What’s all of that construction work at Dickinson Square Park?

You might have noticed a large section of the sidewalk and street on the corner of 4th and Tasker streets under construction. You can thank the Water Department. (Update: Maybe the time of this post was too negative at first.

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Bok and Vare schools listed as having ‘pending’ sales

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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New construction roundup: Queen Village, Pennsport & Washington Ave.

An apartment project proposed three years ago may be getting underway at 18th and Washington now that a demolition notice has appeared on the building, reports Naked Philly. The 2011 proposal by the Carosella Brothers of C&R Building Supply, surely

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Plans for former Sacred Heart school’s reuse to be presented next week

The Pennsport Civic Association will hear a presentation on Tuesday about the future of the former Sacred Heart School at 1329 E. Moyamensing Ave. (at Reed Street across from The Industry). As we reported back in March 2013, the Christopher

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