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Philly’s 11 most iconic modern buildings
With the help of Docomomo PHL, here's a starting list of the most iconic modern buildings in the city, from the PSFS building to the Moore College of Art & Design.
Art show and festival will celebrate Rail Park’s history
And look toward its future
Apartments, coffee shop coming to former ICE offices in Callowhill
The building was most recently used for Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices
Private ‘urban oasis’ planned for 10-story condo project near parkway
It may conflict with the extension of the existing Rail Park
Converted Callowhill factory is now eclectic luxury flat for $360K
A one-bed converted factory apartment
Curbed Philly’s 7 most talked-about news stories of 2018
From the most controversial to the ones that made the biggest impact
Rail Park wins 2018 engineering award
Praised as one of the best projects in the region this year. The project has a way to go before it’s all finished
Here’s what $1,800 rents in Philly right now
As always, there’s a huge array of options
Kenney responds after Philly loses Amazon HQ2 bid
"It put Philadelphia in the national (and international) spotlight"
Open Thread: Tell us your thoughts on the Callowhill storage facility project
Is this the right space for the facility?
Debate over planned Callowhill storage facility gets heated
CDR members voiced their disapproval of the project
Amazon narrows list of HQ2 contenders—and Philly might not make the cut
Northern Virginia, New York, and Dallas are the top cities
What $2,500 rents in Philly right now
From Manayunk to Fishtown
Mural exhibition urges Philadelphians to vote
The installation will see large murals from local artists displayed in a Callowhill warehouse.
Philly Free Streets returns this weekend
Here’s a rundown of events, exhibits, parking restrictions, and closed roads.
Philly gets $9M to improve traffic signals
The money will go toward three specific projects
Long-awaited Rail Park opens first phase
"It will serve as a stimulus for residential and commercial development," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said.
Contemporary Callowhill apartment with high ceilings asks $339K
It has several industrial-style design elements
Historic Callowhill auto building will be demolished
Once part of "Automobile Row"
Philly’s long-awaited Rail Park has an opening date
The first phase will open in June
CCD plans to renovate, not rebuild, parts of 130-year-old Rail Park bridge
The first phase of the park will open in the spring
Rail Park opening delayed until spring 2018
Center City District announced Tuesday that the first phase of the quarter-mile-long, elevated park will not open in February as expected. The opening date has been pushed back to spring 2018.
Local developer buys five Callowhill properties for $36M
Remember when an entire pocket of a neighborhood that called itself "Callow East" hit the market about a year ago? A local developer has just purchased a bunch of the properties to the tune of $36 million.
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Mapping 15 interesting adaptive reuse projects underway in Philly
From a hospital-turned-apartments to tricycle warehouse-turned-school, there are a lot of buildings in Philly undergoing the adaptive reuse treatment.
Here’s what $1,400 rents in Philly right now
Welcome back to Curbed Comparisons, a dive into the options available for a certain price point in various Philly neighborhoods. Is someone’s townhouse another’s studio? Let’s find out! Today’s price point: Around $1,400 a month.
How Philly’s housing prices stack up at the start of 2018
There’s a really wide range between more than a dozen neighborhoods, a sign of a healthy housing market, according to a new report.
Curbed Cup 1st round: (6) Callowhill vs. (11) Mt. Airy
Which neighborhood should advance to the second round? Polls are open for 24 hours!
Here’s what $325K buys in Philly right now
Welcome back to Curbed Comparisons, a dive into the options available for a certain price point in various Philly neighborhoods. This week we’re looking at homes for sale asking around $325,000 in Rittenhouse, Point Breeze, and more.
New video shows Rail Park’s finish line is in sight
More than a year after breaking ground, a new video shows all the progress that’s been made at the Rail Park in Callowhill.
Local developer buys creative office building near Electric Factory
Local developer Arts & Crafts Holdings has snatched up another property in the greater Callowhill neighborhood, continuing its mission to redevelop the neighborhood into a place for the creative economy.
Big rock climbing gym planned for Callowhill warehouse
The Cliffs announced that it is opening its first Pennsylvania gym right here in Philly in fall 2018. At 39,000 square feet, it will be The Cliffs’s largest location.
The Rail Park just got spruced up with 1,100 new trees, plants
Volunteers just made the future Rail Park a whole lot greener by planting more than 1,000 trees and shrubs along the former rail line.
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Mapping Callowhill’s development boom
Apartments, retail, and parks are on the way for the small neighborhood just north of Philly’s Center City.
Philly ranks 8th in nation for green residential projects
A new ranking reveals that Philly has 909 LEED-certified residential projects under its belt. But that pales in comparison to other major U.S. cities.
96 apartments in store for Callowhill’s Heid building
The old hat factory is getting a luxurious makeover after sitting vacant for 11 years.
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9 prime places in Philly for Amazon’s HQ2, mapped
Readers shared where in Philly they think the Amazon’s second headquarters could set up shop
An invisible walking tour of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Here are the forgotten stories of the buildings lost to the Parkway.
Rail Park hits construction milestone with first concrete pour
The future Rail Park just hit a major construction milestone this week when crews made the first concrete pour along the quarter-mile trail.
Big Reveal: $219K for a condo by the Rail Park
Most readers high-balled the actual asking price of this one-bedroom Callowhill condo. Turns out you can still get a good deal in the booming neighborhood.