A Spoonful of Penn Treaty Special Services District Makes Sugarhouse go Down...
Casinos and the dialectic of ethics and the common good sounds like an interesting lecture. But this is a blog about development and on the waterfront, Sugarhouse Casino operates regardless of whatever...
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Another Residential Tower Coming Next to Sugarhouse?
At yesterday’s Philadelphia Planning Commission meeting, a representative from Cope Linder Architects presented information on a proposed development at 933 N Penn St., a site that sits right in...
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Don’t Make Us Beg- Let’s Build a Casino in South Philly
Last week, according to this article from the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board decided that the second casino license originally tabbed for Philadelphia would indeed remain...
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Richmond Street Warehouse Could Soon Look Less Terrible
A few individuals have indicated to Naked Philly that developer Michael Samschick has purchased the large vacant warehouse across the street from the Barbary, which stretches the length of the 900...
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What’s With the New foundation on Richmond Street?
A reader shot us an email the other day, wondering about some construction activity they noticed at 118 Richmond St., pretty much in the shadow of I95. Just a couple of blocks from Sugarhouse Casino...
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A Less Divey Northern Liberties Spot on the Horizon
Jerry’s Bar, one of Northern Liberties’ decades old dives, closed its doors for good last year. A Foobooz post from February 2011 makes the place seem like some kind of mythic riverwards watering hole...
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Mystery Vacant Warehouse Across From Sugarhouse
We’ll refrain from sharing the specific results from a recent 4am jaunt to Sugarhouse, but after this unmitigated disaster, we noted an interesting rickety and seemingly vacant building across the...
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Ribbon Cut on First Leg of the Delaware River Trail
Last week, we told you about a couple of grants that recently came through for projects along the Delaware River. Today, we have news about the completion of the first quarter-mile of the Delaware...
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Tonight: Dueling Food Truck Events on Opposite Ends of Town
While you can debate the virtues of gambling dens in downtown Philadelphia until the cows come home, you can’t argue with the fact that Sugarhouse is trying hard to make a name for itself outside the...
View ArticleSome New Insights Into Market8, The Downtown the Casino Proposal
Today, members of Mayor Nutter’s administration gave their opinions to the PA Gaming Control Board on the six proposals currently under consideration for Philadelphia’s second casino license. If you’d...
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