South of South St. from River to River
Just last week we told you about the resurgence of this massive development project with 46 single-family homes proposed for 2012 Wharton St. Already the development is causing outrage for Point Breeze residents. The huge, industrial-zoned lot currently houses a
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Ralph Brooks Park saw a transformation, which was unveiled at the end of August, with improvements including things like new sidewalks, an improved basketball backboard, a community garden shed, a mural from Steve Powers and more. Thanks to the success
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In October, the master plan for this new casino for South Philadelphia was approved, leaving the next steps to city council’s approval of the rezoning of the property at 900 Packer Ave. At City Council’s final meeting of the year
Continue readingIn 2014, two plans were presented to create a green space in the parking lot at Guerin Recreation Center. At that meeting, the 50 attendees almost unanimously voted for this plan, which would use a portion of the parking lot at
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Last week we told you about a Hawthorne meeting that would be discussing the latest happenings at Broad and Washington. While it wasn’t the project update on the Blatstein project or the other potential mixed-use development that we had expected,
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Parking can sometimes seem as if it’s the only issue on the minds of South Philly residents. It’s usually been a problem when discussing new development projects, but now there’s a more holy reason for residents to complain. For the upcoming
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