Monthly Archives: January 2015

Just a few short weeks later, we are going back to our Jan. 3 post about Philadelphia’s attempt to tear down artist James Dupree’s studio/workshop in the Mantua neighborhood. The building is inconveniently located on a block that the city believes would be a perfect spot for a grocery store.

The tenants of failed casino Revel will just have to bite the bullet, according to a ruling in federal court this week. Revel will go to developer Glenn Straub, as scheduled, after all.

We will continue our discussion about artist James Dupree’s fight with the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority in our next post. First, though, we want to go back a little further to the struggle of Atlantic City’s Revel casino to find a new buyer.

Just finishing up our discussion of a friend’s frustrations with her condominium association. She is president, and the association had to make some major repairs to the garage, which is a common element owned by the association.

We are picking up our discussion about condominium associations and a dilemma a friend found herself in (here). As president of the association board, our friend has been involved with major repairs for her 14-unit, 80-year-old building. Her building is in an urban neighborhood where parking is a problem, but the property includes a detached garage.

The commercial construction industry is no different from any other business-related universe regarding the foremost goals of its many and varied participants.

We’ll return to our discussion of eminent domain later this week. This issue came up, though, and we promised a friend we would post about it ASAP. Our friend has had a bad week. Aside from being behind on mailing Christmas presents to friends and family — yes, even in January — she had a particularly contentious meeting with her condominium association.

We are continuing our discussion of artist James Dupree’s dispute with the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority over the future of his studio/workshop in the Mantua neighborhood. The neighborhood has been in flux for the last couple of years. A federal grant funded a master plan, and that master plan brought residents together for the first time in a long time. Everyone agreed that the area needed a new supermarket.