Alan Jaffe
More from the Contributor
Multi-pronged battle ahead for group of neighbors trying to save historic Wissahickon house
Neighbors are fervently trying to save a distinctive 1880s twin house in Roxborough from demolition, but they are waging difficult battle ...
10 years ago
Brains behind Spruce Street Harbor to take on vacant ‘pocket park’ along Ridge Avenue
A proposed green space in the midst of the Roxborough business district took a step toward the light on Thursday night. At an info ...
10 years ago
After years of neglect, new owners have big plans for blighted house in Penn-Knox
A Germantown house that had been considered a blight on the neighborhood has finally changed hands and is on its way to rehab. ...
10 years ago
Blighted East Falls house, once the cause of protest, now being torn down
A deteriorating house in East Falls that ...
10 years ago
NewCourtland turns to community for input on EPPI site
The new owners of the sprawling site at 3232 Henry Avenue — the former Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute – don’t have ...
10 years ago
For neighbors with shared walls and alleys, who takes care of repairs?
It’s difficult when neighbors have to share. It’s even more difficult when what they share is broken. In Philadelphia, ...
10 years ago
Ridge Flats development ‘one step’ closer to reality
Ridge Flats, the innovative and long-awaited residential development planned in East Falls, is apparently moving forward with a stronger ...
10 years ago
$500K in repairs needed on East Falls retaining wall reflects citywide problem
Sections of a 550-foot-long retaining wall in East Falls built in the late 1920s are leaning, cracked, and unsafe, affecting the owners o ...
10 years ago
Residents await plans for former EPPI building in East Falls
Settlement was made last month for the purchase of the site of the former Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute in East Falls by New ...
10 years ago