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The city's Zoning Board of Adjustment denied a variance that would allow the owner of the historic Vanna Venturi House to build an accessory dwelling unit on the property.
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by Tom Beck
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3/16/23
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After years of decline, Northwest Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood has in recent years become attractive to developers.
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by Tom Beck
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3/16/23
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The property owner of the Keewaydin estate, located at 540 W. Moreland Avenue, has appealed a Court of Common Pleas ruling that prevented the property from being subdivided.
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by Tom Beck
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3/2/23
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A Court of Common Pleas judge reversed the city’s decision to allow a property owner to subdivide a property on the estate of Keewaydin, located at 540 W. Moreland Ave.
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by Tom Beck
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2/9/23
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A zoning permit issued for the former site of the Trinity Evangelical United Church has revealed plans for the owner’s “full demolition” of the church.
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by Tom Beck
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12/22/22
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A 24-acre tract of open land in Roxborough has been spared from development thanks to an anonymous $3 million grant provided to the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education.
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by Tom Beck
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12/15/22
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After years of uncertainty, the nationally important Abolition Hall and surrounding acres in Plymouth Meeting, Whitemarsh Township, have been saved. Their preservation is a remarkable turn of events.
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by George McNeely
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12/15/22
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The City of Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections is investigating Infinite Enterprises, LLC, a construction company that demolished a Chestnut Hill home last year.
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by Tom Beck
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10/27/22
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Ken Weinstein doesn’t like to use the word “stuck,” but for all intents and purposes, that’s the word for what’s up with the former Trolley Car Diner.
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by Tom Beck
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10/5/22
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Philadelphia preservationists were alarmed to find the inbound passenger canopy for the former Fishers Station on SEPTA’s Chestnut Hill East Regional Rail line demolished on July …
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by Tom Beck
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9/29/22
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The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia honored Mt. Airy and Germantown developer Ken Weinstein Thursday night, presenting him with the Alliance’s inaugural Mary Werner DeNadai Award.
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by Tom Beck
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9/29/22
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Despite objections from the Chestnut Hill Community Association, Bowman Properties won city approval to trim the percentage of retail space in three of five properties.
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by Tom Beck
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9/28/22
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There are 100 new units of housing in two separate developments coming soon to Mt. Airy, both of which are just off the commercial corridor of Germantown Avenue.
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by Tom Beck
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9/21/22
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The Chestnut Hill Community Association won a major legal battle on Tuesday in its attempt to stop construction of a five story, 33-unit apartment complex where the old Sunoco station used to sit on …
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by Tom Beck
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9/15/22
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Schuylkill Environmental Center calls off controversial plan to develop Boy Scout parcel.
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by Tom Beck and Carla Robinson
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9/14/22
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If Chestnut Hill’s original developers Henry Houston and George Woodward were alive today, they wouldn’t be building opulent estates with carriage houses.
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by Stacia Friedman and Carla Robinson
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9/7/22
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Citing a need for more discussion, the Chestnut Hill Community Association board voted unanimously on Thursday to postpone a final vote on whether to recommend four of nine variance requests.
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by Tom Beck
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8/31/22
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Chestnut Hill developer Richard Snowden can convert some of his retail spaces over to residential use.
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by Tom Beck
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8/11/22
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New city requirements for lead testing has landlords across Philadelphia falling behind on renewing their rental licenses, some community advocates say.
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by Tom Beck
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8/11/22
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East Mt. Airy Neighbors will host a community meeting at 7 p.m., Aug. 16, via Zoom, to discuss the townhouse development now being planned for the former site of Fred’s Mt. Airy Motors.
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8/11/22
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