South of South St. from River to River
Back in 2013 we had first told you about the Tolentine Community Center looking for feedback from neighbors on what they’d like to see at the center in the future to engage more of the community. The center’s 25-year lease
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Plans for the former Bok Technical School include live-work residences, art studios, ground-floor retail & “could include rooftop cinema and outdoor beer terraces.” The sale of the school was approved Thursday night to Scout Ltd. LLC, which is run by Lindsey
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Even before we realized The Classics barber shop at 12th and Mifflin had closed, a corner store has swooped in to take its place. Because of a formidable language barrier, we couldn’t get a lot of information on this place
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The official school district website that was set up to unload several shuttered buildings lists Bok High School and Vare Elementary as having “pending” sales. We don’t know yet what the proposals entail, and it turns out that the designation
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The East Passyunk Crossing Civic Association has voted to expand its eastern boundary from 8th Street to 6th, rounding up a sliver of South Philly that we once called a civic no-man’s land. EPX civic president Joseph F. Marino said
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