Quick Hits: Another new Navy Yard building; Newbold happy hour; 2nd & Washington

Groundbreaking is tomorrow for a new 75,000 square foot building at the Navy Yard that will house the U.S. headquarters of companies from Australia and the United Kingdom, as well as additional offices for another company that’s grown past its

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Dickinson Square West: Neighbors’ efforts to improve community pay off

A version of this post was published in partnership with PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com, a project of Temple University’s journalism program. By Nina Lispi and Eddie Durkin It’s a crisp spring day on Fifth Street in Dickinson Square West. On every block, neighbors are sweeping,

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Work begins on Palladino restaurant coming to former Colombo’s

And, we’re off. The Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation tweeted this picture yesterday: https://twitter.com/passyarc/status/458696284082163712 PARC has begun work on the new home of Palladino, the upscale steakhouse moving into the fire-damaged former home of Colombo’s  at 1934 E. Passyunk Ave.

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