If the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf gets its way, neighbors on the 100 block of West School House Lane could soon see it demolished.
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by Tom Beck
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11/29/23
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A new civic group with the potential power to influence development in both Mt. Airy and Germantown has community leaders worried.
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by Tom Beck
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11/23/23
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If the team slated to turn the former Germantown High School into an apartment complex gets its way, it could be ready for move-in in 18 months.
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by Tom Beck
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11/23/23
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A CHCA meeting to discuss the future of Greylock was postponed by the developer in an attempt to “engage neighbors and listen to their concerns."
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by Tom Beck
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11/22/23
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The 2008 state law, Act 135, gives neighbors, businesses, and nonprofit organizations the right to ask a court to put the property in the hands of a conservator.
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by Carla Robinson and Tom Beck
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11/17/23
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The future of 42-68 Church Lane, a parcel for which developers had proposed a five-story, 125-unit apartment building, is “to be determined.”
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by Tom Beck
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11/15/23
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The developer of the long-shuttered Germantown High School campus is scheduled to appear at a Town Hall next week to discuss his plans.
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by Maleka Fruean
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11/9/23
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Developer Michael Young has released an architectural rendering of the apartment building he intends to build at the top of the Hill.
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by Carla Robinson
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11/8/23
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As the latest redevelopment proposal for Greylock Mansion is being evaluated and discussed, we pause to look at the creation of the house itself.
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by George McNeely
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11/1/23
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All meetings are open to the public.
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10/19/23
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Keith B. Key, CEO of a development company that’s been contracted to redevelop the Germantown YWCA, announced a new funding plan.
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by Tom Beck
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10/19/23
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Jumpstart Germantown is a training program and loan provider created in 2015 for new real estate professionals.
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by Kyle Bagenstose
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10/11/23
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The city of Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses & Inspections issued a cease and desist order to J’Excellence Event Hall, located at 5-7 W. Mt. Airy Ave., on Aug. 26.
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by Tom Beck
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9/21/23
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Philadelphia’s Civic Design Review committee voted unanimously in favor of continuing its hearing on 42-68 Church Lane.
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by Tom Beck
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9/14/23
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Stakeholders in the Chestnut Hill community have been quietly working on a plan to manage the density that inevitably will come here.
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by Tom Beck
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9/6/23
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The former Germantown High School appears to have finally begun a slow transformation.
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by Kyle Bagenstose
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8/17/23
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About seven years after the Chestnut Hill Community Centre’s board began exploring potential buyers for its building, it is poised to return to its former glory.
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By Tom Beck
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8/17/23
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The city’s zoning board denied a special exception request from the owners of J’Excellence, an event hall located at 5-7 W. Mt. Airy Ave.
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by Tom Beck
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8/17/23
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Two zoning issues will be discussed at the West Mt. Airy Neighbors zoning committee meeting on Aug. 2.
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7/27/23
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The permit would allow the demolition of a two-story house at 6915 Germantown Ave., now used as a home for disabled people.
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by Tom Beck
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7/6/23
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