1188 items checked out, 102 new cards issued at Free Library’s grand opening at Broad and Morris

In January of 2014, the Free Library at Broad and Morris closed its doors to make way for something bigger and better – the new CHOP Community Health and Literacy Center. That new facility was unveiled in early May, but

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South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center unveiled earlier this week

In 2013 we first told you about the plans for the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center, a combination Children’s Hospital and Free Library facility at Broad and Morris. That $45.2 million, 96,000 sq. ft. facility has now officially

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New CHOP center location at Broad and Morris was once an orphanage

We’ve been following the development of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s new multi-use wellness complex being built at Broad and Morris for a while now. While it was previously the site of a branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia

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CHOP to put vibration monitors in basements across from Broad and Morris project

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has hired a construction vibration consultant to monitor the impact of its Broad Street complex on surrounding neighbors, according to a letter posted on the Newbold Neighbors Association website. Preliminary work on CHOP’s community care

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Quick Hits: Sparkling renovated temple; Kenyatta vs. Ori; CHOP’s plans vs. bike lane

Hidden City checks in on a stunning, nine-year renovation of a former Lutheran church into the Preah Buddah Rangsey Temple at 6th and Ritner. Check out their cool slideshow here, along with a good story about the changing face of that

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