Philadelphia Street Home Renovations

[Pcm]

The NYT article this morning about North End had this interesting paragraph:

"The Duggan administration has started forcing owners to fix up their abandoned or run-down properties or lose them, an initiative that already has targeted dozens of homes in two of the North End’s finer areas and is expected to reach Arden Park by year’s end. The city has paid developers to rehabilitate almost 40 abandoned houses in a 24-block area just west of Woodward and to get them occupied by the end of the year."

Perhaps this is who's responsible for the work?


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/us...oto-spot&_r=1#

[DetroiterOnTheWestCoast]

The NYT article this morning about North End had this interesting paragraph:

"The Duggan administration has started forcing owners to fix up their abandoned or run-down properties or lose them, an initiative that already has targeted dozens of homes in two of the North End’s finer areas and is expected to reach Arden Park by year’s end. The city has paid developers to rehabilitate almost 40 abandoned houses in a 24-block area just west of Woodward and to get them occupied by the end of the year."

Perhaps this is who's responsible for the work?


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/us...oto-spot&_r=1#

I also wondered if the renovations on Philadelphia are part of this effort. If you happen to travel down that street anytime soon, feel free to post some updated pics

I was a bit amused by the fact that while they say the houses being rehabbed are "west of Woodward", the initiative is "expected to reach Arden Park by year's end." I think perhaps its expected to reach Boston-Edison, unless Arden Park has been moved west of Woodward.

[Pcm]

I went by these houses a couple of weeks ago and took some updated photos:

https://imgur.com/a/MOEUe

It's really bizarre to see how many houses / apartments have been or are being renovated in this area. The neighborhood is patchwork, and what is occupied doesn't have much curb appeal.

This appears to be the group responsible for the work:

http://liferemodeled.com/

I must say, the work looks good. They could have cut corners and went with vinyl siding and other ugly bits but opted not to.

[DetroiterOnTheWestCoast]

I went by these houses a couple of weeks ago and took some updated photos:

https://imgur.com/a/MOEUe

It's really bizarre to see how many houses / apartments have been or are being renovated in this area. The neighborhood is patchwork, and what is occupied doesn't have much curb appeal.

This appears to be the group responsible for the work:

http://liferemodeled.com/

I must say, the work looks good. They could have cut corners and went with vinyl siding and other ugly bits but opted not to.

It looks like LifeRemodeled built that new house in the third pick and did other work in the neighborhood last year, but I'm not sure that they are doing the current renovations.

There is information on their website about a week of intense work around Cody HS for their 2014 project; and its August 11-17 if anyone wants to lend a hand.