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Rather than demolishing its dilapidated apartment towers at 44th and Market Strees, the Philadelphia Housing Authority has partnered with a private developer who will repair the high-rises and build new apartments and rowhouses. The first phase, which will break ground in the spring, will link the site with the city street grid and include a new entrance plaza near the 46th Street El stop.

PHA is trying a new approach to high-rise public housing. This time it just might work.

The dense, new development proposed for Westpark at 44th and Market could create an affordable, 15-minute neighborhood.

Inga Saffron | Columnist, For The Inquirer

Philly developer paying it forward | Real Estate Newsletter

Kate and Paul Hermans in front of their home, in Radnor.

A ‘warm and inviting’ Radnor Victorian with grand historic details

Terri Akman, For The Inquirer

Andre Johnson renovated this home in Kingsessing as his first investment property and sold it for $195,000 to a first-time homebuyer.

A former PHA resident hopes to house others like him. The developer just sold his first home in Kingsessing.

Timothy Sharpe outside Brith Sholom House, a large apartment building in Wynnefield where senior citizens reside. The building is in severe disrepair, and PHA today announced tenants would have to move out while it is fixed up.

PHA will have to relocate residents to repair Brith Sholom House

Jake Blumgart and Samantha Melamed

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