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Rittenhouse Square Fitness Moves Out. Koresh Dance Co. Moves In

Rittenhouse Square Fitness Club (RSFC) is closing its doors on June 15th, and doing so, according to a recent announcement, “with a heavy heart.” The […]

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Property

Property’s Morning Obsession: An Absurdly Self-Defeating Union Protest

Let’s start the morning with a fun juxtaposition. In the photo above, there’s a union protester handing out fliers in front of the Federal Donuts […]

Property

DA Seth Williams: “Philadelphians Have No Shortage of Opinions” [UPDATED]

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams is giving a press conference announcing that a grand jury will be convened to “investigate any and all aspects that […]

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Building Collapse Legal Q&A: Who Pays Out? Who Gets Sued?

The lawyers are gathering–that much we know. But who is legally responsible for what happened? Or, perhaps better said, who will be targeted as legally […]

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Rittenhouse Square to Get New Lighting. Now About Those Rats…

The Friends of Rittenhouse Square have been on an improvement tear. Last summer, Friends President Betsy Hummel announced Phase One of the group’s lighting project–including […]

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Photos: Building Collapse, the Day After, By Laura Kicey

After search and rescue, it’s a different kind of work.

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Seriously? Man Operating Vehicle During Building Collapse Is on Record As Bad Vehicle Operator

Sean Benschop was the man operating the excavator–a giant vehicle of far greater complication than an automobile–when the building collapsed at 22nd and Market. Given […]

Property

Real Estate Photo Fail: Has Philly.com Just Given Up? [UPDATED]

This is a photograph illustrating a story pertaining to the building collapse at 22nd and Market, which is probably the most photographed event in recent […]

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Property

Newly Listed: Hank McNeil’s Delancey Street Mansion + Former Chunk of the McIlhenney Mansion

Tylenol heir Henry McNeil has been busy. He recently sold 1914-15 Rittenhouse Square (colloquially known as the McIlhenney mansion) to Bart Blatstein for the developer’s […]

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Center City Condo for Sale in the Bank Building

SPOTLIGHT LISTING: Center City Condo for Sale Ever wish you could order room service to your home? If that answer is yes, you may want […]

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Here’s a Video of the Inept Demolition Work on the Building Before It Collapsed

The Hoagie City sign falling down onto the sidewalk near the trolley station–right there, you’ve got a problem.

Property

Building Collapse News: Demo Contractors Are Licensed Without Training or Exams

Griffin-Campbell Construction, the contractor for 2140 Market Street, was listed on the demolition permit that was granted to the project’s expeditor, L&I spokesperson Maura Kennedy […]

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Gallery: At the Scene of the Collapsed Buildings. Photos By Bradley Maule

It was chaos this morning and afternoon after two buildings collapsed at 22nd and Market. There were dozens of bystanders, throngs of reporters, first responders […]

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Building Collapse News: Demolition Contractor Appears to Be Just Some Guy With a Criminal Record Who Was Staggeringly Negligent

We now know that the demolition contractor was Griffin-Campbell Construction, and that the architect Platos Marinakos Jr., who filed the demolition permits, was only hired […]

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Building Collapse: Owner Is Richard “Porn King” Basciano, a Sam Rappaport Alum [UPDATE]

Today the four-story building once known as Hoagie City at 2136 Market Street collapsed and took much of the Salvation Army Thrift Store down with […]