- @jakedakota11 I still remember what that station looked like before it was renovated. The train station for Chernobyl was nicer.
- @jakedakota11 It’s no cakewalk but Berks stop of today is 10,000% better than it was just 10 yrs ago.
- Congratulations Fishtown! You've Unlocked the Fairmount Parking Achievement http://t.co/CTFcXCW5aV
- @jakedakota11 will it have been worth the disaster just to not have the fear that hipsters may not use the EL and have 4 cars per unit?
- @jakedakota11 What if REACH catches on fire like Kensington Factory and torches a few old heads homes in the process 1/2
Category Archives: Property Squatting
A Treatease On Our Mayor and Blightlords
Note: Yup, this is a rant. If you’re not interested in rants today, then move along. [Feeling helpless after the building collapse? Donate to help defray the funeral costs of the victims.] Michael Nutter, I have to say I haven’t … Continue reading
Bad News: The Drug-Overdose Death House at 2035 E Hazzard Street Claims Another Victim
2035 E Hazzard has a fairly gruesome reputation: it’s where junkies rent-to-die. Just today a Fire Department rescue team was called out to bring a stretcher to this house in Kensington. Inside, a known drug user has overdosed for the … Continue reading
Posted in Property Squatting, Sheriff Sales, Tax Deadbeats
Tagged 2035 E Huntingdon, Crime, Junkies, squatters
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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 Sad Little House on Jasper Street – Owned by the Griffin Family?
Directly cattycorner from the former site of the Thomas Buck Hosiery factory in Kensington is a sad looking rowhome on Jasper Street. Ever since the fatal fire that cold spring night, this house sat nearby as another beacon among many … Continue reading
The Champs-Élysées of Junkie Real Estate – 1532 E BERKS
1532 E Berks Street is located among the nicest blocks in Fishtown, adjacent to Holy Name Catholic Church and around the block from the St. Laurentius School. In the world of Fishtown, it is within the epicenter of the … Continue reading
Posted in Property Squatting, Sheriff Sales, Tax Deadbeats
Tagged 1532 E BERKS, Drug Houses, sheriff sales
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Germantown’s Most Infamous Nuisance House
(Update: Added judge’s standing order as well as link to the backstory.) The Byrne House, named by residents for its present delinquent owner, is a giant 11 bedroom historic mini-mansion tucked away in the leafy part of West Germantown’s Penn-Knox … Continue reading
Posted in Property Squatting, Sheriff Sales, Slumlords, Tax Deadbeats
Tagged Anthony Byrne, Germantown, Irish Edition
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Update: House Goes Up in Inferno
Edit: It’s been learned that the occupants in the home were the family of the property owner. That being said, I am not going to be editing this post beyond the two paragraphs I’m inserting here. The property was … 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
Posted in Act 90, Property Squatting, Sheriff Sales, Slumlords, Tax Deadbeats, VLCIPs
Tagged 6th District, CLIP, Concilman Bobby Henon, L&I, PPAC, Streets
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Arrest Made in Fatal Kensington Fire
An interesting twist appeared a few days ago, covered by the Daily News and Metro. Richard Knellinger who owns Giamari Furniture has been arrested on perjury to a grand jury last week. The DA’s office won’t say what … Continue reading
Posted in Property Squatting, The Law, The Lichtensteins
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Lichtenstein Update: Civil Cases Stayed and City Law Department Fucks Up
I’ve been remiss to bring you an update on the Kensington fire. Recall back in April of this year, a massive 5 story complex the size of a city block went up in smoke. Several months prior to that, … Continue reading
Posted in Property Squatting, Public Property, Sheriff Sales, Slumlords, Tax Deadbeats, The Law, The Lichtensteins
Tagged Michael Lichtenstein, Thomas Buck Hosiery Fire, YML Realty
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PART FOUR – Taking a House to Sheriff’s Sale Through Civil Forfeiture
One of the more dramatic and effective steps that can be taken against nuisance properties is the process known as civil forfeiture.
Posted in Property Squatting, Slumlords, Tax Deadbeats, The Law
Tagged civil forfeiture, district attorney
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2013 Will Be Philadelphia’s “Winter of Discontent”
City Controller Alan Butkovitz thinks the Mayor’s 5-year budget plan, which is created with the consultation of City Council, should be rejected by PICA. In case you’re not familiar with City history, the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority is a fiscal … Continue reading
Posted in Property Squatting, Public Property, Tax Deadbeats
Tagged Alan Butkovitz, tax collection
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Point Breeze Developer Getting the Shakedown Over a Point Breeze Block
This is by far the largest story to ever grace Philadelinquency. It also seems the most complicated, but really… the nature of this game is a simple Philly tradition: greed. The story begins with a small developer trying to rehabilitate … Continue reading
Welcome to Johanna Francis’ Dump – aka Yet Another Broke Brooklyn Developer with Crap Phila Properties
Poor Queen Village can’t catch a break with the Lorenzo’s Fire, and this nasty hunk also in the neighborhood (below). Let’s get right down to it: This piece of shit is owned by Queen’s Mews West, LP with this … Continue reading
Posted in Sheriff Sales, Tax Deadbeats, The Lichtensteins, Uncategorized, VLCIPs
Tagged deadbeats, sheriff sales, TDBank doesn't like Johanna Francis, the Tarpadelphia
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