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Toll Brothers' releases new design for Jewelers Row tower
- Tuesday, March 20, 2018
- By Jake Blumgart
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Toll Brothers hopes the fourth time’s the charm as the Horsham-based luxury home builder releases the latest renderings of its controversial Jewelers Row condo tower. Coming on the heels of a…
Why is Toll Bros. designing a "background" building for an iconic Philly neighborhood?
- Wednesday, January 24, 2018
- By Ashley Hahn
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- 702 Sansom Street, Philadelphia PA
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By Ashley Hahn After a couple of false starts, Toll Bros. is advancing a scaled-back proposal for a condo building, replacing five buildings at the edge of Jewelers’ Row. Toll unveiled…
Toll Bros. unveils new design for Jewelers' Row tower
- Tuesday, January 23, 2018
- By Jake Blumgart
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Toll Brothers has released new renderings of the controversial condo tower it plans to build in the middle of historic Jewelers’ Row. At a meeting of the Washington Square Civic Association…
Appeal of Jewelers' Row demolition permit denied by Board of L&I Review
- Tuesday, April 25, 2017
- By Jake Blumgart
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- 700 Sansom Street, Philadelphia PA
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*This story has been updated with responses from Toll Brothers and the City of Philadelphia. On Tuesday, the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia faced another defeat in its months-long campaign to…
Historical Commission punts again on Jewelers Row
- Friday, February 10, 2017
- By Jake Blumgart
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- Washington Square West
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Once again, Philadelphia’s Historical Commission decided to punt on the contentious Jewelers’ Row case. On Friday, the commission tabled their decision on the historic significance of 704 and 706-08 Sansom Street…
Jewelers' Row development up in the air (rights)
- Wednesday, February 8, 2017
- By Jake Blumgart
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On Tuesday, Toll Brothers presented their proposed 29-story Jewelers Row skyscraper for Civic Design Review (CDR), but only for an informational discussion—not the actual review as initially intended. When Toll Brothers…
Renderings of Jewelers' Row tower presented to Washington Square West
- Tuesday, January 24, 2017
- By Jake Blumgart
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- 702-710 Sansom Street, Philadelphia PA
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On Tuesday Toll Brothers released renderings of the condo tower it has planned for Jewelers’ Row. The 29-story, 115-unit building will tower over the surrounding storefronts, which comprise one of the…
Historical Commission kicks designation review for Jewelers' Row properties down the road 90 days
- Thursday, November 10, 2016
- By Jake Blumgart
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- 704-708 Sansom Street, Philadelphia PA
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On Thursday morning, the Philadelphia Historical Commission decided to wait on the nomination for two Jewelers’ Row buildings to become historic because of demolition permits were issued for the properties the…
Demolition permits issued for Jewelers' Row buildings
- Wednesday, November 9, 2016
- By Jake Blumgart
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- 704-06 Sansom Street, Philadelphia PA
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On Wednesday afternoon the Department of Licenses & Inspections (L&I) issued the demolition permits to raze buildings on Jewelers Row. The move comes in advance of a Thursday morning Historical Commission…
Committee supports designation of two threatened Jewelers' Row buildings
- Friday, October 21, 2016
- By Jake Blumgart
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On Friday morning the Philadelphia Historical Commission’s Committee on Historic Designation voted unanimously to recommend the nominations of 706 and 704 Sansom Street to the local historic register. The full Philadelphia…
Zoning Board rejects appeal of Jewelers' Row permits
- Wednesday, October 5, 2016
- By Jake Blumgart
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- 702-710 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
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On Wednesday afternoon the Zoning Board of Adjustment quickly, and unanimously, ruled to deny an appeal that sought to stymie Toll Brothers’ proposed development on Jewelers’ Row. The proposed condo tower…
Zoning Board hears arguments over Jewelers' Row permits, continues hearing to next week
- Wednesday, September 28, 2016
- By Jake Blumgart
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A Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) meeting ended in acrimony on Wednesday afternoon, as the body decided to continue hearing the case about whether the Toll Brothers adequately posted signage about…
Support for preservation-minded solutions at Jewelers' Row
- Wednesday, September 28, 2016
- By Jake Blumgart
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It’s hard to imagine there is an RCO in Philadelphia with more architects among its membership than the Washington Square West Civic Association. At Tuesday night’s meeting of the community group’s…
Lens: Inside FGS Gems on Jewelers' Row
- Friday, September 23, 2016
- By Jake Blumgart
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- 708 Sansom Street, Philadelphia PA
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It’s been about six weeks since news broke that the Toll Brothers wanted to build a 16-story story condo tower on Jewelers’ Row. Since then a few storeowners have been thrust…
Frustration, opposition from Jewelers’ Row at community meeting on Toll Bros. plan
- Wednesday, August 24, 2016
- By Jake Blumgart
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- 702-710 Sansom Street, Philadelphia PA
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On a good day, the Washington Square West Civic Association’s zoning meetings attract a crowd that just barely breaks into the double digits. Sometimes the zoning committee outnumbers the attendees.…
Past mistake: Preservationists hope city will learn from Jewelers Row threat
- Tuesday, August 23, 2016
- By Jim Saksa
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- 702-10 Sansom Street, Philadelphia PA
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A developer’s proposal to replace five properties on Jewelers Row with a 16-story, 80-unit luxury condominium has Philadelphia’s small preservation community up in arms. While preservation advocates aren’t ready to concede…
Taking a Toll on Jewelers Row
- Friday, August 12, 2016
- By Ashley Hahn
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- 702-710 Sansom Street, Philadelphia PA
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What kind of city do we want to be? That’s the question ringing in my ears reflecting on the news that Toll Brothers has plans to raze five adjacent properties on…
