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The Penthouses at 10 Rittenhouse in Various States of Undress
His and hers sinks? Please. At 10 Rittenhouse, the master bedrooms in select penthouse units come with entire his and hers bathrooms. The Robert A.M. Stern-designed building’s penthouses range from...
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Inside Some of Philadelphia’s Most Extraordinary Forbidden Buildings
Yesterday tickets went on sale for the Hidden City Festival, which opens nine buildings to the public for the first time. The Festival runs for just six weeks with limited hours each day. Each space...
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Gallery: Seaside Heights, After Sandy
Property Staff Photographer Laura Kicey went to Seaside Heights, New Jersey, a couple weekends ago to see what the town is grappling with as the summer season approaches. The people she spoke with...
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For Sale: The Former Home of Albert Barnes, the Man Behind the Barnes Foundation
It took Dr. Michael Toaff and his wife five minutes to decide they were going to buy Albert Barnes’s Merion estate in 1988. That was all the time the owner would allow for them to make up their minds....
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Don’t Call It “Ruin Porn”: Amazing Photos of the SS United States
Photographer and workshop leader Matthew Christopher, who runs Abandoned America, has a two-part code of ethics when it comes to photography. In fact, it may extend to an all-out life philosophy....
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Rittenhouse Square’s Art Alliance to Get Gift Shop, Renovations
Maybe you’ve wandered by the Wetherill Mansion and have felt a little too intimidated to walk inside. The grand building can look a little foreboding from street level on Rittenhouse Square. But the...
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Seaside Heights Roller Coaster Will Be Demoed Today
Photo: Laura Kicey • Submerged Seaside Heights Roller Coaster to Be Removed [WNYC] The post Seaside Heights Roller Coaster Will Be Demoed Today appeared first on Property: Philadelphia Real Estate.
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Philly Ghost Signs Being Repainted / Gallery By Laura Kicey
The AP’s Kathy Matheson wrote a piece about a new project for Philadelphia’s ghost signs–those faded remnants of business names once brightly painted onto a building’s side. The timing of the piece...
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Gallery: Skaters Deflower the New Franklin’s Paine Skatepark
The city’s new skate park may be hosting its official ribbon-cutting this evening, but things got unofficially underway last night at Paine’s Park. Skateboarders like pro Chris Cole (who was teaching...
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Public Gardens: Morris Arboretum
Judging by my Facebook timeline, half of Philadelphia went to the Shore this past weekend. The other half was at Morris Arboretum. Before I started gardening, I preferred hiking in the woods to taking...
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Beautiful Photos of Hidden City Festival Installations (Tomorrow Is Free!)
The Hidden City Festival brings contemporary art and performance into forgotten and forbidden sites across the city for music lovers, urban explorers, ruin festishists, art enthusiasts, history buffs...
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Abandoned America Tours Keep Selling Out. Photos By Laura Kicey
Matthew Christopher is a photographer of decrepit, abandoned places who shares his technical expertise with other photographers in weekend workshops. The Abandoned America series took Property’s Laura...
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Exquisite: Laura Kicey’s Photos of Former Lace Factory
“Get out of town,” said Cole Porter. “Don’t fence me in,” he said, also. The guy had serious wanderlust, and when it’s nice out, so do we. This weekend Property photographer Laura Kicey went to the...
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Gallery: Singing the Blues Amongst Dozens of Old Pianos on Allegheny Avenue
Property photographer Laura Kicey went to a 20,000-square-foot dilapidated building last week and found herself in a strange world of seemingly unrelated objects, all of them in storage at an old...
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Philadelphia’s Hotel Monaco Is One of Fodor’s Top 100 for 2013
The Fodor’s 100 Hotel Awards is pretty much what it sounds like: a contest honoring the best 100 hotels around the world. And Philly’s own Hotel Monaco, in operation for just one year, has made the cut...
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