On South 12th Street next to the historic Camac Baths building, a developer recently received a permit to build a tower with 448 dwellings. On 22nd Street near Market Street, another builder wants to put up 341 apartment homes over a Trader Joe’s parking lot.Others have proposed 462 units of housing on Delaware Avenue near Poplar Street, 181 units on Callowhill Street, and 352 units in the stately buildings of the former complex.Those projects represent just a fraction of the thousands of apartments and condos under development as businesses in Philadelphia resume operation after the sudden...…On South 12th Street next to the historic Camac Baths building, a developer recently received a permit to build a tower with 448 dwellings. On 22nd Street near Market Street, another builder wants to put up 341 apartment homes over a Trader Joe’s parking lot.Others have proposed 462 units of housing on Delaware Avenue near Poplar Street, 181 units on Callowhill Street, and 352 units in the stately buildings of the former complex.Those projects represent just a fraction of the thousands of apartments and condos under development as businesses in Philadelphia resume operation after the sudden...WW…

A proposal to transform an industrial kitchen supply store into a mixed-use development topped with a luxurious penthouse is drawing energetic opposition on fast-changing Washington Avenue.As with many large residential projects, the main sticking points relate to parking and traffic. But the dispute also reflects differing visions over the future of one of South Philadelphia’s main commercial arteries as it sits on the cusp of major changes.The owners of the two-story industrial building at 2031 Washington Avenue want to add four additional floors and 30 residential units, including a...…A proposal to transform an industrial kitchen supply store into a mixed-use development topped with a luxurious penthouse is drawing energetic opposition on fast-changing Washington Avenue.As with many large residential projects, the main sticking points relate to parking and traffic. But the dispute also reflects differing visions over the future of one of South Philadelphia’s main commercial arteries as it sits on the cusp of major changes.The owners of the two-story industrial building at 2031 Washington Avenue want to add four additional floors and 30 residential units, including a...WW…

Tumar Alexander was at the scene of a shooting in West Philadelphia last year when a woman pulled him aside to say that she was a block captain, and she had a problem in her neighborhood: two blighted, vacant lots.Alexander, the city’s first deputy managing director, took notes on his cell phone and told the woman he’d get crews out there to clean up the properties. It was an opportunity both to help the neighborhood, he says, and to show that the city is dedicated to providing services beyond police and ambulances responding to crime.The city should be doing more of that kind of outreach,...…Tumar Alexander was at the scene of a shooting in West Philadelphia last year when a woman pulled him aside to say that she was a block captain, and she had a problem in her neighborhood: two blighted, vacant lots.Alexander, the city’s first deputy managing director, took notes on his cell phone and told the woman he’d get crews out there to clean up the properties. It was an opportunity both to help the neighborhood, he says, and to show that the city is dedicated to providing services beyond police and ambulances responding to crime.The city should be doing more of that kind of outreach,...WW…

Are you on the front lines of the coronavirus?A Northern Liberties business group canceled a planned street closure that would have allowed expanded outdoor dining this Saturday at the request of city officials.The cancellation came at the end of a bad week for on-street dining — organizers on Tuesday postponed a similar closure planned for South Philadelphia while Infusion Lounge owner Jamie Atlig, who is white, on Sunday after the man allegedly rebuked outdoor diners over not wearing masks.“In addition to concerns over weather this weekend, [city officials] felt additional [time] would...…Are you on the front lines of the coronavirus?A Northern Liberties business group canceled a planned street closure that would have allowed expanded outdoor dining this Saturday at the request of city officials.The cancellation came at the end of a bad week for on-street dining — organizers on Tuesday postponed a similar closure planned for South Philadelphia while Infusion Lounge owner Jamie Atlig, who is white, on Sunday after the man allegedly rebuked outdoor diners over not wearing masks.“In addition to concerns over weather this weekend, [city officials] felt additional [time] would...WW…