In Temple Area
We almost caused a car accident yesterday at 7th St. & Montgomery Ave., when the sight of some unexpected buildings stopped us dead in our tracks.
A sign was leaning against the building on the corner with a phone number to call for more information, and we wasted no time. After
Read MoreAnother Large Residential Development on the Way Near Temple
26 December, 2011 | No Comments | Temple AreaOn the not-so-fancy 1800 block of Master St., Best Apartments LLC recently received the necessary zoning variances to construct ten duplexes on a currently vacant lot that, until a few years ago, contained a large warehouse.
1811-21 Master St. will likely be another addition to the independently constructed student housing deluge
Read MoreDeveloper PMJ Development LLC purchased 1519-21 N 16th St. earlier this year and is rehabbing the historic building and building an addition next door. The building itself is very unique, with bays the likes of which we've never seen in Philadelphia.
According to the minutes of the May meeting of the
Read MoreEarlier this week, we tipped you off to an upcoming development at 20th and Oxford Sts., representing an extreme western example of the expansion of off-campus housing for Temple students. Today, we look at a project coming to the 2300 block of N. 12th St., a desolate block that sits
Read MoreAccording to five zoning applications from September, four developers intend to build five homes at 2001-2009 W. Oxford St. These are currently vacant lots.
The proposed homes will apparently differ from one another. 2001 W. Oxford St. will be a three story duplex. 2003 will be a duplex with a garage.
Read MoreIn the Logan section of North Philadelphia, there lies a highly mysterious area bounded by Wingohocking, Louden, 11th St., and Roosevelt Blvd. Here, a crumbling grid of streets run through 35 acres of empty lots. It goes by many names: Philly's Bermuda Triangle, Logan Triangle, and several local colloquialisms, but
Read MoreWhere else in Philly could you have seen The Jackson 5, The Supremes, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, BB King, and Stevie Wonder? The Uptown Theater, of course. Located at 2240 N. Broad Street, just north of Temple University, the Uptown Theater is a beautiful art deco building, built in 1929. Uptown is
Read MoreLEED Certified PHA Housing Coming Along in North Philadelphia
18 October, 2011 | No Comments | Temple AreaAs we reported back in April, PHA is constructing fifty-one new units on the 2000 block of N. 11th St., which are replacing the demolished Norris Apartments high-rise, a 179-unit building originally constructed in the 1950's. The new Norris Apartments are located a block from the North Philadelphia Septa station,
Read MoreA new development is in the works at the edge of Temple University's campus, brought to you by the same people behind the hotel development at the Legendary Blue Horizon. Mosaic Development Partners and Orens Brothers Real Estate, along with Metamorphosis Community Development Corporation, are breaking ground this month on
Read MoreOld Wanamaker Middle School To Become New Student Housing
10 October, 2011 | No Comments | Temple AreaWay back in 2009, word came out that Bright Hope Baptist Church and the Goldenberg Group were partnering to redevelop the 4.6 acre former Wanamaker Middle School at 11th and Cecil B. Moore Ave. with the goal of creating about one-thousand housing units for Temple students, a neighborhood charter school,
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