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Housing

Mantua: Months After Flames Force Rescue, Home Still Stands Silent

April 8, 2015

Some homes have been kept in the same family for generations, some have seen great tragedies like fire or flood, others are left vacant or forgotten and the rare few have been given a proper

Walnut Hill

Walnut Hill: Police Headquarters May Give New Life to Vacant Building

April 10, 2012

https://vimeo.com/39813764] As the elevated subway car rolls into the nearby station, the Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. building sits perfectly silent, serving as a nod to Walnut Hill’s storied past. The sprawling 15-acre site has

Economy

Mantua: Vacant Storefronts May Mean Opportunity

March 27, 2012

The site at 3911 Lancaster Ave. was once home to a furniture store, then it was home to a Salvation Army, but then it became another vacant Philadelphia storefront. Hidden behind mature pear trees, people

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