Monthly Archives: July 2013

Oxford Mills will be a center for teachers and education

Another renovation of an age-old factory in Old Kensington is underway at Front and Oxford Streets, a couple blocks from the Berks Street El Station on the Market/Frankford line.  But, this development is something different from the other trendy, loft-style … Continue reading

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Ridge Flats, in East Falls, will be the nation’s largest energy independent (net-zero energy) building

East Falls is an attractive and unique neighborhood along the Schuylkill waterfront in Northwest Philadelphia.  It is just north of Fairmount Park, and the large Laurel Hill Cemetery, at a bend in the Schuylkill River.  It has been a largely … Continue reading

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Dickinson Square Park renovations lead to improvements in Pennsport

Dickinson Square Park is a three-acre park in the middle of South Philadelphia’s Pennsport neighborhood, near the Delaware River waterfront.  Pennsport is an old neighborhood, known for the Mummer clubhouses along Second Street (known to the locals as 2 Street) … Continue reading

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