Sandy Smith

Home and Real Estate Editor

Sandy Smith is Philadelphia magazine’s Home and Real Estate editor. A Kansas City native, he has called Philly home for more than 35 years. He reports on houses for sale, condos for sale, apartments for rent, new construction, development and trends in the Greater Philadelphia real estate market.

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Council Is Making Even More Money Than Before

Philly has the third-highest paid legislature among big U.S. cities, up from the fourth-highest in 2011.

City Life

Cosby Lawyers Accuse Prosecutors of Playing “Gotcha” Game

Bill Cosby’s lawyers claim Montco D.A. Kevin Steele used inadmissible testimony.

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Property

South Kensington OKs Techadelphia Zoning Variance

Developer: “We got overwhelming support.”

City Life

Wolf, Legislature Less Popular by the Minute

Plus: Sonic booms down the Shore, DNC preparations enter the home stretch and legislature takes steps to shrink itself,

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City Life

About That Plan to Drive on the Schuylkill Expressway’s Shoulders

Smith: There area a bunch of details to work out before it happens — if it should happen at all.

Property

Toll Brothers to Build Apartments on Society Hill Playhouse Site

Discussions with near neighbors break down over the height of the project.

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Property

A New “Factory” to Rise on American Street

The “Techadelphia” project aims to manufacture tech jobs in Kensington.

City Life

The PPA Is Immediately Buying Six Snow-Removing Bobcats

The agency is adding the front-end loaders to its arsenal in the wake of Jonas.

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City Life

Can Upper Merion Residents Derail KofP Train Proposal?

They have four main objections to the Norristown High-Speed Line spur.

City Life

House Committee Votes to Launch Kane Impeachment Investigation

A unanimous vote in judiciary sends it to the full House.

City Life

Here’s What Is and Isn’t Running on SEPTA

Read our latest update.

City Life

The Brothers’ Network Wants to Change How You See Black Men

Its goal is nothing short of revolutionary: To present black men as the multifaceted, complex and creative individuals they actually are.

City Life

Academy of Music Cancels Anniversary Ball

The 159th birthday party for the “Grand Old Lady of Locust Street” has been nixed in anticipation of Winter Storm Jonas.

City Life

Philly’s Bike Share Is Shutting Down Tonight

For the first time since it launched, Indego is closing its bike stations due to expected bad weather.

City Life

Ambushed Philly Cop Released from Hospital

Officer Jesse Hartnett was shot and the suspect allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS.