Posts tagged with Fishtown

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

Dancing, DJs and art: Waterfront day party raises money for Philadelphians experiencing homelessness

The inaugural Hands Up Music Fest is coming to Penn Treaty Park.

Cesar Viveros, a multimedia artist who works for the Mural Arts Program. He and his children have been been displaced from their Kensington home due to faulty construction next door.

How faulty construction breaks up Philly families — and why the city can’t stop it

Some developers ignore permits, then keep on building.

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Review: Philly’s Shark Week beer is actually pretty great

Thirst for shark content isn’t new, doo doo doo doo doo doo.

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Memories from a Fishtown public pool that disappeared 50 years ago

Newt's swim spot was a community hub.

A notice deems the property at 1365 Palmer St. 'imminently dangerous'

Why your Philly Airbnb might be in danger of collapsing

The online rental site doesn’t check for code violations — and has no plans to start.

Meet the 35 live tilapia swimming around a Fishtown classroom

Kids at Adaire love the 300-lb. aquaponics tank — and teachers think all schools should have one.

Fishtowners are apoplectic about the proposed Starbucks on Frankford Avenue, which they see as ‘the beginning of the end’ for the small business corridor

A sign posted at Fishtown Recreation Center advises neighbors of the forthcoming improvements

Fishtown’s Swimmo and rec center are getting a big renovation

The popular River Wards pool was shut down because it was leaking into the library.

Pizzeria Beddia 2 is open and taking reservations

There’s a support banner up at the site of last month’s Fishtown home collapse

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Joe's Steaks is running a special of cheesesteaks served on a Stock's Bakery pound cake bun

VIDEO: We tried the Stock’s pound cake cheesesteak at Joe’s Steaks — and survived

"Just because you can doesn't mean you should."

Storied Fishtown pretzel shop falls to development after 65 years

Furfari’s was one of the few remaining legacy businesses on Frankford Avenue.

A billionaire is looking to bring a 3,100-piece contemporary art museum to Fishtown

The Commonwealth Court once again ruled in favor of a developer seeking to convert Fishtown’s St. Laurentius into apartments

New Philly food and drink

The duo behind Fishtown’s Soup Kitchen plan to open a fast-casual vegetarian spot on Frankford Ave this summer

There’s a new ramen shop in the former Shoo Fry/East Girard Gastropub space in Fishtown

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Tired Hands is opening a restaurant in Fishtown

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Interior design at Lokal’s new boutique hotel in Fishtown was done by a group of tattoo artists

There’s a six-room boutique hotel opening on Front Street in Fishtown with rooms starting at $215 a night

A new owner has taken over a historic brownstone mansion on Frankford Ave. Neighbors are making him promise not to turn it into an addiction recovery house

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