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Museum Towers II is another big apartment development in Fairmount (Franklintown), but also has some townhouses

Another major rental housing development is about to be built in the Fairmount (Franklintown) neighborhood, just north of the Ben Franklin Parkway.  This new development will be an extension of the Museum Towers apartment building at 18th and Spring Garden and … Continue reading

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Folsom Powerhouse will add some of the most modern and sustainable housing in the Francisville neighborhood

My second article on this blog was about the up-and-coming Francisville neighborhood, just north of the Spring Garden neighborhood.  Francisville is the oldest neighborhood of North Philadelphia and the original streets were laid out to be parallel and perpendicular to … Continue reading

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Electric power station to become apartments in Poplar

The area around the intersection of 13th Street, Ridge Avenue, & Mt. Vernon Street, in the Poplar neighborhood, was a desolate spot in a largely vacant industrial neighborhood a few years ago.  For those who don’t know where the Poplar neighborhood is, it’s … Continue reading

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New Francisville development ready to break ground

In my first set of posts, I talked about the Francisville neighborhood, in North Philadelphia, and how it’s changing.  Francisville is a unique neighborhood, with streets that intersect at odd angles, just north of Center City.  In my first post about … Continue reading

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