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Morning Headlines: Advisory Commission Sums Up What’s Wrong with L&I

Months after the botched demolition that left six people killed in the neighboring Salvation Army store, Mayor Michael Nutter signed an executive order that created […]

City Life

Panel Recommends L&I Be Split in Two

The Inquirer reports this morning that a “blue-ribbon panel” is recommending that the Department of Licenses & Inspections be split into two agencies — one focused […]

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For Pete’s Sake Closed by Roof Collapse

For Pete’s Sake had been in the midst of an expansion recently. The bar at Front and Christian had been working to expand to a second […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Roof Collapses At For Pete’s Sake Pub Building

Nobody was hurt, but that was a close one! The building that houses For Pete’s Sake Pub in Queen Village partially collapsed yesterday around 3:30pm. […]

Property

City Finally Dismantles Boarded Up Frankford Home

It’s not even city-owned blight, which begs the question…if it had it been, how much longer would it have taken? After almost a year of […]

City Life

Controller: City Demolitions Still Unsafe

The Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections’ demolition oversight procedures are still unsafe, City Controller Alan Butkovitz reported Thursday, a year after the deadly Salvation […]

Property

Morning Headlines: L&I Officials Request $2 Million From City Council

City-owned blight may be the hardest to get rid of, but in the meantime Licenses and Inspections has been making an effort where it can. […]

Property

Midday Headlines: Why City-Owned Blight Is So Hard to Get Rid Of

The city still festers with zombie properties, many of which have the label “imminently dangerous.” But we already know this, know the age-old adage of […]

City Life

Former L&I Official Dominic Verdi Charged With Extortion By Feds

The writing has been on the wall for a long, long time for former L&I Deputy Commissioner Dominic Verdi, who resigned way back in February […]

City Life

PHOTOS: Shirt Corner Collapse Part of a Controlled Demolition

[This post was updated at 5:30 p.m. to reflect new information from a 4 p.m. L&I press conference] The aftermath of the collapse at the […]

City

City Shuts Down Decade-Old Philly Music Venue for WXPN Set

When you think of a DIY music venue, you probably think of a warehouse in Kensington where people with cool glasses, beards, tattoos and piercings […]

Property

Midday Headlines: City Takes Scientology to Blight Court

The Daily News’ Jason Nark reports today that L&I is taking the Church of Scientology to Blight Court for allowing the building it purchased at […]

City Life

Photos: This South Philly House Looks Like It’s About To Collapse

While driving through South Philadelphia on Monday — the same day that contractor Griffin Campbell was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in the tragic […]

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City Life

Sympathy for L&I

On October 30th, Mayor Nutter announced the creation of a blue-ribbon commission to examine the Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) in a never-ending reaction […]

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Property

Morning Headlines: L&I Has Heard Rumors of Vacant Properties

Sometimes it’s endearing when very smart people have gaps in basic knowledge. Let’s say, for instance, that a MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient still has a […]