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Toll Brothers Abandons Jewelers’ Row Project with Sale to Pearl Properties
Development

Toll Brothers Abandons Jewelers’ Row Project with Sale to Pearl Properties

The Toll Brothers construction hole on Sansom Street has sat empty for three years. Pearl Properties has purchased the parcel and plans to begin building in 2023

Designation Committee to Review Jewelers’ Row as Demolition Proceeds
Preservation

Designation Committee to Review Jewelers’ Row as Demolition Proceeds

Starr Herr-Cardillo has this roundup of local register nominations on the agenda for the December meeting of the Philadelphia Historical Commission’s Designation Committee

At CDR Meeting, Final Bell Tolls For Historic Jewelers Row
Preservation

At CDR Meeting, Final Bell Tolls For Historic Jewelers Row

Suburban real estate developers Toll Brothers presented their final proposal for Jewelers Row to the Civic Design Review Committee. Starr Herr-Cardillo has the news

New Toll Brothers Design Steps On Jewelers Row
Architecture

New Toll Brothers Design Steps On Jewelers Row

Suburban real estate developers Toll Brothers presents their new proposal for a 24-story apartment tower in the heart of Jewelers Row. Starr Herr-Cardillo has the story

Preservation

Toll Bros. Render Grim Future For Historic Properties On Jewelers Row

Toll Brothers renege on façade preservation promise with updated apartment tower proposal for Jewelers Row

Permit And Postponement Put Jewelers Row In Urgent Jeopardy
Preservation

Permit And Postponement Put Jewelers Row In Urgent Jeopardy

Historical Commission shelves voting on nominations for 704 and 706-08 Sansom Street on Jewelers Row for 90 days. Michael Bixler reports

Committee Recommends Jewelers Row Buildings For Designation
Preservation

Committee Recommends Jewelers Row Buildings For Designation

Temporary relief today in the fight to save two historic properties on Jewelers Row from demolition and residential development. Michael Bixler reports

The Crisis On Jewelers Row: Mayor Kenney We Need You
Preservation

The Crisis On Jewelers Row: Mayor Kenney We Need You

The tools are in hand to stop Toll Brothers’ tower (and get it built somewhere else), architectural historian and preservation professor Aaron Wunsch argues. Can Jim Kenney deliver?


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