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Club Metro closing Whitman Plaza location at end of December

December 16, 2016December 16, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth Closings, Club Metro, Oregon Avenue, Whitman Plaza min read

Whitman Plaza may be seeing new business additions with ShopRite’s relocation and a pet store having opened this month, but the shopping center will soon be losing a tenant. At the end of December, Club Metro fitness center will be

All over South Philly Events

South Philly holiday lights run tonight

December 15, 2016December 15, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth Holiday Lights, Lights run, South Philly Striders min read

If biking through holiday lights isn’t your thing, you can join the South Philly Striders and the Fishtown Beer Runners on their annual run through South Philly’s light displays. Tonight, December 15, the group run will begin at Toll Man Joe’s

Developments Pennsport

Community meeting next week to discuss proposed mixed-use development for Pennsport Freda Meats site

December 15, 2016December 21, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth Freda, Front and Wharton, Front Street, Pennsport Civic Association, Wharton Street min read

Next week a big development project will be presented at a Pennsport Civic Association meeting. A proposal for a mixed-use project with townhouses, apartments and retail for the Freda Meats site at 1334 Front St. will be shown to the

Retail Whitman

Pet Valu has opened in Whitman Plaza

December 14, 2016December 14, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth min read

In November we shared with you the news of Pet Valu opening in Whitman Plaza. The store opened earlier this month, bringing a new pet store destination to the shopping center at 330 W. Oregon Ave.

Developments Pennsport Retail

Lidl grocery store could be coming to Blatstein’s waterfront development

December 14, 2016December 14, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth 1401-1499 S. Columbus Blvd., 1401-99 Columbus Blvd., Bart Blatstein, Columbus Boulevard, Delaware River, grocery stores, Lidl min read

A German grocery store chain is looking to bring its stores to the Philadelphia-area, maybe even to Bart Blatstein’s planned waterfront development. The discount grocery chain Lidl is in the process of acquiring locations throughout Philadelphia. While not confirmed, Lidl

Developments Education Girard Estate Newbold Passyunk Square

Take a look at schoolyard improvement designs for Childs, Kirkbride and Girard Schools

December 13, 2016December 13, 2016 Taylor Farnsworth Big Sandbox, Childs Elementary, George W. Childs Elementary, Girard Elementary, Kirkbride, schoolyard improvements min read

Since October, we’ve been sharing with you the progress of schoolyard designs for three South Philadelphia schools that would be receiving updated designs for their play and learning spaces thanks to a program through the Big Sandbox, the Knight Foundation,