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July 20, 2011By Kellie Patrick Gates
For PlanPhillyA plan for a supermarket and retail shopping plaza on Girard Avenue at N. 9th Street received some needed approvals from the city planning commission this week.
But some commissioners are wondering if the area needs, or can support, another grocery store, since there is one existing and one soon coming in relatively close proximity. A West Poplar community representative told the commission a store would be most welcome, since there are a lot of people who live in areas that...
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Super Fresh to fill Pathmark Vacancy
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Posted on Tue, Jul. 19, 2011
By Maria Panaritis
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
The long-awaited supermarket for Philadelphia's Northern Liberties neighborhood, in limbo since the December bankruptcy filing of Pathmark parent company A&P, now appears to be a go.
Help-wanted signs appeared Tuesday morning on the glass storefronts of the two-story structure at the corner of Second Street and Girard Avenue, where developer Bart Blatstein...
Friday, July 8, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Effort to demolish former monastery on Girard is met with opposition
Existing Monastery
Proposed Development
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By Miriam Hill
The old mansion at Corinthian Street and Girard Avenue was once home to the Poor Clare nuns, who filled both the building and the neighborhood with their contemplative presence.
They left 34 years ago. Now a developer wants to knock down the former monastery to build 42 small residential units - and the reaction of neighbors is anything but quiet.
"I think it would be a shame...
Monday, July 4, 2011
Web-design company joins greening of Fishtown
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By Diane Mastrull, Inquirer Staff Writer
"In the mid-1990s, the World Wide Web was relatively new and just beginning to be appreciated by businesses for its e-commerce potential.To many, the Internet was still a great unknown and a source of anxiety. Thus, the name that Mia and Tracy Levesque chose at the time for their Web-design company: Yikes.It's a five-letter word the couple are uttering with regularity these days...
