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15-Unit Project Gets Design Update in Powelton Village Historic District

Dec 5, 2022Kyle McShane

If you missed the news, Powelton Village, a neighborhood on the northeast side of University City, was designated as a historic district by the Philadelphia Historical Commission last month. The designation protects 817 buildings within the district from demolition or drastic exterior changes without approval by the Philadelphia Historical Commission. Due to the designation, new

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126 Units + Retail Coming to University City

Aug 28, 2019Kyle McShane

Back in 2015, Powelton Village neighbors were up in arms when they heard that a development company was planning to knock down a full block’s worth of mixed-use brick buildings on the 3600 block of Lancaster Ave. in order to construct a residential-only project. The neighbors gathered together and got the whole row of buildings

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