In Chinatown
The northeast corner of 12th & Race is home to one of our least favorite surface parking lots in town. There's a hotel immediately across the street to the west. The Convention Center sits across the street to the south. And yet this parcel has been used as a surface
Read MoreThe Crane apartment building at 10th & Vine St. has been completed since 2019 after we last visited the site as it was under construction the year before. Even though this 20-story, 150-unit tower developed by the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation and designed by Studio Agoos Lovera might not be
Read MoreEarlier this week, we made an unplanned trek across several adjacent neighborhoods, where a boatload of development is taking place. This trip was short, but very sweet, traversing a sizable chunk of the northeast quadrant of Greater Center City. Over the next several days, we are going to check on
Read MoreOver the weekend, a zoning permit for the complete demolition of the structure at 210-12 N. 12th St. in Chinatown caught our attention. When we first saw this notice, we didn't think too much of the property at the NW corner of 12th & Spring, where a handsome but neglected
Read MoreChinatown has sure been a hotbed of activity of late, with everything from corporate housing to a Sixers arena proposal popping up on our development radar for the area. New renderings were released last year for another project which would bring 51 units of affordable senior housing to the corner
Read MoreCorporate Housing Jawn Coming to the Jaan at Center City in Chinatown
27 February, 2023 | No Comments | ChinatownIt was back in December when zoning documents hinted that the property at 225-39 N. 13th St. had plans for 81 units of some variety. We anticipated a seven-story structure with ground level commercial space, but the "visitor accommodations" in the zoning document left some wiggle room in our understanding
Read MoreA Seven-story, 81-room Mystery Hotel for Parking Lot in Chinatown
2 December, 2022 | No Comments | ChinatownChinatown has been an under-the-radar development hotbed as of late, with proposals in the works, a contentious landmark in store for a reinvention, and the small matter of a potential 76ers arena at the current home of the Fashion District. None of this really comes as a surprise (sports arena
Read MoreFor over five years, we've been following the up and downs at 800-30 Vine St., where a city-owned parking lot bound by Race, Vine, 8th, and 9th Streets was tapped for redevelopment. Years ago, we told you that the Equal Justice Center was planned at this location. Had it happened,
Read MoreThe surface parking lot at 800-30 Vine St. is one that has had high hopes for a while, including back in 2017 when the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority issued an RFP for a socially conscious development of the site. This was a first for the city, as they asked for proposals
Read MoreIf you've been reading Naked Philly for a while, you know we like to check in on the Sixers from time to time (or as often as possible). After an April Fool's tease, we reported on a potential waterfront arena for the Sixers at Penn's Landing two summers ago. In
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