The old Lawsonia furniture factory in Callowhill is being renovated for commercial and residential reuse after 13 years of false starts and vacancy. The Shadow plates up this little slice industrial heritage on Spring Garden Street.
Source: Renovations Furnish Lawsonia Building With Good Fortune | Hidden City Philadelphia
The Viaduct RailPark is coming soon, which will transform sections of the long-abandoned stretch of rail line that runs through the Chinatown and Callowhill neighborhoods into a “grittier take on NYC’s High Line.” Construction is still slated to begin later this year, but starting right now, you and yours can get involved in the Viaduct’s metamorphosis, through a call for submissions for art installations that will adorn several locations of the public space.
Source: Attention, Artists: Be a Part of the …
Callowhill Neighborhood Association has joined the effort spearheaded by Heeding God’s Call To End Gun Violence to OPPOSE a new gun store on Percy St, just north of Spring Garden There will be a demonstration on Sunday, August 9, 2015, 4:00 – 4:45pm It will take place across from The Gun Range at 542 N.…
Source: Eraserhood › Callowhill opposes a new gun store at 9th and Spring Garden
One of the most telling views of the Callowhill neighborhood looks south on 12th Street near Spring Garden. A hip clothing store to the left, Chinese food joint to the right, and in the distance both a smoke stack and a rehabbed factory that was turned into luxury loft apartments.
Source: Eraserhood? Callowhill? How the neighborhood David Lynch made famous is changing, and showing its roots
Eric Blumenfeld visited City Hall on Tuesday to present his plans for renovating the former Divine Lorraine Hotel on North Broad Street to the…
Source: PlanPhilly | Committee OKs renovations for Divine Lorraine
The northeast corner of 11th & Wood has been vacant for decades. And this makes sense to some extent. For many years, trains ran on the elevated viaduct immediately to the west, a now-abandoned stretch which will soon become the Rail Park. And half a block to the south, the Vine Street Expressway has been moving cars from here to there for the last twenty-five plus years and let’s just say that developers haven’t been falling over each other to build …
Eric Blumenfeld now has all the money he needs to revive the Divine Lorraine, the iconic former hotel that has towered over North Broad…
Source: PlanPhilly | New grant completes financing for Divine Lorraine
Clues have been popping up for months that something big may be coming to the large, long-vacant, fenced-off lot at 13th and Fairmount, behind…
Source: PlanPhilly | New York builders plan grocery store and apartments in Divine Lorraine’s backyard
A short while ago, the City Planning Commission passed a bill authorizing the City to acquire an portion of the elevated rail line known as the “Viaduct,” and to lease a portion of the property to SEPTA. Those following the development of ‘Philadelphia’s High Line’ know that this means Phase I of The Rail Park is officially underway, with plans still to break ground later in 2015. To all of you, this means that one of the hottest public spaces …
The Philadelphia City Planning Commission voted yesterday to approve a bill authorizing the city to acquire part of the Reading Viaduct for the development…
Source: PlanPhilly | Planning Commission approves Reading Viaduct acquisition