of the Reading Viaduct being turned into a park, why not double dip and cap 676 with a park that would connect the Viaduct and the Ben Franklin Parkway? We capped over the Pennsylvania Ave. Trench, why not 676?
The Vine Street Expressway, all 1.9
Read MoreThis Weekend: Taste of Philly
24 June, 2011 | No Comments |We may think that the new plan for the Delaware Waterfront is not so great, but it doesn't mean that you shouldn't do your best to enjoy what we've got right now. Starting tonight and continuing all weekend, Wawa's Welcome America celebration gets underway with Taste of Philadelphia. All weekend,
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After a marathon day of negotiations, City Council voted last week to temporarily raise property taxes by 3.85% to help raise $53M for our city's broken school district. And yesterday, by an 11-6 vote, Council passed the final measure to raise property taxes in Philadelphia. Again. By again, we refer
941 S. 8th St. sits on the northeast corner of 8th and Carpenter Sts., and it's been sitting empty and boarded up for quite some time. It contained a corner store at some point, but it doesn't look like the store has been open for years, if not decades. According
Read MoreThis 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home, located in Fishtown, offers about 1650 sqft. of living space and was used as a model for the Icehouse condo buildings. The custom kitchen features stainless steel GE Profile appliances, a glass backsplash, and plenty of natural light. The 2nd floor includes 2 bedrooms
Read MoreDelorean Moment: The Vulcanite Building
23 June, 2011 | No Comments |The Vulcanite Building, by name alone, implies that it either houses the children of a Roman fire god or extraterrestrials from planet Vulcan (shameless Star Trek reference). We are going with the former, assuming the Vulcanite Tile and Mosaic Company was indeed housed in this building which rested at 1710
Read MoreOpa, located at 123 S. Broad St., will be hosting “Glendi” every Thursday night this summer. You may ask, "What is Glendi?" Well, first and foremost, it’s a Greek word meaning “party.” Aside from that, Garden Wellington-Logan of Noel Zayas Events (the producers of Glendi), tells us that Opa will
Read MoreUpdate: Fairmount Ave. is Blowing Up! With Development!
23 June, 2011 | No Comments |From 15th St. to Corinthian Ave., you can see rebuilding and renovating up and down Fairmount Ave. As we mentioned awhile ago, a three-story 25,000 sqft. structure with three new ground-floor commercial spaces and 25 apartments at Uber St. is going up. That prime corner spot just may become home
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