Viva Venice: How A Water Department Project Is Transforming Manayunk’s Social & Civic Hub
Thanks to an EPA mandate telling the Philadelphia Water Department to modernize its facilities and install an underground sanitary interceptor for major storms, the Venice Island rec center is starting over from scratch. Vivienne Tang and Brad Maule take a look at what the $45M project means for Manayunk > more
Manayunk’s Trail Network Expediting Development
A look at what’s in store for Manayunk, preliminary work to begin on Cira Center South and park atop I-95, counterintelligence center coming to town, and neighbors fed up with the noise from a South Philly car yard > more
Remains of Manayunk Factory Hampering Revitalization
A developer's complacency in Manayunk, the Mayor to fight to retain casino license for the city, "New Market" to open in Headhouse Square, maintaining manufacturing in Philly, and > more
An Abandoned Restaurant & Diverging Visions For Venice Island
Carmella's Restaurant in the middle for a disagreement for re-interpreting Manayunk's Venice Island, the Northeast's schools are overcrowded, saying goodbye to the Navy Yard's Mustin homes, and > more
South Philly Readies For Xfinity Live!
A closer look at South Philadelphia's Xfinity Live!, guessimating 2012 for Center CIty real estate, a photo essay exploring Christmas in Philadelphia, and more > more
© 2011-2013 Hidden City Philadelphia |