End of Summer Home Maintenance Checklist
Source: Yahoo! Voices A sweltering summer can take its toll on your home both inside and out. Heat will cause surfaces to contract, increasing the chances of cracking. Humidity will increase the growth of mildew, mold and bacteria. Here’s an end-of-summer home maintenance checklist to get your home ready before the winter rains come. Protect […]
Take a Guided Video Tour of 32 Summit Street in Chestnut Hill!
Dating back to the mid 1800’s, this Italianate architecture is complete with the front portico flanked by columns, the soaring ceilings and the spectacular sweeping staircase which evokes a time of grandeur and opulence. There are several gracious rooms surrounding the front entry with an ideal flow for entertaining. A lovely living room with […]
Neighborhood Profile: NORTHERN LIBERTIES
History: In 1682, William Penn referred to the area north of Philadelphia as the “Liberties” because it consisted “Liberty Land or Free Lots”– additional land that was given away for free with a land purchase. The subsequent Northern Liberties township, which once contained the areas of Northern Liberties, Spring Garden, Kensington, Bridesburg, Penn, Richmond, and […]
Real Estate Website Ranks Philadelphia Among Most Exciting Cities
(By Chelsea Karnash, CBS Philadelphia) We have some of the country’s best gardens and restaurants, our beer scene is pretty awesome and single men and trick-or-treaters can both get lucky in Philly. Now, the real estate blog Movoto has ranked Philadelphia among the most exciting cities in the country. So what makes a city exciting? Movoto says […]
Neighborhood Profile: UNIVERSITY CITY
History: University City is a name for the easternmost region of West Philadelphia. The University of Pennsylvania has long been the dominant institution in the area and was instrumental in coining the name University City as part of a 1950s urban-renewal effort. Today, Drexel University and The University of The Sciences in Philadelphia also call University City home. The eastern […]
Neighborhood Profile: PLYMOUTH MEETING
History: The township was originally settled by members of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, who worshipped in the Plymouth Friends Meetinghouse. They sailed from Devonshire, England, on the ship Desire, arriving in Philadelphia on June 23, 1686. The township takes its name from the settlers’ hometown of Plymouth in Devon. What is now Germantown Pike was ordered […]
As Seen on Philly.com: On the market: Mt. Airy mansion for $1.3 mil
(Hillary Petrozziello / Staff Photographer) Lauren Mennen, Philly.com Thirty years ago, Carol Schwartz had a vision. She and her husband, Elliot, were going to move into the Mt. Airy Mansion located at 7360 Huron Lane. But there was one problem: It wasn’t on the market yet. A decade later in 1993, after Carol Schwartz kept […]
Neighborhood Profile: FAIRMOUNT
History: The name “Fairmount” itself derives from the prominent hill on which the Philadelphia Museum of Art now sits, and where William Penn originally intended to build his own manor house. Later, the name was applied to the street originally called Hickory Lane that runs from the foot of Fairmount hill through the heart of the neighborhood. […]
Welcome Karrie Gavin!
We’re so pleased to welcome Karrie Gavin to our team of real estate professionals. Karrie and her husband bought their house through our company a few years ago, and we knew by settlement that she’d make a great real estate agent! Karrie wrote the book on Philadelphia—literally. As author of the guidebook Moon Philadelphia and […]
Outdoor Movies in Mt Airy
This summer, the Lovett Library has played host to outdoor movie nights in partnership with Mt Airy USA and the Trolley Car Diner. Tonight’s selection, starting at 8:30 in the Memorial Garden on Germantown Avenue, is the Sandlot. Great family fun and a really cool idea for Mt Airy! Full schedule and more information available […]
