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A halfway built house is all that sits on 9402 Meadowbrook Ave. Construction began without a valid permit.
What happens when a contractor flouts city code?
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. more
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The trolley car diner is stuck
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. more
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A 2011 view of the inbound canopy, which was demolished earlier this summer, from the perspective of the outbound shed, which remains standing. Photo by Edward J. Picardy
Preservationists shocked as SEPTA demolishes landmark
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 … more
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Germantown-based developer Ken Weinstein chats with attendees at a ceremony honoring him for being named the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia’s first ever recipient of the Mary Werner DeNadai Award.
Preservation Alliance honors Ken Weinstein
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. more
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City says Bowman can downsize retail spaces on Hill business corridor
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. more
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A rendering of the development proposed by Khosla Properties at the Sept. 6 CDR meeting. The development team is expected to make changes when the hearing is continued next month.
Two new developments add more density in Mt. Airy
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. more
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A rendering showing the development Frankel Enterprises planned next to the Chestnut Hill Baptist Church.
CHCA wins 10 Bethlehem Pike Appeal in surprise ruling
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 … more
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Schuylkill Center suspends potential land sale
Schuylkill Environmental Center calls off controversial plan to develop Boy Scout parcel. more
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A building at 8100 Germantown Ave., now under construction, is being marketed to the same kind of resident who bought at One West, the condo complex several blocks north.
New condos bring new buyers to the Avenue
If Chestnut Hill’s original developers Henry Houston and George Woodward were alive today, they wouldn’t be building opulent estates with carriage houses. more
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This porch-front building at 7928 Germantown Avenue, owned by Bowman Properties, is one of a number of buildings for which the company wants to convert some retail space over to residential use.
CHCA defers vote on some Bowman variances
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. more
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Zoning committee: For now, Snowden can convert some retail space, but not all
Chestnut Hill developer Richard Snowden can convert some of his retail spaces over to residential use. more
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The front of the Cresheim Valley Apartments is under construction to make way for new steps, new sanitary sewers, a new key fob entry system, and more security cameras, according to SBG owner Phillip Pulley.
New city rules fuel backlog in landlord license renewals
New city requirements for lead testing has landlords across Philadelphia falling behind on renewing their rental licenses, some community advocates say. more
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Meeting planned for Fred’s Mt. Airy Motors development site
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. more
Clifflawn was constructed in 1892 and previously owned and occupied by Philadelphia businessman and banker Sydney Wright. Photo taken from historical nomination.
19th century home demolished to make way for new houses
Demolition on Clifflawn, a late 19th century building at 157 Carpenter Lane in Mt. Airy began June 14 - a year after preservation activists who scrambled to save it with a historic designation didn't … more
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CHCA Agenda for week of July 4, 2022
There are no variance requests under review at this time. more
The Lantern Theater Company is planning to expand into this former Presbyterian Church at 7111 Germantown Ave. at the corner of Germantown and Mt. Pleasant Avenues in East Mt. Airy.
New zoning vote rules upset some Mt. Airy neighbors
EMAN says residents were getting outnumbered on zoning votes by people who don’t live on their side of Germantown Avenue.  more
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