- Too bad our mayor didn’t have to sit in that shame hole on Chestnut St. with those didic. lines to get his gas turned back on. #GasLien
- OH HAI MICHAEL NUTTER DID YOU FORGET TO PAY YOUR GAS BILL? http://t.co/3cV7fMFsgT
- @SlepnerLaw Everyone knows I'm right on this and I'll just watch the angry mob try to flesh out an argument for Judge Idee Fox. The end.
- @SlepnerLaw Who wants to pack heat at a zoning meeting because you call out imbecile comments for what they are.
- @SlepnerLaw nah after that I know what every future zoning meeting between York and Front is gonna be like.
Category Archives: VLCIPs
Uber-Industrial City Fitness Headed for Fishtown
As part of the Roland Kassis proposals before the Fishtown Neighbors Association tonight includes an industrial warehouse conversion to a City Fitness gym slated for Columbia Avenue. For you Fishtown peeps interested in more about Roland Kassis, 6ABC aired a … Continue reading
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Hagert Square Update – Under New Management
After yesterday’s post about Hagert Square, the 30-home development underway in Kensington that takes up an entire city block, several folks stepped up to update what the situation is going on with the site where the owner of record is … Continue reading
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Tagged Anatoly Golubchick, Bill Guzman, Hagert Square, REMAX, William Guzman
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ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT: Hagert Square Owner Indicted by Feds in New York for Racketeering
Over in Kensington on the block formed by Gaul, Letterly, Cedar and Hagert streets is a new 30-home development on a former industrial site called Hagert Square. Nothing is remarkable about this development except for a few things: Development has … Continue reading
Death Demo Contractor Had House Taken Away By DA For Drug Dealing
Griffin T. Campbell, the demolition contractor responsible for the chaos in Center City Wednesday morning once owned a house at 1339 West Pike Street in the Hunting Park section of Philadelphia. The crime problems at this house got so bad at one … Continue reading
BREAKING – Major Building Collapse In Center City Triggered by Demolition Contractor
An hour ago at 22nd and Market. It’s on all the stations, AP and CNN. Looking at L&I records there was demolition activity going on in this area at the time. A deep source tells me this: Someone right now … Continue reading
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Royally Huge Act 135 Case Launched Against Owner of Royal Theater
Editor’s Note: Don’t know what Act 135 is? Take a quick read here. We’ve all seen the horrible state and beacon of blight that the Royal Theater is in. Neighborhood theater screens have long since been bested by suburban megaplexes … Continue reading
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Tagged Act 135, Kenny Gamble, OCF Realty, Royal Theater, Universal Companies
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What Did Former Senator Arlen Specter Have to Do With A Slumlord Property?
1817 East York Street is now an empty field, with grass, replete with scattered bricks. Buried underneath the soil are more bricks and the original underpinnings of the Thomas Buck Factory. It is the newest member of what … Continue reading
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Tagged 728 Market Street, Arlen Specter, City National Bank, Lichtenstein Group, Michael Lichtenstein
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Did You Know Michael Lichtenstein Now Has A Website for His Shitty Real Estate Empire?
Why yes kids, the slumlord owner of the Bucks Hosiery factory site in Kensington, Michael Lichtenstein, now has an internet presence. And it has a new G-Mail account: lichtensteingroup@gmail.com The LichtensteinGroup [screencap]
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Tagged Michael Lichtenstein, Slumlords, tax deadbeats, The LichtensteinGroup
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The Buck Hosiery Factory Fire
One year ago on this day, a massive fire swept over a block in the heart of Kensington. To some City officials, this was a tragic conglomeration of circumstances. To me, sometimes I feel this was murder. The video doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Lichtenstein, Thomas Buck Hosiery Fire
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Next Week Marks One Year Anniversary of Buck Hosiery Fire
Tuesday April 9 it will be one year since the dreaded fire that destroyed the Thomas Buck Hosiery textile factory in Kensington, killing two Philadelphia firefighters and put the city into a state of shock and mourning. The background of … Continue reading
About Nutter’s Promise To Go After Those ‘Raggedy People’…
A nice little soundbite for sure from our mayor: Now there are some other trifling, raggedy people around here who can actually pay, who don’t pay… And from the Jan Ransom & Sean Collins Walsh article in this morning’s Inky, the … Continue reading
The Senior Center That May Not Be (Unless You Sign This Petition)
Like other Riverward neighborhoods, Port Richmond has a large Catholic community and it has oversized buildings that were built during the era of rapid Catholic parish and school expansion in the early 20th century. In Gloria Marshall vs. Zoning Board … Continue reading
Councilman Bobby Henon Launches the Problem Property Advisory Council
Last night in Bridesburg was the kick-off meeting for the Problem Property Advisory Council which will operate in the 6th Councilmanic District. Do you want to send a house up to PPAC to be worked on? Learn how after … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th District, CLIP, Concilman Bobby Henon, L&I, PPAC, Streets
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(UPDATED) Building Collapse: 1835-61 E Madison
Say goodbye to another tax-delinquent property. I seriously hope nobody was injured or killed in the collapse. Refurbish It LLC has a long history of ignoring L&I suits: The Owner/Registrant of Refurbish It, LLC:
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