Posts tagged with North Broad Street

Last Updated: Feb. 20, 2016 · 9:50 p.m.

Uptown Theater’s original marquee will be lit up on Saturday

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After 64 years, boxing returns to The Met when the new ‘Bouts on Broad’ series debuts next month

North Broad’s historic Blue Horizon boxing gym is becoming a micro-hotel with ‘selfie photo booth elevators’

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Developers are excited about ‘Opportunity Zones’ on North Broad, while community leaders remain wary

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Philly Free Streets: 42 photos from the car-free party on North Broad

Biking, walking, rollerblading, skateboarding, dancing, painting, playing and singing filled the thoroughfare.

North Philly’s Uptown Theater wants to reinvent itself as a hub for arts and tech

You can check out the progress at Philly Free Streets.

The city released official programming for Philly Free Streets — plus you can tour North Broad’s great architecture

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The Blue Horizon, a world class boxing ring that used to host fights on North Broad Street.

North Broad is beautiful: 17 landmarks to look for during Philly Free Streets

The car-free event takes over eight miles of roadway on Aug. 11.

December is the target launch date for The Met Philly

The new 3,500-seat Live Nation venue is going into the renovated former Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House on North Broad

PA Ballet is standing firm in its plans to demolish a 107-year old “Automobile Row” landmark on North Broad

Philly Free Streets will take over North Broad Street on Saturday, Aug. 11

New Philly food and drink

Philly’s soul food scene is looking up: Bynum brothers opening Green Soul in place of Alla Spina

A Duckrey student smells the fresh herbs he just harvested at Osteria

North Philly kids plant, harvest and feast on fresh food at Osteria

It was a first-time gardening experience for the Duckrey School students

So is a phone booth stuffed with hoagie rolls art? At the corner of Broad and Cecil B.

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Get a guided tour of North Broad from Vine to Poplar to explore what was once there and what's in the works.

Where: North Broad at Broad Street and Vine Street 19102

When: September 23, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

How much: $14-$20

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The Week in Parking

South Broad keeps median parking, North Broad gets new spots

Plus the Philly parking tweets of the week

India Fenner, the March for Black Women organizer, leads a group of march participants up Broad Street while banging drums earlier this afternoon.

16 photos from Philly’s March for Black Women

A 19-year-old Temple student organized the procession from City Hall to North Philly.

Another $57K was spent to get the $14M North Broad poles to finally light up correctly

Eric Blumenfeld standing in an area of the Divine Lorraine he wants to be a restaurant next year.

Divine Lorraine developer Eric Blumenfeld is still hustling to save North Broad

The developer envisions doubling the number of upscale eateries in the area; his flagship property is a third full and reeks of weed.

Divine Lorraine rentals have slowed way down

It's more than half empty, and only nine apartments have been filled since February.

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