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New York developer wins Budd site at auction
- Friday, January 25, 2019
- By Ryan Briggs
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A New York developer with a history of transforming former industrial properties made the winning offer on the massive former Budd Company site in North Philadelphia. Plymouth Group partner Joshua Goldman…
Amid angry protest songs, SEPTA board approves Nicetown gas plant, again
- Friday, March 24, 2017
- By Jim Saksa
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For a second time, SEPTA’s board authorized the construction of gas and heat cogeneration gas plant next to Roberts Rail Yard and the Midvale Bus Depot in Nicetown on Thursday. As…
Environmentalists boo as SEPTA Board OKs natural gas power plant in Nicetown
- Friday, November 18, 2016
- By Jim Saksa
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SEPTA’s monthly board meeting ended in contained chaos Thursday afternoon as a small cadre of environmental activists protested the board’s authorization of a proposed natural gas cogeneration plant near the Midvale…
SEPTA Board approves changes to Routes 2, 310
- Thursday, September 22, 2016
- By Jim Saksa
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SEPTA considered 187 proposed changes to its transit routes this year, but just two made the final cut: Extending Route 2 to Wayne Junction Station, and splitting Route 310’s long loop…
Local environmental group questions SEPTA proposal for natural gas plant in Nicetown
- Monday, June 6, 2016
- By Jim Saksa
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- Midvale Depot, Philadelphia PA
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SEPTA enjoys a pretty good track record when it comes to bridges, maintaining over 350 that consistently deliver trains safely over rivers and highways across the region. Commuters sometimes grumble when…
SEPTA announces public-private partnership for energy-efficient retrofits
- Monday, October 26, 2015
- By Jon Geeting
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At its October meeting last week, SEPTA's board approved two sustainability projects made possible by the state's 2012 Guaranteed Energy Savings Act (GESA) enabling public-private partnerships for financing energy projects. SEPTA…
Philadelphia’s Neighborhood Advisory Committees: First responders in the fight against poverty
- Wednesday, March 4, 2015
- By Majeedah Rashid
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For this installment of our election season op-ed series, Majeedah Rashid makes the case for increasing the resources dedicated to Neighborhood Advisory Committees. NACs are one-stop-shops serving neighborhoods with…
Agreement signed for state's $2M sale of EPPI site to NewCourtland
- Wednesday, November 5, 2014
- By Alan Jaffe
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- Henry Ave. and Roberts Ave,, Philadelphia, Pa.
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The next phase for the imposing building that had been Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in East Falls is underway — and it is not what the surrounding communities had in mind. A…
Renovation progress at Wayne Junction Station
- Friday, January 24, 2014
- By Christine Fisher
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- 2129 Windram Ave, Philadelphia PA
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At one time Wayne Junction Station, built in 1881, was a stop for trains headed as far West as Chicago, St. Louis and Los Angeles. More recently, though, years…
SEPTA to extend bus service to new Northwest Philly ShopRite
- Tuesday, July 30, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- Roberts Ave & Fox Street, Philadelphia PA
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When the new Bakers Centre shopping plaza, anchored by a Brown’s Super Stores Inc. ShopRite, opens at Roberts Ave. and Fox Street this Friday, SEPTA bus service will provide direct…
Nicetown building project kicks off with demolition pep-rally event
- Friday, May 17, 2013
- By Amy Z. Quinn
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- 2006 and 2007 Wingohocking St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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The latest step in a unique building project in Nicetown will involve a 350-year-old French company, about 120 alternative high-school students and two long-vacant houses on Wingohocking Street. Also in that…
YouthBuild Philadelphia begins green renovation of two Nicetown homes
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- By Christine Fisher
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- 2006 West Wingohocking Street, Philadelphia
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Just months after overhauling a dilapidated Germantown house and turning it into a LEED Platinum home, YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School students broke ground on two homes just across the tracks at…
Triumph Baptist senior-housing plan approved, but Rev. Hall can't discuss it
- Friday, November 30, 2012
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- 1801 Courtland St.
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By Amy Z. Quinn For NewsWorks A plan by Triumph Baptist Church and Universal Companies to build a senior housing development in Nicetown got city zoning board approval Wednesday, but an…
Controversy lurks as zoning board considers Nicetown affordable senior-housing plan
- Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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- 1801 W. Courtland St.
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By Amy Z. QuinnFor NewsWorks A plan that would see 50 units of affordable senior housing at 18th and Courtland streets in Nicetown will be before the city zoning board…
Right NEast/Wrong NEast: NBC10 confuses Mayfair with Nicetown, tries to cover up error
- Tuesday, October 9, 2012
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What could be worse than a TV news station reporting a shooting in Nicetown happened in Mayfair? How 'bout rewriting the headline and the story to pretend the error never happened?…
Following lobbyist money online | Five vulnerable industrial buildings | Who will build Casino #2? | Council's softball challenge | ZBA's new rules
- Monday, July 16, 2012
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Swann Fountain in Logan Circle | Gary Reed, Eyes on the Street Flickr GroupIt has just gotten a bit easier to follow lobbyist spending in Philly. NewsWorks reports that Casey…
Philly's second casino coming? | Art Commission okays Paine's Park, LightPlay | $12.8m for Wayne Junction substation modernization | airport expansion clears Tinicum's legal challenge
- Thursday, July 12, 2012
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Paine's Park, a new skatepark designed by Friday Architects for an area near the Art Museum, got final approval from the Art Commission on Wednesday.Bidding is open for Philadelphia’s second casino…
Planning Commission approves 10-year Nicetown redevelopment plan
- Friday, May 18, 2012
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By Amy Z. QuinnFor NewsWorksThe city Planning Commission has given its official backing to an ambitious 10-year plan to redevelop, market and support residential and commercial development in Nicetown.…
Construction continues at Bakers Centre site, opening slated for Fall 2013
- Monday, May 14, 2012
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- Fox Street, Roberts Street and Hunting Park Avenue
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By Amy Z. QuinnFor NewsWorks With large trucks and earth-moving equipment busy, the Bakers Centre shopping plaza is beginning to come to life at the former Tastykake site. The retail…
MGA Architects wins AIA Pennsylvania Award for Kroc Center
- Thursday, May 3, 2012
- By JoAnn Greco
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In Hunting Park, local firm MGA Partners Architects, has crafted a new low-slung orange brick and white stucco building with swooping expanses of glass windows, anigre wood ceilings and walls, and…
