South of South St. from River to River
A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow night on the gateway project at East Passyunk, Broad and McKean, which was announced with much fanfare in January 2014. The sparse plaza will be torn up to turn that little wedge into
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The historic Abbott’s Alderney Dairy at 1715 McKean St. is undergoing a complete renovation, and the owner has signed a “canine enrichment center” as its ground-floor tenant. Anna Maria Vona, a realtor who is developing the building with husband Carmen
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A body shop near 20th and McKean was in the news again yesterday for an alleged scam to bilk insurance companies with staged “Hollywood photos” of fake deer-collision accidents. Ron Galati, owner of American Collision & Auto Center at 1930 S.
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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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A zoning notice popped up recently on a shuttered McKean Street hair salon saying the first floor would no longer be a commercial space. City records show that the former Kathy’s Hair Salon, at 1129 McKean St., on the corner
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