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Walnut Hill: Windermere Fire Leaves Residents Displaced, Disappointed

March 3, 2011

A fire engulfed and eventually destroyed the Windermere Court Apartments in West Philadelphia. As if this wasn’t devastating enough, the aftermath proved to be even worse since the fire on Jan. 10. With the building

Walnut Hill: Windermere Residents Continue the Fight to Reclaim Property

February 24, 2011

It has been little over a month since a five-alarm fire on Jan. 10 ripped through the Windermere Court Apartments on 48th and Market, destroying the upper floors of the former residential complex and leaving

The former site of an abandoned factory at 2nd and Somerset St.

Kensington: Once a Factory, Now a Pile of Rubble

February 14, 2011

The block is reminiscent of news footage from the streets of a war zone, but it’s not an international war zone. This is Kensington. Nearly a month after a four-alarm fire at Second and Somerset