northern liberties
January 14, 2012
Center City, Philadelphia – in a somewhat bizarre advertising campaign aimed at reducing water pollution by teaching pet owners about the importance of picking up dog waste, The Philadelphia Water Department is looking for spokesdogs worthy of the title Philly Water’s Best Friend. Center City, Philadelphia dog owners can submit their pet for consideration until February 15th and the grand […]
December 16, 2011
Northern Liberties – everyone over at CenterCityTeam is finally starting to get into the holiday spirit and with that in mind here’s another holiday related post. Neighborhood volunteers in Northern Liberties are organizing a holiday caroling event for December 21st. The event is open to anyone who is interested, regardless of whether or not you own a home in Northern […]
December 6, 2011
Philadelphia Real Estate Blog: Spring Garden Greenway Meeting. A public meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 6, 6:30PM, at the German Society of PA, located at 611 Spring Garden Street to discuss Spring Garden Greenway. As previously mentioned the PA Environmental Council is working on a total remake of Spring Garden Street that ends with a greener, wider, more walkable/ridable […]
November 9, 2011
GQ Magazine is falling in love with Philly. After recently doing a piece on Northern Liberites, Old City and Fishtown, the most recent issue has a piece on Marc Vetri titled, “The Short Order: Philadelphia.” In the article the Philadelphia chef talks all things Philly and lists a few of his favorite places to eat, shop and hang out. […]
October 16, 2011
Philadelphia Home Values Are NOT Declining Location, Location, Location – Buying Real Estate In Center City Protects Your Investment Philly.com posted a really cool article today named “Home Price Survey 2011”. The article includes an in an interactive map that shows the median price values of each Philadelphia neighborhood (by zip code) for the years 2005-2011. Click here to play with […]
October 12, 2011
Old City and Northern Liberties Spotlighted In October GQ Magazine Uwishunu blogged about an article on Philadelphia in the October issue of GQ magazine. The article, “A GQ City Guide: Philly, Without the Cheese” focuses on hotspots in the Old City, Northern Liberties, and Fishtown Neighborhoods. No, Philadelphia has not suddenly turned into Miami. But you’ll find stores that get […]
August 26, 2011
Northern Liberties Superfresh Is Open Northern Liberties – Northern Liberties finally has a Superfresh. Since 2010 the 51,000 square foot building that was supposed to house a Pathmark has remained vacant. Finally after approximately 2 years the building located at 2nd and Girard, in Northern Liberties, is occupied! This morning 120 employees showed up and Superfresh opened to the […]
August 10, 2011
Philadelphia Real Estate One Liners August 10, 2011 According to The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Applications Survey, the average contract interest rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to 4.37 percent last week from 4.45 percent the week before. The drop brought rates to their lowest level of the year and sparked a 21.7 percent increase in the Market Composite Index, which […]
August 1, 2011
Delaware River Waterfront Corporation Begins Preliminary Work on Festival Pier PlanPhilly.com is reporting that the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation will begin “pre-development” environmental remediation and planning work that must take place prior to selection of a private developer. Specifically work is being done at the site of a former incinerator, demolished in the early 2000’s, that took up 7 of the 11.5 acres […]