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Content Published May 31, 2021

We are all different

We are all different which is great because we are all unique.

Without diversity, life would be very boring. (Catherine Pulsifer)

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Content Published April 15, 2021

Apartment at night

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Content Published November 4, 2020

St. James Apartment

The St. James is a luxury residential skyscraper in Washington Square West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The 498 feet (152 m), 45-story high-rise stands along Walnut Street and Washington Square and is the 15th tallest building in Philadelphia.

The Chicago-style, was designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates Inc. with assistance by architectural firm Bower Lewis Thrower. The glass and concrete skyscraper's east and west facade is split between a curved wall, a squared-off wing, and a strip of blue glass that separates them. These buildings included three Federal-style rowhouses built in 1807 called York Row and the Italianate-style former headquarters of the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, built in 1868–1869. After lying vacant and neglected for years, the only part of York Row preserved were the rowhouses' facades. Only a back portion of the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society building was demolished, the rest being incorporated as retail and office space.

Developer P&A Associates first attempted to develop the site in 1995, but was delayed because of a lack of investor confidence in the project. When the Philadelphia residential market improved in the late 1990s, St. James Associates Joint Venture, a joint venture of P&A Associates and others, began construction in November 2001. The high-rise building, completed in 2004, features 306 units, with each but the studio apartments having a private balcony. Its amenities include a 60 feet (18 m) swimming pool, a private courtyard, and a nine-story parking garage that makes up the base of the building.

The St. James has won several awards, including the 2006 National Association of Home Builders awards for Best Luxury Rental Apartment Primary Market and Best High-Rise Rental Apartment (Wikipedia)

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Content Published July 28, 2020

View from Love park

The tallest building on back is Comcast Center Building. In front of it are Suburban Station (left) and Phoenix Luxury Condominium right)

SUBURBAN STATION ===================

Suburban Station is an art deco office building and underground commuter rail station in Penn Center, Philadelphia. Its official SEPTA address is 16th Street and JFK Boulevard. The station is owned and operated by SEPTA and is one of the three core Center City stations on SEPTA Regional Rail. The station was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad to replace the original Broad Street Station and opened on September 28, 1930. The Comcast Center, situated on the north half of its block near Arch Street, adds a "winter garden" on the south side, which serves as a new back entrance to the station, with the commuter rail tracks about 50 feet below street level. .

PHOENIX LUXURY CONDO ===============

Built in 1925, The Phoenix condo is the former headquarters of the Insurance Company of North America (INA), for many years the oldest shareholder-owned insurance company in the nation.

Built in 1925, The Phoenix condo is the former headquarters of the Insurance Company of North America (INA), for many years the oldest shareholder-owned insurance company in the nation.

Awarded National Historic Landmark status, The Phoenix, in its new incarnation, retains opulent details that have graced the structure since its inception—coffered ceilings, Kasota and Carrera marble floors and walls, ornate bronze paneled elevators, and elaborate mill and plaster work. Every care was taken to preserve the historic details of the Georgian Revival Tower while designing and constructing the building with the most modern technologies and amenities available. The coalescence of old-fashioned craftsmanship and contemporary design gives The Phoenix an elegance rarely seen in modern construction. The Phoenix underwent a major renovation in 2002. Every care was taken to preserve the architectural beauty of the Georgian Revival Tower while providing a “new” building with the latest of technologies and energy efficiency

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Content Published April 26, 2021

Flowers outside apartement

Love is like wild flowers. It's often found in the most unlikely places -anonymous

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Content Published July 4, 2020

Chestnut Walk

The creation of Chestnut Walk, a meandering mid-block promenade stretching from Market Street and eventually through to Chestnut Street, open up the interior of the site to the public. Seldom used Ludlow Street and Clover Street are opened up to one-way vehicular traffic as cobblestone streets and life will be brought back to the center of what was a super block.

This open space is filled with mix of restaurants with lively outdoor dining, retails and office space. This walk was part of East Market Development.

(phillymag)

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Content Published May 1, 2020

One Riverside Condo

This 22-story glass skyscraper is standing along the banks of the Schuylkill River, seamlessly integrated into the surrounding green space of Schuylkill River Park. Architect : Cecil Baker

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Content Published May 12, 2019

South Washington Square

Faded Remembrance

Your silent eyes reach out to me, calling me through the myst of time. I see the vision of your face forever etched upon my heart and mind.

I reach out my hand to you, but you disappear into the air. Now I have only a faint memory; a trace of your smile and hair.

Your laugh eludes me as does your voice. I know your eyes, are keen and intense. But the picture it gives is only a faded remembrance. (heavengardenangel)

Happy Mother's Day in heaven, Mom. I miss you so much

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